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ComicVine Comics database. Lex Luthor with 2730 issues is the first result. He was president off and on in many of DC's universes. George W Bush is listed in 195 issues. His father: 107 comics. Bill Clinton? 196. Comic book cameos can add value to a comic or horribly date a comic. It can make a comic seem current, blurring the lines between reality and fiction. It can also put a huge spin on "alternate realities". Comic Books can make presidents larger than life. Superheroes, barbarians, zombie hunters or just interacting with the heroes we long to believe in. Here is a sampling of Barack Obama's 244 appearances. Read about other presidential cameos
here!
Image Comic's
Savage Dragon started the craze. In issue 137, by creator Erik Larsen the politically minded green man-dragon meets and endorses Obama. The issue kicked off the election season coming out September 2008.
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| Image Comics |
Blue Water Comics, famous for publishing biographies in comics for various icons/pop culture personalities started the craze by publishing "Presidential Material" special editions for the incumbents: John McCain and Barack Obama.
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| Blue Water Comics |
They have not stopped with lucrative series, showcasing his "Political Power", his wife, First Family: The Obamas, and even his dog, Bo.
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| Blue Water Comics |
When Obama won the presidency in November 2008, the comic book industry was quick to cash in. 2009 became the year of Obama. Spider-Man had an important meeting with Obama in January 2009's
Amazing Spider-Man 583, becoming one of the best selling American comics of the year.
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| Marvel Comics |
He met with Green Goblin turned Iron Patriot in Thunderbolts 128-129(Marvel) and handled the Youngblood team in issue 8(Image Comics).
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| Image |
Then...the job description got a little weird. I will let the images speak for themselves.
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| Drafted: One Hundred Days(Devils Due) 2009 |
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| President Evil(Antarctic Press) 2009 |
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| Barack the Barbarian(Devils Due Press) 2009, Yes, that IS Sarah Palin |
2010 saw Mister President visit Riverdale to hang out with Archie and Veronica. He teamed up with Harry Potter, Invincible and Walking Dead's Rick in an ongoing editorial Guarding the Globe. And he..."met" Bomb Queen in the "Oh-BOMB-ah!" four act story.
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| Archie 616 (Archie Comics) 2010 |
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| Guarding the Globe 1(Image Comics) 2010 |
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| Veronica 199(Archie Comics) 2010 |
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| Bomb Queen 3(Image Comics) 2010 |
Obama helped save America from Godzilla in 2011 and advised Cyborg in the Flashpoint miniseries.
One of 2012's best graphic novels was Fantographics' Barack Hussein Obama written and illustrated by Steven Weissman. Marketed as "A book about you, your country, your family and your president."
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| Barack Hussein Obama (Fantographics Books) 2012 |
This year started off with Skyman and The Other Dead premiers both debuting with Obama on the cover,
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| Skyman 1(Dark Horse Comics) 2014 |
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| The Other Dead 1(IDW) 2014 |
Will the President have a career in comics? It is doubtful. When the new presidential hopefuls are announced be prepared to see comics take sides in new and sometimes unsettling ways.
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