Comic #3754: super-efficient

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Panel 1: Character 1: Listen, kid. You don't want to be a superhero.
Character 2: How can you say that?

Panel 2: Character 1: I started superheroing in the 1930s. Do you know how much population has expanded since then? The Metropolis metropolitan area has thirty times more people.

Panel 3: Character 1: The more people and technology there are, the less valuable an individual hero. That’s why we all formed leagues in the 60s and 70s.

Panel 4: Character 2: Just to sustain the organization, you’ll need to expand into services or manufacturing. Probably both.

Panel 5: Character 2: Do you know the most efficient superhero today, in terms of lives saved per dollar?
Character 1: …Is it Batman?

Panel 6: Character 1: It’s Speedsheet, who can easily spread-sheets at speeds far beyond those of mortal men.

Panel 7: Character 1: Honestly, I’m not even sure she’s really super. She might just be an incredibly boring person.

Panel 8: Character 2: You’re… what… super strong? Super fast?
Character 1: Yeah. And I have laser-eyes.
Character 2: Right.

Panel 9: Character 1: None of that stuff matters. If you could do super pattern recognition or had powers of super-prediction, sure.

Panel 10: Character 1: So, you won't take me as your protégé?
Character 2: Are you familiar with the concept of the "unpaid intern"?

This transcription captures the dialogue and structure of the comic accurately.