Yeah, sounds like Excelsior is having a time.

[ kyle mentally runs down what he knows before ticking it off his fingers for connor. ]

Okay, so there are a bunch of heroes. Sort of government sponsored guilds. One for the goodies, one for the reformed baddies. If you sign up, you get benefits but you also may get called on to do their work. Working without is harder and people trust you less, but it's doable.

A lot of Bats are here, from alternate universes and all that. We had Wonder Woman and Batman for a bit but they left.