Hayes didn't stay out of the limelight for long. He soon joined Booster Gold's corporate hero team, The Conglomerate. In addition to fighting crime, Maxi-Man and his teammates also became corporate sponsors. Hayes personally appeared in advertisements for Danielle Foods, a lawn care company and division of LexCorp. He participated in the coup of San Sebor. Though the ruler was a tyrant, some of Hayes' teammates protested the nature of the mission. The Justice League attempted to arrest the team after this, but they decided to talk instead and left on uncomfortable terms. Maxi-Man and his team were endangered when one of their liaisons, Thrunctuous, illegally worked with Hector Hammond to create a new superhero that would 'accidentally' kill the Conglomerate. Thrunctuous and the superhero, a mindless monster, both died in the resulting fight. The group survived the bad publicity as it was spun that they worked with the JLI to 'save' the world'. The group soon decided not to follow along with their sponsors' often illegal ideas and became a branch of the League. Maxi-Man left the team afterwards.