Actually, with the losing of certain bits of culture over the eons.
"Superman is a human god" may end up having been a thing, along with the power of greyskull and a chicken bone prayer that the rev used.
A merc company using "The Visage of an ancient human god, known for being unstopable against evil" would be akin to someone today..using the visage of Beowulf or Thor to inspire fear in their foes.