With his grand speeches and coolness on the basketball court, it’s easy to forget that underneath it all, President-elect Barack Obama is a bit of a nerd.
When the President-elect was a kid, he loved collecting Spider-Man comic books.
And, now, Marvel comics has fulfilled what we’re assuming is one of Barry O’s nerdy childhood dreams!
Spider-Man publishers wanted to give him a “shout-out” back for championing the nerdy past time by featuring him in a bonus story in issue #583.
The Obama story reportedly starts with Spider-Man’s alter-ego, Peter Parker, taking photographs at the inauguration, before spotting two identical Obamas.
Parker decides “the future president’s gonna need Spider-Man,” and springs into action, using basketball to determine the real Obama and punching out the impostor.
Obama goes on to thank him with a fist-bump.
Loves it!
Issue #583 will be available in comic book shops nationwide on Jan. 14 for $3.99 and is expected to sell out, with half the covers devoted to Obama.
Obama is the first president to have an entire story crafted around him.
Past presidents merely had ‘walk on’ roles.
How sweet! Nerds taking care of their own!