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Obsessive: “Heroes” (Part 1)

The folks over at NBC got creative and designed not only Heroes.com, but the “official/unofficial” 9thwonders.com. However, both are mostly pep rallies for the show. If you want to get inside Hiro’s head and fly with the Petrelli brothers, these fan sites may be more your speed:

www.the-owi.com

The concept is that OWI is “Organization Without Initials,” the group led by Claire’s adopted dad, aka HRG – Horned Rimmed Glasses (again with the initials). OWI is hunting down the heroes. The joke falls a little flat, but any site that wishes for an end to the NBC marketing machine (“Stop the taglines!” it begs) can’t be too bad. Plus, it has great images of Isaac’s artwork, for those fans wishing to overanalyze every brushstroke.

heroes-forum.com

Lots of photos of cast members – including a few unsettling ones of Nora Zehetner (who played Eden) with some of her fans. However, it’s worth a trip to the site just to check out the forum group discussing how Claire the cheerleader can have her ears pierced, considering her healing powers.

www.moonoversun.com/heroes

Download comic books associated with the show as PDF files. What this site lacks in design it makes up for in enthusiasm.

deveauxsociety.org

Want to impress your friends and/or ruin “Heroes” plot twists for everyone? Check out The Deveaux Society. One thing we do like is that each of the spoilers has a source and link to the citation, so you can judge for yourself how valid the claim is that Niki/Jessica will die in episode 18. Oops.

www.heroestv.com

This is a fairly standard, catch-all site. If you want to see “Heroes” in the news, learn who the characters are (although that info seems to be lifted from Wikipedia, which is a great resource for getting to know the characters) or get into a general discussion, this site is easy to navigate.