re: Steve Rogers
I can't judge whether I'm reading too much into it or not, as far as Captain America goes, since you know more about the storyline than I do, but where do you think the idea of a superhero registration act came from?
I checked the Marvel website, and now know a bit more. Of course this is an allegory of the current concern with security in the U.S.
I learned more than I needed to know, actually. The list of characters alone tells you why Marvel in recent years simply makes my eyes glaze over.
Not surprisingly, Howard the Duck is anti-registration, and apparently the bastards killed off Kitty Pride when I wasn't looking.