Real Name Unknown
Origin: Unknown
Archetype: Unknown
Power Sets/Powers: Unknown
Levels: Unknown
Group Affiliation: Unknown, although it's conceivable he was a member
of the Dawn Patrol, a superhero group originally based in Great
Britain.
History
Very little is known about the British crime fighter known as Hero One, save
that he was active in 1976 and helped save the world from nuclear annihilation. That year, the American hero known as the
Statesman entered the Soviet Union to rescue the pilot of a downed spy plane. The Soviets reacted by launching
a tactical nuclear missile at the Statesman. Hostilities soon escalated, forcing the world's heroes to step in and prevent
a full-scale nuclear strike. Hero One then emerged as an international diplomat, negotiating a peaceful resolution to the
crisis.
This heroic intervention had a lasting impact on world politics. "While the
governments involved were quite resentful towards the heroes, the world at large came to adore them – as far as the
public was concerned, they truly were the saviors of the world. This marked the beginning of the break in close cooperation
between governments and hero organizations that had characterized much of the post-[World War II] period. The many events
of the cold war had shown heroes that they often worked better outside of government policies and politics. They began to
see themselves as a kind of fifth estate, standing as guardians not only of the world’s safety and physical well being,
but also of the rights of humanity as a whole."
At some point after the 1976 crisis, Hero One presumably retired (or died)
and was replaced by Hero 1, another champion from Great Britain.
