ɪt wʌz ɚɹˈaʊnd ðɪs tˈaɪm ðætðə tˈiːm mˈɛt ænd ɹᵻkɹˈuːts mˈæksɪməm, ðɪ ˈæŋɡɹi jˈʌŋ pɹətˈɛktɚɹ ʌv sˈuːɪsˌaɪd slˈʌm, ɐ kɹˈɑːnɪkli pˈʊɹ sˈɛkʃən ʌv mətɹˈɑːpəlˌɪs.
It was around this time that the team met and recruits Maximum, the angry young protector of Suicide Slum, a chronically poor section of Metropolis.