I am not a big comic books guy, but this may amuse some readers:
bq. One of the most frequent questions this blog has generated, both in comments and in emails, is “What about Superman’s immigration status?”
Here’s more:
bq. One final point: a lot of super characters travel really fast, and do so using their own means of transportation. Superman flies. Nightcrawler teleports. The Flash simply runs really fast, etc. Going from Metropolis to Ohio isn’t that big of a deal, as travel within the United States can be done almost entirely without government authorization, particularly if you aren’t using a commercial airline. But in addition to massive violations of airspace (there’s another post!), simply showing up in another country without going through customs is illegal. Wolverine deciding to go to Alberta to discover his origins is all well and good, but he’s going to have to cross the border somewhere (probably North Dakota), and that means either showing a passport or jumping the border. In essence, a law abiding superhero is going to need official documents, and as discussed earlier, that has its own problems.
From “this post”:http://lawandthemultiverse.com/2010/12/22/superheros-and-immigration-status/ at the blog “Law and the Multiverse: Superheroes, Supervillains, and the Law”:http://lawandthemultiverse.com/. Here’s another post on “RICO and the Legion of Doom”:http://lawandthemultiverse.com/2010/12/13/rico-and-the-legion-of-doom/.
[Hat tip to Eric Lawrence]