Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Registration Acts —the Mutant Registration Act (MRA), the Superhuman Registration Act (SRA, or SHRA), and the Vigilante Registration Act (VRA) —are fictional legislative bills that have been plot points used in various comic books and superhero films which, when passed into law, enforce the regulation of vigilante vs. criminal activity and/or the mandatory registration of superpowered individuals with the government. The issue that the government might seek to regulate the activities and civil rights of super-heroes, or view them as valuable national security resource subject to conscription without notice in times of crisis, has also been explored in other comics, such as those featuring the DC Comics's Justice Society of America, in Watchmen, in Astro City and in Powers, as well as in films such as The Return Of Captain Invincible (1983) and The Incredibles (2004) and in the role-playing games Brave New World (1999), and Dawn of Legends for Savage Worlds.This plot point tradition is especially rich and extensively explored in the fictional universes of various comic book stories published by Marvel Comics. The first mention of the broad concept was in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981). The term "Registration Act" was first used in Uncanny X-Men #181 (May 1984). As their names suggest, Mutant Registration Act deal with the registration of mutants and of superhumans respectively. Numerous versions of each bill have been proposed at different times and in different jurisdictions in the Marvel Universe. A newly passed into law Superhuman Registration Act is a major plot point in Marvel's 2006 crossover limited series Civil War. has been featured in both the original X-Men animated series and the X-Men films.. }
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- Registration_acts_(comics) abstract "The Registration Acts —the Mutant Registration Act (MRA), the Superhuman Registration Act (SRA, or SHRA), and the Vigilante Registration Act (VRA) —are fictional legislative bills that have been plot points used in various comic books and superhero films which, when passed into law, enforce the regulation of vigilante vs. criminal activity and/or the mandatory registration of superpowered individuals with the government. The issue that the government might seek to regulate the activities and civil rights of super-heroes, or view them as valuable national security resource subject to conscription without notice in times of crisis, has also been explored in other comics, such as those featuring the DC Comics's Justice Society of America, in Watchmen, in Astro City and in Powers, as well as in films such as The Return Of Captain Invincible (1983) and The Incredibles (2004) and in the role-playing games Brave New World (1999), and Dawn of Legends for Savage Worlds.This plot point tradition is especially rich and extensively explored in the fictional universes of various comic book stories published by Marvel Comics. The first mention of the broad concept was in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981). The term "Registration Act" was first used in Uncanny X-Men #181 (May 1984). As their names suggest, Mutant Registration Act deal with the registration of mutants and of superhumans respectively. Numerous versions of each bill have been proposed at different times and in different jurisdictions in the Marvel Universe. A newly passed into law Superhuman Registration Act is a major plot point in Marvel's 2006 crossover limited series Civil War. has been featured in both the original X-Men animated series and the X-Men films.".