"It never changes. It's people, that's what it's about. When I'm on some alien world and a giant robot is running around destroying everything, and I save people, they're just like the people on Earth. Just as scared for themselves and their loved ones, just as grateful. They look different, but that don't matter. Look at the two of us, we look different, sure, but we're both cops with -- apparently -- the same priorities."

It never really felt that different from superheroing on Earth, even if the way everything looked was different.

"In the end, I'm still just an ordinary guy from Long island," he said with a small, almost-shy smile, and he shrugged. "And they're just people that need someone looking out for 'em. You serve and protect, it's just the things you're protecting 'em from are a whole lot bigger."