Halo Corporation
The Halo Corporation is a business that features in the Wildstorm universe.
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History
Origin
The Halo Corporation
When the original WildC.A.T.s returned, Marlowe let Savant's team know that he no longer was interested in the WildC.A.T.s, Halo, or anything else; recent discoveries about his own planet Khera and their actions in and after the war against the Daemonites broke his spirit and Jacob left Halo in the hands of Savant and her team. Savant and Majestic left shortly afterwards and Void went to visit Marlowe. She erased his memories and Marlowe returned to the Halo Corporation and the WildC.A.T.s. Shortly afterwards, Miles Tsabo returned to Halo. He had been willing to let Jacob run Halo, but due to Jacob's recent disappearance and mysterious actions, the Halo Corporation was near bankruptcy. Tsabo lost his confidence in Jacob and started his own investigation in Jacob's actions. He found out that Jacob was an Extraterrestrial and decided to use this secret to blackmail Jacob into giving him full control over the Halo Corporation. Several months later, Jacob had somehow regained full control over the Halo Corporation, but the WildC.A.T.s disbanded after Zealot apparently died. Jacob removed himself from human society to follow his destiny as a Kherubim High Lord. This destiny ended in his physical death and spiritual ascension. (Wildcats v1 #10)
With Marlowe's death, he left behind a will that named Spartan the new head of the Halo Corporation where he inherited all its resources and assets. (Wildcats v1 #11) Spartan then adopted the guise of Jack Marlowe where he claimed to be great nephew of Jacob Marlowe. Former WildC.A.T.s Grifter and Void joined Jack, who had decided that he could do more good for the world using the Halo Corporation than as a superhero. The Halo Corporation moved from New York City to Los Angeles and Jack, with the help of Noir, a French illegal arms dealer, used Void's ability to teleport to tap into the energy of another dimension: Otherspace. (Wildcats v1 #12)
Noir betrayed Halo and tried to kill Marlowe and the others, but was defeated. Noir's plans to use the energy of the other dimension to create ever-lasting batteries was used by Jack Marlowe. (Wildcats v1 #26)
Jack started to expand the Halo Corporation. He bought a small accounting firm, where Sam Garfield and Edward Dolby worked. (Wildcats Version 3.0 v1 #1)
While Garfield hated Marlowe and felt betrayed by his father, the owner, Dolby was fascinated by Marlowe's plans for the future and quickly became Jack's most trusted employee. Halo bought a large multimedia corporation and Marlowe asked Dolby to look into interesting internet providers to buy. When it was discovered that the Halo batteries could also be used as a fuel-cell for cars, Halo started to produce cars which no longer required any fuel. (Wildcats Version 3.0 v1 #14)
All of Halo's products were relatively cheap and were built to last, making Halo suddenly one of the largest and most successful corporations in the world. Marlowe also started to support other superhero initiatives: Halo made payments to the Monarchy and was one of the funders of the Seminary, a school for superheroes. (The Monarch v1 #2)
After the global Armageddon, the Halo Building was the only structure in Los Angeles that still had any power, thanks to its Kherubim technology, and the Wildcats are using it as a shelter for human survivors. The building was previously attacked by Majestic several times for its technologies until the conflict cease over a 'misunderstanding' between him and the Wildcats. (Wildcats: World's End v1 #2)
When the Wildcats traveled to Majestic's New Khera in Hawaii, Ladytron was left guarding the Halo Building and encountered the entire building besieged by hordes of Daemonites led by Lord Defile and Lady Decadence. Ultimately, the Halo Building was destroyed at the last minute when Spartan opened a portal to Otherspace in attempting to banish the Daemonites before the Wildcats and the building's refugees escaped. (Wildcats: World's End v1 #12)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Overview
It appeared as a diversified technology, manufacturing and services company with a goal towards achieving worldwide leadership in each of its business interests. The company was a leading manufacturer of communication and information technology for both consumer as well as professional markets. (Wildcats v1 #12) Halo was said to represent no political ideology except that of the human body politic as they were determined to have their technology change the world if it were willing to accept these changes. (Wildcats v1 #14)
Whilst at the company, Void began to research on an alternate dimension known as Otherspace. (Wildcats v1 #15)
These Halo-brand batteries were long-lasting power sources that tapped into the unlimited power of the other dimension. (Wildcats v1 #26)
After purchasing Library Tower, it moved its corporate headquarters to Los Angeles. (Wildcats v1 #12)
Members
- Jacob Marlowe :
- Jack Marlowe : the identity taken by Spartan after Halo Corporation was given over to him under the terms of Jacob Marlowe's will. (Wildcats v1 #12)
- Noir :
- Andrew Stansfield : personal assistant to Jacob Marlowe, betrayed the Halo Corporation because of a personal debt to Sterling, an enemy of all aliens on Earth.
- Miles Tsabo : partner of Jacob Marlowe, second chief executive officer. Current status unknown.
- Edwin Dolby : former accountant, current executive manager. Current status unknown.
- Sam Garfield : accountant, former partner of Dolby. Current status unknown.
- Devan Lawless : computer programmer, one of the main characters of Divine Right.
Notes
- Halo Corporation was created by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi where they made their first appearance in WildC.A.T.s v1 #1 (August, 1992).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
Appearances
- WildC.A.T.s v1: (1992)
- Wildcats v1:
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