"Of course there was a counterattack. Tony nearly bankrupted Vought."
Andrew said, "However, the commercialization of superheroes was an inevitable trend, and the public preferred polished, packaged superheroes. So Tony merely taught those companies a lesson and forbade them from continuing to smear traditional superheroes.
"Because of that smear campaign, quite a few traditional superheroes became disheartened and chose retirement. In truth, they had been considering it for a long time. There had been so many disasters before, and they were already exhausted.
"Besides, Tony and Captain devoted most of their energy to helping humanity enter the interstellar age. Over time, superheroes became completely commercialized."
DC Iron Man asked, "What does that have to do with the world becoming like this?"
"Of course it does. Don't rush me. Let me explain it slowly."
Andrew smiled. "At first, with Captain and the others keeping them in check, commercial superheroes were fairly well-behaved. But as the traditional superheroes retired, they got carried away and began acting recklessly. No matter what they did, capital would cover it up for them.
"For example, if they killed someone in the street, they could just make up an excuse and write a check to settle everything."
DC Iron Man sneered. "America."
"The Captain of The Seven is called Homelander. He's an enormous man-child. A few months ago, he destroyed an airplane over some matter."
Andrew said, "Captain and the others naturally couldn't tolerate that. They led people to arrest Homelander and prepared to settle accounts with Vought.
"Who would have thought that Vought, while appearing to be a commercial superhero company, was actually a pharmaceutical company with ties to the Nazis.
"Homelander and the others from The Seven weren't natural Ability Users. They had been modified by Vought using a drug called Compound Five.
"Their true