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I recommend you look up the phrase "Artistic License". The overall look of a character under the mask is varied depending on the artist. No two artists will draw Captain America the same way.

As for artists drawing characters to resemble the actors who currently portray them? That's a complicated matter. Marvel artists will design a character to resemble the actor, but the likeness is not necessarily exact. See there's are all sorts of licensing issues that come up with making a character LOOK like a real life person. Particularly an actor who is associated with the Screen Actors Guild. If your going to use their likeness they're going to have to pay a fee.

To give you a parallel, the Army of Darkness comic books published by Dynamite Comics have to get Bruce Campbell's permission to use his likeness. He also has to *approve* of his renditions as well.

Now when it comes to Marvel Comics... When we're talking comics that are based directly off of the Cinematic Universe, it's probably part of the deal with these actors being in the movies. Hence why the characters are stylized to look like those actors. However in the mainstream Marvel universe they'll look similar, but not a full on likeness. Why produce something that is going to net them less money? If you have to pay a license on likeness that bites into profits not only on the original printing, but subsequent printings as well including a cut of the reprint market. It doesn't make fiscal sense to do that.