Henchmen For Hire Corporation

Henchmen For Hire is a staffing agency catering to the criminal underworld. Like all staffing agencies, they hire people and contract them out to client organizations; their clients, however, are of a more sinister bent than the everyday evil of white collar embezzlers and telemarketing services.

Henchmen For Hire is the real name of Good Help Staffing, a temporary employment agency operating out of the fifth floor of the Baxter Building, most famously known as the home of the Fantastic Four. (The irony of operating out of the same building as one of the leading superhero teams in Manhattan is not lost on those in the know about the agency.) The agency consists of about forty men and women interviewing potential contractors, six account managers handling contracts for the legitimate clients, two account managers handling contracts for their criminal clients, four accountants, an eight-person IT staff, a three-person Human Resources office, the owner/manager, and his assistant. Subtle questions during the interview process permit the staff to gauge whether a potential employee is suitable for hiring out to their criminal clients. These questions generally start with the routine question about a criminal record, then branch off into other questions. As expected, the criminal hires are given preference if they've gone through one of the Taskmaster's training academies. Thanks to their location and the New York City population, they have a base of several dozen thousand potential employees to contract out to companies and crimelords alike. Only the two account managers handling the criminal clients answer the phones with "Henchmen For Hire", and then only on special lines.

The owner/manager of the company is Kevin Thompson, a mind-controller who once operated by the name Kilgrave before he retired from overt criminal dealings, legitimizing his criminal wealth by funneling it into the agency. He has kept the company solvent by maintaining a "no questions asked" policy for their criminal clientele, and not fudging the books. While he has occasionally been investigated by city, state, and federal law enforcement, Kilgrave has managed to avoid prosecution through his powers and the company's own legitimacy.

To date, Henchmen For Hire is known to contract out employees for Doctor Octopus, the Green Goblin, and the Hammerhead family of the Maggia. They also occasionally do business with Advanced Idea Mechanics, though generally on a temp-to-hire basis.

First Post-Reboot Appearance: DOCTOR OCTOPUS #1.