First! Well, I think that what the Illuminati did was useful for some time, but at the end it's better to told your friends because other way they could end up captured by skrulls and giving them DNA to make super-skrulls and a reason to invade the earth...

Sure, they should have secrets and they should have trust. A part of trust is realizing there might be good reasons for secrets. There are no hard rules either way, should come down to specifics each and every time. 

Spider Man needs to quit being a douche...

I don't see how a member of any team can be expected to not withhold secrets.  Sometimes, it turns out badly such as in JLA when it was revealed the level of planning that Batman had undertaken should the JLA ever go rogue.
 
That was a truly enjoyable moment, surpassed only by the immense amount of wreckage that the Hulk inflicted on Dr. Strange, Iron Man, Reed Richards, etc during the Planet Hulk storyline. 
 
Secrets are inevitable.  Teams need to get used to it
 

Some secrets, like identities, have a good reason for staying hidden.
But creating a shadow government like the Illuminate or have secret kill switches should be known.

Interesting point about Spidey sharing his identity with the Avengers.  He's never had to worry about team-mates before.  We all know how disastrous it can be if his identity is leaked to the public, so I don't blame him for not wanting to share it with a public org like the Avengers.

On the other hand, I've never been a fan of the Illuminati.  Some self appointed senior management of super heroes?  No thanks?  Management is boring at the best of times, even if it did involve super powers & saving the world.  If hero teams are going to network, sharing information to help save the universe... then they shouldn't hide in the shadows to do it.  Sure, they shouldn't broadcast it to the entire world... but it shouldn't be kept to a select few.
   

Of course! They should always plan for the worst... like Batman.

Steve rogers is a douche! Expecting everyone to suck up to him just because he is top cop now is a no-no.The Illuminati were formed before he was top and automatically he expects them to tell him about the Infinity gems? and he expects after this is all over to "put them back where we found them"? really Steve? really? 

Secrets make for good story telling. Not telling Batman they wiped his mind and Bats not telling the JLA he had plans to defeat them all was great. the only problem is that most secrets retcon things to a certain extent. The Illuminati retconned the entire Marvel Universe almost from the get go. Still I would prefer that to knowing everything. Much more fun.

What fellow avengers doesnt know about Spideys identity?

I think its okay the have secrets. Some things would cause more harm than good if they got out as are proved every single time they do get out.
 
People argue that its impossible to trust someone who is keeping secrets but actions speak so much louder than words.
 
If someone has had your back, almost lay down their life for you, gone into battle beside you, day after day after day who really cares that they used to sleep with a person who is now your enemy?
 
You've trusted them to be there in the past, when you didn't know their secret and they always have been, so why does everyone always seem to leap to the conclusion that just because that person has a secert they arent going to be there anymore when they have been there every single time in the past.
 
People in comics need to judge people by what they do, not what they say and get over themselves. No one is entitled to know everything about everyone else. Ever.

Comics these days are just utter bullcrap!    

Communication between teammates is very important. We see a similar situation in the need for inter-departmental communication between the United States' various security organizations (i.e. the FBI, CIA, NSA, and Dept of Homeland Security). The key difference is that superheroes are individuals with private lives that probably play more of a role for them and consume more of their time than a typical government agent. If you're hiding something that endangers the lives of others senselessly, that's a problem and said secret has to be revealed. Otherwise, you don't have to mention every little thing, and I think each individual Avenger is mature and smart enough to know which secrets will come back to haunt them. As far as Spidey goes, that's frankly right on the border of acceptable and unacceptable. He has a lengthy reputation of being a trustworthy character that virtually any Marvel superhero can count on, but one's identity is a big deal. In terms of the Steve Rogers thing, he doesn't fit the Nick Fury type role Marvel has given him. Steve, while qualified for the duties of military top brass, has a personality poorly suited to the cloak and dagger warfare and shadowy organizations. 

" What fellow avengers doesnt know about Spideys identity? "

Meh, do what's most expedient and pragmatic to the situation

Why post the scan with Steve talking to Iron Man if you're going to make it so small we can't read the speech bubbles? 
  
I think you make a good point about the necessity of sharing (or the inevitability of accidentally revealing) your secret identity to your team mates. If you really want to keep your identity an absolute secret, you should steer clear of teaming up with anyone. Likewise, anyone already in a team would have to be very picky about allowing new members. They'd have to be organized and behave more like subversive "cells" than the come-and-go-as-we-please super groups of the comics.

I just finished Cable Classic Vol One and let me tell you the secrets he kept destroyed "Six Pack" and I dont think they will trust him ever again.

The ideal would be, no.

Steve is like a great big fart in a small room, which is why I find his authority laughable. His entire "plan" is a joke beyond all words.
 
Commander Steve Rogers believes afew appointed individual can take over the work done by entire organizations like HAMMER & SHIELD but in hindsight. His Secret Avengers only show up when he needs them for mission and their hardly Secret since they've been showing up everyone in plain sight. Regular Avengers are too busy in other dimensions to worry about street crime and  New Avengers spend more time chilling in the mansion than on actual mission since more than half of them have other more important responsibilities. How he is in charge of anything is just a sad misleading thought and I'd prefer a cop-out at this point rather than having to deal with anymore of his "Capes in charge" crap.
 
Nick Fury's SHIELD corrupt as it was got the job done for decades, Tony Stark SHIELD had a sound and almost perfect plan but was only ruined because of aliens. Norman Osborn's HAMMER was corrupt as all hell but the man got the job done like never before because for one he actually had the Punisher killed someone the others failed to do. But Steve Rogers...a man out of time with a piss poor plan doomed to fail

Trust is developed over time. In some cases, secrets need to be kept for various reasons. Some legit, some maddd bogus. But with that said, I knew that if and when Steve Rogers found out about the Illuminati, he would be piss'd. But lets be real, until now he hasn't been the type of person who'd be able to look at the big picture, a lot of it in shades of gray. Now that he's (for lack of a better description) the new Nick Fury... he'll have to understand that things need to be done in a certain matter. Even by the heroes of the Marvel Universe. If anything, his fighting against the SHRA proves this...

should people keep secrets? In a way we are all one large team of humankind, living in the same world. Is it really beneficial for anyone to keep potential knowledge from others?

" Steve rogers is a douche! Expecting everyone to suck up to him just because he is top cop now is a no-no.The Illuminati were formed before he was top and automatically he expects them to tell him about the Infinity gems? and he expects after this is all over to "put them back where we found them"? really Steve? really?  "

" Steve is like a great big fart in a small room, which is why I find his authority laughable. His entire "plan" is a joke beyond all words.  Commander Steve Rogers believes afew appointed individual can take over the work done by entire organizations like HAMMER & SHIELD but in hindsight. His Secret Avengers only show up when he needs them for mission and their hardly Secret since they've been showing up everyone in plain sight. Regular Avengers are too busy in other dimensions to worry about street crime and  New Avengers spend more time chilling in the mansion than on actual mission since more than half of them have other more important responsibilities. How he is in charge of anything is just a sad misleading thought and I'd prefer a cop-out at this point rather than having to deal with anymore of his "Capes in charge" crap.   Nick Fury's SHIELD corrupt as it was got the job done for decades, Tony Stark SHIELD had a sound and almost perfect plan but was only ruined because of aliens. Norman Osborn's HAMMER was corrupt as all hell but the man got the job done like never before because for one he actually had the Punisher killed someone the others failed to do. But Steve Rogers...a man out of time with a piss poor plan doomed to fail "

The Illuminati is a group of inflated egos.

No teams should never have secrets it creates mistrust and breaks down all credbility and some respect for each other leaving team morale at all time lows. look at the X-Men although no one has stepped up and said "Hey Summers what your doing is wrong you are not helping our cause of being free of discrimination" like they've threaten him with during this whole debacle of events. Now outside Marvel teams will think twice about teaming up with Scott or any X-Men for that matter without either bringing it up or mistrusting him (I.E Captain America's dossier on the X-Men). On the other side of the tracks some secrets are best kept hidden Catwoman comes to mind she's hiding the biggest Gotham secret of them all and is catching hell for, and it doesn't help that Ivy and Harley are fighting to protect her even when they're left in the dark (It's like if Lois Lane asked Luthor to save Clark Kent in a train full of Kryptonite)

haha that issue had so much drama, but its good 
 
 
@MichaelSimpson said:

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Comics these days are just utter bullcrap!    

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I think characters are more interesting when they keep secrets. Now that Spidey's a member of the Avengers and has less of a secretive loner persona I don't really care about him that much and he was my favorite character since I was 5.

" @jubeiyagyux said:

" Steve rogers is a douche! Expecting everyone to suck up to him just because he is top cop now is a no-no.The Illuminati were formed before he was top and automatically he expects them to tell him about the Infinity gems? and he expects after this is all over to "put them back where we found them"? really Steve? really?  "

Tony should've told him this... 
  

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" Steve is like a great big fart in a small room, which is why I find his authority laughable. His entire "plan" is a joke beyond all words.  Commander Steve Rogers believes afew appointed individual can take over the work done by entire organizations like HAMMER & SHIELD but in hindsight. His Secret Avengers only show up when he needs them for mission and their hardly Secret since they've been showing up everyone in plain sight. Regular Avengers are too busy in other dimensions to worry about street crime and  New Avengers spend more time chilling in the mansion than on actual mission since more than half of them have other more important responsibilities. How he is in charge of anything is just a sad misleading thought and I'd prefer a cop-out at this point rather than having to deal with anymore of his "Capes in charge" crap.   Nick Fury's SHIELD corrupt as it was got the job done for decades, Tony Stark SHIELD had a sound and almost perfect plan but was only ruined because of aliens. Norman Osborn's HAMMER was corrupt as all hell but the man got the job done like never before because for one he actually had the Punisher killed someone the others failed to do. But Steve Rogers...a man out of time with a piss poor plan doomed to fail "

to me a secret is another word for weakness, because in the end, almost any secret somebody has, they have to guard it due to someone using it against them. if nothing else it breed mistrust among heroes and can cause bombs to go off like the Scarlet Witch situation (it was global genocide for a whole race of people). To many issues arise with to many secrets and until the heroes find a nice balance they will always have drama like they do. guess that's part of being a hero too, knowing when to share and when to seal away something...................for instance what if Tony had a fatal STD, you know how many women in Marvel (men indirectly) would be affected,  where as say Wolverine didn't vote like 30 yrs ago. two very different secrets but one with big consequences and the other no one would care about......gotta draw a line somewhere

I think Steve is right to be upset but he should have some perspective now that he is the head of the large intelligence organization, about the need to know. I think he should begin to realize there is not enough time in a day to  for him be involved in every incident and he need to be more of a director and less of an operative.

no they shouldn't keep secrets.  its too dangerous for their teammates when they are in life and death situations.  also, its a problem since they could easily get possessed or brainwashed and their friends need to fix them.

I LOVED that issue of Avengers.

Eh I maintain my position that some things some people need to know, some things they don't. As the "big cop" Steve should understand that now, but no, because he punched Hitler he has to be kowtowed to? And people say the Illuminati have ego issues? Sure I won't argue with that. But it's a two way street people. 

Some secrets are obviously bigger than the person keeping it and the people trying to find out. When a secret is revealed, the people who weren't in on it usually become brash and confrontational, but why? A true teammate and comrade would realize that most of the time secrets are kept for very good reason, and it's not personal. Secrets are necessary. Being nosy and pretentious is not

"I think its okay the have secrets. Some things would cause more harm than good if they got out as are proved every single time they do get out.  People argue that its impossible to trust someone who is keeping secrets but actions speak so much louder than words.  If someone has had your back, almost lay down their life for you, gone into battle beside you, day after day after day who really cares that they used to sleep with a person who is now your enemy?  You've trusted them to be there in the past, when you didn't know their secret and they always have been, so why does everyone always seem to leap to the conclusion that just because that person has a secert they arent going to be there anymore when they have been there every single time in the past.  People in comics need to judge people by what they do, not what they say and get over themselves. No one is entitled to know everything about everyone else. Ever.
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questoin Tony  aka G-man I have notice alot of  Marvel refrance, nothing of  DC or Dynamite ect...(so what's up with that) , I just find it kind of odd , but for "  Should Hero Teams Have Secrets?" the  anwser is yes cos it's like the old saying "too many cook spoils the soup" .... and It's a need to know baises not everyone need to know .

" it makes the books interesting "