Posted January 11, 20178 yr Busy sorting out my Lego figures to display and I'm listing all i have and i have a bit of a strange question... when is a superhero classed as being in his superhero persona? I have a few Captain America figures where he doesn't have a helmet on and I'm not sure whether to list them as 'Captain America' or 'Steve Rodgers' lol?
January 11, 20178 yr He's still Captain America if he's wearing his suit. Also it's "Steve Rogers" not Rodgers Your title question is very philosophical, but when is philosophy not philosophical?
January 13, 20178 yr It's not the suit or the powers that makes someone a superhero. It's their personality and their self-sacrifice. As such even dressed as Steve Rogers, he is still a superhero. As for what name you would give him when the costume but not the mask/helmet, I'd agree with the others. He is still Captain America.
January 17, 20178 yr Generally, but not always, a "super hero" is someone who fits most of the general criteria of the genre, such as: a costume, a desire to stop criminals, powers, existing in a super-heroic universe (or multiverse), so on. So, even when not in costume, the characters are still super heroes.
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