Obama biography comics

Barack Obama has appeared as a character in comic books published by a number of publishing companies, sometimes appearing as a realistic fictionalized version of himself and sometimes as a spoof.

Publication history

Obama made his first appearance as a comic book character in July 2007 in Licensable BearTM No. 4 by Nat Gertler and Lonny Chant, where he appeared as a U.S. Senator. The comic only had a print-run of 1,050 issues.

A year later, in September 2008, Obama appeared in Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon No. 137.^[1] This issue featured a variant cover which showed Obama with the Savage Dragon, who proclaims that he is endorsing him for president.^[2] The issue sold out four print runs.^[1] A month later, the comic was followed up by Presidential Material: Barack Obama by Jeff Mariotte and in November 2008 with Obama: The Comic Book by Rod Espinosa.

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