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Obama to Star in Spider-Man Comic

 

Published 1/8/2009 at WSJ.com: Washington Wire

Susan Davis reports on politics. The cover of The Amazing Spider-Man featuring President-elect Barack Obama. (AP) President-elect Barack Obama will appear on the cover of a Jan. 14 bonus issue of Marvel Comic’s Amazing Spider-Man series, perhaps fulfilling his other childhood dream . Obama has said he collected Spider-Man comics as a child, and fellow comic book enthusiasts are excited about the prospect of having one of their own in the White House. “How great is that? The commander in chief to be is actually a nerd in chief,” John Quesada, Marvel’s editor in chief, told the Associated Press . “It was really, really cool to see that we had a geek in the White House. We’re all thrilled with that.” Adding to his nerd status, AP reports Obama’s Senate Web site also used to have a photo of him posing in front of a Superman statue. According to AP, in the comic Spider-Man alter-ego Peter Parker is taking photographs at the ... (link)

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