You know, just once, I'd like DC to do a story where Bats was the government stooge and Superman wasn't.
After all, Bruce Wayne is a rich, white, millionaire. For all this claimed "vigilante/urban legend" crap, he is regularly shown working directly with and for the police, violating criminals' civil rights, coercing confessions, etc. After his parents were killed, the government, in the form of Leslie Tompkins came to his aid and took care of him, alongside Alfred. Every couple of years there is some story about some buddy of his running for congress. He obviously travels in the elite circles of power. In some stories we see that he favors gun control and, possibly, other government regulations.
At the same time, Clark Kent is a journalist, a group that usually is highly suspicious of government. He grew up in the midwest, in the country, far away from a significant government interference. He has known for decades that he is an outsider. His adopted parents (who have been retconned into organic farmers) have said that they originally kept his powers and origin a secret because they thought that the government might come and take him away.
So...based on the above, which one seems more likely to be aligned with the government?
I'm not saying that this analysis is set in stone, or mandates that one hero or the other would be pro-registration. However, it seems as valid as the opposite analysis, which is the same way DC always does it.
