Image from source, USA Today
I just used one of my most despised phrases right there in the headline, but would only do so jokingly. I'm a DC Comics fan myself, but would sneak a Marvel Comics Spider-Man in there once in a while. And why shouldn't Spidey have the new President in his comic? He's surely not the first president to appear alongside a superhero.
I'd still be willing to bet that the phrase I used as a joke is being used literally in right-wing world, and that they're slamming Marvel as I type this. I just betcha. Incidentally, the cover shot is a great likeness of Barack Obama, but the interior art? Not so much.
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Obama, Spider-Man on the same comic-book page
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. . .
Read more at: USA Today
UPDATE: I was right.
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