Here’s the thing - when all this superhero stuff was introduced, they were all lone-wolves… there was nary a league or society to be found. Superman stops the bad guys, Spiderman does the same thing… all good bubblegum and lollipop fodder for a 10c comic.
Then things moved into a “shouldn’t they be part of a group, or somewhat organized in their efforts” and so they start to meet amongst themselves, splinter off into this group of mutants or that group of enhanced humans. Now you have organization… that means structure… paperwork, processes.
Insurance and liability, costs, legality… who pays damages when an entire city is lifted into the air ? If you don’t have Stark’s deep pockets, good luck getting coverage. Even plucking a cat out of a tree could go wrong and open you up to a whole world of legal hurt.
In the end, kitty doesn’t get rescued… either a van of orphans or nazis, neither is getting saved when it goes off the bridge because Geico won’t cover hand-grip damage to the vehicle.
Simply put - you want to think your superheroes can operate in a realistic manner, then they also have to be put on hold forever when they try to call the bank… deal with a wobbly shopping cart wheel at Safeway… try and get through metal detectors at the NHL game (with their nuclear-powered Belt Of Infinity under their street clothes).
At some point that superhero would say the heck these rules getting in the way of flexing their superhero’ing ways. now they act above the law and may become detached from those they initially set out to protect. … not give a fuck for the common man. … and thus “TwitterMan” was born.
