The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics

Chapter 224: Super Heroes? Super Stars!

After making up his mind, Yang Le awakened the Splitter hidden within the Omnitrix after many days. Since leaving the movie universe, Yang Le had not used the Splitter again.

In fact, if it wasn't for the need, Yang Le himself would have forgotten that he had this little guy on hand. He hoped the little guy wouldn't be upset.

Fortunately, after Yang Le awakened the Splitter, the little guy didn't complain. He agreed to Yang Le's request and dived into the network to search for information about the New Warriors.

This search revealed something that greatly surprised Yang Le. The 65B universe, which originally lacked superheroes, saw the emergence of many street vigilantes for some unknown reason.

This aroused Yang Le's interest. The explosive emergence of superheroes was obviously abnormal, and there must be some deeper reason behind it.

However, investigating this aspect didn't require the Splitter. Yang Le could handle it himself, and there was no need to waste manpower on one thing.

As for how to find Speedball, it was even simpler. Yang Le relied on the exclusive privilege of a transmigrator and naturally knew Speedball's real name—Robert "Robbie" Baldwin.

This name was quite unique. It didn't take much time for the Splitter to find Robbie's home address and even his phone number and all his private information. It's no exaggeration to say that Yang Le now knew Robbie's XP inside and out.

That's how terrifying box weapons are.

Knowing Robbie's number, the Splitter could accurately locate Robbie's position and even sneak into Robbie's phone through the network for close monitoring, ensuring that Yang Le could get first-hand information.

After dismissing the Splitter, Yang Le began his own mission—investigating the reason for the explosive emergence of superheroes.

This investigation was simpler than Yang Le expected. Almost as soon as Yang Le turned on the computer, he got the answer.

STAR Corporation, the only choice for superhumans.

A huge poster with dazzling artistic fonts popped up as soon as Yang Le opened the search engine. On the poster were five men and women in strange costumes, proudly showing off their fit bodies in their tight suits.

Yang Le was quite familiar with these five men and women. They were Mr. Immortal Craig Hollis, Namor the Sub-Mariner, Luke Cage Power Man, She-Hulk Jennifer Susan Walters, and Miss America Madeline Joyce.

In fact, even if Yang Le didn't remember them, it didn't matter, because there were detailed introductions under each of these five people. You could even enter their exclusive interface by clicking on the poster, and there were more detailed introductions about them on the exclusive interface.

These introductions were mostly about their achievements, such as defeating a certain super villain, saving a sinking ship, rescuing victims from a fire, and so on.

Even under these exclusive interfaces, there were forum links belonging to each of them, just like normal celebrities.

After reading these miscellaneous things, Yang Le had only one thought, and that was...

Did Vought Corporation come over?

It's no wonder Yang Le was thinking wildly. This set of superhuman celebrity strategies was really similar to The Boys. Although there were superhero programs mentioned in the Marvel comics, it was only mentioned briefly and was not as complete as Vought Corporation in The Boys. But now in the 65B universe, it was done quite well.

However, after careful consideration, Yang Le was relieved. After all, in the original work, Speedball's New Warriors participated in a reality show with superheroes as the protagonists. It was precisely because of the exposure brought by the show that Speedball's ambitions grew and he was eager to make contributions, eventually making mistakes.

The superhero celebrity comparison is very popular in other universes. In Yang Le's view, this is obvious, because the original superhero resources in the 65B universe were very scarce, and it can be said that there were very few. The most famous was actually Captain America, an antique from the last century.

That's right, it's the one that George and the others locked on the roof of the Osborn Group building.

After that, there was Gwen, who was Spider-Woman, and Four Arms, who had a lot of exposure.

By the way, the reason why Yang Le's transformed Four Arms was so popular was thanks to the spontaneously formed folk organization—the Four Arms fan club.

Yes, it was the organization that JJJ sprayed on. Although Four Arms hadn't appeared in almost two years, this organization was still there, but the number of people was much smaller, and they all went to support other superheroes. There was no way, the exposure rate was too low, and the fan stickiness would definitely be consumed, although Yang Le didn't care.

Now it's good, Yang Le became more and more interested in the investigation, and understood this STAR company from beginning to end, and found that there were figures of Osborn Group behind them, and even S.H.I.E.L.D. had signs of participation.

After Yang Le's further excavation, he knew the whole story. This so-called STAR company is actually a means to supervise superhumans. After all, as mentioned before, the superheroes in the 65B universe are very scarce, but super villains are common.

This is because these superhumans are discriminated against in life. Although they are very strong, ordinary people are the general public in today's society. Either because of fear or because of jealousy, the living environment of superhumans is not good.

This leads to these people often going to extremes, because it is too easy to commit crimes with superpowers.

Therefore, in order to prevent these things from happening, the current largest Osborn Group joined forces with S.H.I.E.L.D. to establish STAR Corporation. They are responsible for packaging these superhumans into superheroes, making them stars, and allowing them to support themselves through normal channels.

This not only recruited superhumans to be vigilantes and let them deal with super villains, but also provided positive guidance. Now, both men and women, young and old, regard superheroes as idols, and the crime rate has been reduced as a result.

S.H.I.E.L.D. and Osborn Group can also make a lot of money because of the benefits brought by superheroes. It can be described as a good strategy with multiple benefits. Even Yang Le can't help but give a thumbs up to the person who came up with this method.

Norman Osborn, who was in the office, couldn't help but sneeze.