The Amazing Spider-Man features Obama storyline
I wrote this story yesterday about Today's edition of The Amazing Spider-Man. It features Barack Obama on the cover, and includes a five-page story about the president-elect and an imposter who tries to steal the presidency.
The new issue of "The Amazing Spider-Man" is hitting shelves Wednesday, and gracing the cover is the soon-to-be U.S. commander-in-chief -- or should we say geek-in-chief -- Barack Obama.
In a recent story in the U.K.'s Telegraph newspaper, it was revealed that the president-elect is a fan of the Webslinger because he can relate to the inner turmoil Peter Parker often feels about his alter-ego.
That inspired the creative team at Marvel Comics to feature Obama in issue #583, "Spidey Meets the President."
"My bosses came to me and said is there anything we can do with this? And we thought well, maybe we'll put him on our cover as a nod to the new comic-fan-in-chief, and that grew into a five-page story," said Stephen Wacker, editor of "The Amazing Spider-Man".
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