This came up as a point of contention on my podcast recently when we were listing the Top Ten Street Level heroes.

My argument was Yes, he is, because Street-Level is a power tier. It implies what level of power Cap exists at, and he is a solid high-end Street Level Hero. He’s weaker than, say, Spider-Man or Luke Cage, who are mid-tier heroes.

The counter-argument was that Street-Level implies that kind of heroism the character portrays, and since Cap mostly deals with international issues or with leading a team of gods and superbeings into battle with cosmic threats, he isn’t Street-Level. He’s typically not out punching gangsters. So Luke Cage would be Street-Level, but Cap isn’t.