Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-3146930-20140405195216/@comment-3146930-20140420195555

71.241.151.169 wrote: Isn't that also what happens in the Civil War arc with Marvel?

Sort of. In that series, the government wanted to register superheroes as a way to hold them accountable for the damage they caused, so they would know things like their secret identity, powers, ect.

Some heroes agreed while others didn't and thought the government would have too much power by knowing who they were and didn't want to be controlled. This lead to the heroes themselves fighting each other, with those willingly registering fighting those that went underground and refused.

At least that is how I understand it, as I've read the plot line before but never read the comic itself.