Gabe Steel has lost his mojo as a superhero. He hasn't really been interested in fighting crime for some time now, but he still needs to pay the rent with any cash rewards he can collect. More often than not, his lazy, half-hearted motivation places him at the crime scene too late and unprepared. He has zero-interest in confrontation and would much rather convince a villain to surrender than waste precious energy bringing them in by force. That tactic works most often because Gabe goes after petty criminals and the perp almost never resists, reasoning that they'd have no chance in resisting against a superhero.
If Gabe had only known that Weekend Wrestling Superstar hunk Elite Eliot was at the center of an alleged assault, he may never have put down the bong, gotten out of bed or squeezed his large muscular frame into his undersized hero tights. But since he went to all that effort, someone is going to get a beating.