Leaving aside the time a certain masked mystery man decided that he couldn't stand his then-unborn children thinking his secret identity was a coward after the war, joined the army, and wound up behind enemy lines for over a year?

[She might forgive him for that incident someday.]

Heroes who pose for pictures and make a point of public vendettas get a lot less done and lose in nasty ways a lot more often. Captain Owl lost a hand and had to retire, Mr. Amazing wound up half out of his gourd, Doc Rocket is probably the most targeted man in Canada, and Tom Tomorrow... Well, I'll never believe there was no other way to stop that invasion force.