Barack Obama Teams up with Spider-Man

posted January 10, 2009 10:10:09 AM CST | 24 comments

President-Elect Barack Obama admitted to collecting Spider-Man comics on the campaign trail. Now, Marvel Comics is returning the love, immortalizing Obama in an upcoming Spider-Man comic.

Amazing Spider-Man #583 will feature the web slingers alter ego, Peter Parker covering the inauguration before spotting two Barack Obamas. The Obama imposter turns out to be Spider-Mans nemesis Chameleon, prompting Parker to spring into action.

After learning of Obamas love for the wall crawler, Marvel Comics' Editor in Chief Joe Quesada couldnt resist pairing the two figures together.

When we heard that President-elect Obama is a collector of Spider-Man comics, we knew that these two historic figures had to meet in our comics' Marvel Universe," Quesada stated. "A Spider-Man fan moving into the Oval Office is an event that must be commemorated in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man."

According to Obama, he always opted for more true to life comic characters like Spider-Man and Batman. "I was always into the Spider-Man/Batman model. The guys who have too many powerslike Superman--that always made me think they weren't really earning their superhero status. It's a little too easy. Whereas Spider-Man and Batman, they have some inner turmoil. They get knocked around a little bit."

DX wont play spoiler and give away the rest of the story. The comic hits newsstands on Jan. 14.

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