Supervillain Real Estate
1st January 2011
Every supervillain or supervillain organization worth its salt needs a secret lair, and a location outside the jurisdiction of any government would be ideal. The legal benefits are numerous: no pesky employment laws or civil rights for henchmen, no local police, no taxes. But in the age of air travel and GPS is there anywhere left for a supervillain to set up shop? Here we consider three possibilities: unclaimed land, the high seas, and outer space.
One of the coolest aspects of being a supervillain is that you get Minions and Henchmen. I’ve always wanted Minions and Henchmen, but alas my income has never been in that range; presumably they don’t work for free.
Where to they find these guys? Is there a Minion & Henchmen Employment Agency somewhere? Look at The Incredibles — Syndrome has at least a couple of battalions of guys in uniform, not counting the scientists and assembly line workers needed to create his machines, plus administrative staff. And Underminer didn’t build that huge drilling machinein his garage.
And how doe the doctrine of respondeat superior work when you’re laying waste to a city? I worry about these things.