Obama Meets Spiderman
According to USA Today:
In a growing world of Barack Obama collectibles, one item soon may be swinging above the rest. On Jan. 14, Marvel Comics is releasing a special issue of Amazing Spider-Man #583 with Obama depicted on the cover. Inside are five pages of the two teaming up and even a fist-bump between Spidey and the new president.FIRST LOOK: Check out some panels from ‘Amazing Spider-Man #583′ “It was a natural after we learned the new president is a Spider-Man fan,” says Marvel editor in chief Joe Quesada about reports that Obama once collected Spider-Man comics. “We thought, ‘Fantastic! We have a comic-book geek in the White House.’ “
The White House transition team did not respond to a question about the extent of Obama’s comic-book geekiness, but Obama did mention Spider-Man during the campaign, primarily at children-oriented events. And during an Entertainment Weekly pop culture survey, Obama said Batman and Spider-Man were his top superheroes because of their “inner turmoil.” (John McCain picked Batman.)
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Why couldn’t Obama be down with Black Panther or Martha Washington? Too revolutionary maybe? Maybe.
Happy reading ya’ll!
I’ll be sure to check that out!
On the comic book tip, I’ve wanted to get into the Martha Washington series. However, I can never find it from beginning to end. *sigh*
I bought the Martha Washington series when I was in high school. Who knows where it went since then, right? Well, I went on eBay awhile ago and replaced my entire collection—even gave somebody else a few copies as a gift. Check eBay.
Thanks! Ebay has the Martha W. Goes to War series. Is that the earliest one, or is it ‘Give Me Liberty’? That’s offered on Amazon.
I THINK Give Me Liberty is the first one, but I double checked Wikipedia to confirm:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Washington_(comics)
Make sure the comics is on the end, for some reason the link is acting crazy.