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Explanation
The Joke
Someone cries out "Help! Somebody help me!" and a caped figure arrives announcing himself as "Litigious Man." Rather than physically saving anyone, Litigious Man asks whether anyone was "doing anything? Anything interesting at all?" -- essentially looking for someone to sue rather than someone to rescue. When told "I was holding my purse," Litigious Man declares that everything is fine and tells the person to go back to doing nothing, declaring the situation "Cleared."
The final panel shows Litigious Man walking away with a self-satisfied smile, saying "I love making a difference," completely oblivious to the fact that he has helped no one. The original person calling for help has been entirely ignored in favor of Litigious Man's obsession with finding legal infractions.
The Humor
The comic satirizes the idea of using litigation as a form of heroism. Litigious Man is a parody of the superhero archetype, where instead of fighting crime with physical prowess, he fights perceived legal violations. The joke is that his "superpower" -- the ability to threaten lawsuits -- is completely useless in an actual emergency. His smug self-satisfaction in the final panel is the kicker: he genuinely believes he is making the world a better place, when in fact he is just a nuisance who ignores real problems in favor of imagined legal ones. The comic plays on the cultural stereotype of overly litigious people who see every interaction as a potential lawsuit.
References
The votey text "Who will litigate the litigators?" is a play on the famous Latin phrase "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" ("Who watches the watchmen?"), originally from the Roman poet Juvenal and popularized by Alan Moore's graphic novel "Watchmen." Replacing "watch" with "litigate" perfectly captures the recursive absurdity of a legal system policing itself.