A secret government project, "The Agency" as it is unimaginatively called, is a severely under-funded secret project responsible for the well being of America. Make no mistake, even with these severe funding problems The Agency has been quite effective, but often in less than subtle ways. In order to acquire what little money it has access to, The Agency is passed from sponsor to sponsor, going to whichever legitimate agency has a surplus budget that year.

For several decades, The Agency has performed an undisclosed number of genetic experiments ranging anywhere from turning one of its own willing operatives into a poisonous-to-the-touch madman to its current 'pride and joy,' Darien Fawkes, their "Invisible Man". These experiments were performed to create new methods to defend this country against any terrorist threat that may be flung our way, and although most of the experiments backfired and the subjects now reside in an Agency sponsored loony bin where Agency sponsored experts do their best to reverse the damage.