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Thursday, January 8, 2009

Books / Nerd Spoiler Warning

Posted by Paul Constant on Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:23 AM

Next week, Barack Obama will be saved from the dastardly Chameleon by Spider-Man in a special inaugural edition of The Amazing Spider-Man. It will be a five-page backup story. It will be embarrassing to read, as most appearances of real-life people in superhero comic books usually are (except for when David Letterman was in The Avengers, which was super hott). It will also be a tremendously popular issue of the comic book, selling out in comic book stores all across the country. This will be because people will think the comic book will be valuable one day. The comic book will never be valuable, unless you could coerce Barack Obama into signing the thing. The end, spoiler warning off. Here is the cover, with a lame joke that doesn't really make sense if you think about it for a second or two:

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"The comic book will never be valuable..."

Well said. Bears repeating.

Posted by Superfrankenstein on January 8, 2009 at 11:35 AM

oh, you're just jealous that you'll never be in a comic book

Posted by MJ on January 8, 2009 at 11:43 AM

Now that 90% of comics are collected by adults, nothing published after about 1990 will ever come close to the value of "golden age" or "silver age" comics, because there is no longer someone (thanks mom!) to toss them out as "junk", thus creating the kind of scarcity for certain issues that made them valuable in the first place.

Posted by COMTE on January 8, 2009 at 11:50 AM

Well said, COMTE @3.

@2: I am on the cover of a comic book, running in fear from Godzilla. It's the perfect way to make an appearance in a fictional medium, I think.

Posted by Paul Constant on January 8, 2009 at 12:09 PM

@2 Paul has already made numerous appearances as the Mole Man, one of the Fantastic Four's oldest and most storied villians.

Posted by low blow...I deserve a spanking on January 8, 2009 at 12:10 PM

@3 for the win!

Posted by Will in Seattle on January 8, 2009 at 12:14 PM

Oh so when the Stranger had a girl on the cover nipping out in a wet "Obama" t-shirt you guys weren't being exploitative at all (See Feb 14, 2008 issue)... No not like this dirty comic book.

Posted by Andy on January 8, 2009 at 12:22 PM

@7
Damn, I missed that one...where can I get a collector's copy of that issue.

Posted by Sad Comment on January 8, 2009 at 12:32 PM

Stephen Colbert appeared in a five page back-up story in a recent issue of Amazing Spider-Man, and it was pretty hilarious. Why you gotta be so jaded, Paul?

Posted by Sex Geek on January 8, 2009 at 12:35 PM

"Barack Obama will be saved from the dastardly chameleon"

That's Karl Rove, right?

Posted by Urgutha Forka on January 8, 2009 at 1:06 PM

I plan to buy the issue, not because I think it will be valuable, but because I think it's going to be fun and campy. It'll go great next to my other never-gonna-be-worth-anything "collectibles," like the "V.I.P. Limited Edition" of "Showgirls," my still-in-the-box "Mel B. ON TOUR" Spice Girls doll, and my Nancy Pearl Librarian Action Figure with "Amazing Push-Button Shushing Action."

Snob it up all you want, but as far as I'm concerned, it'll be $2.99 well spent.

Posted by GrammarCop on January 8, 2009 at 1:07 PM

I strongly disagree! See some scans here - it looks pretty clever - Obama and Spiderman do a terrorist fistjab, Obama makes a comment about Spiderman not wanting to 'pal around with him,' Spiderman mistakes Biden for The Vulture...good stuff:
http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_po…

Posted by versha on January 8, 2009 at 2:00 PM

What's up with Obama's hand? Aside from weird proportions he's either got some pointy coke-thumbnail or vampire-hand thing going on.

Posted by christopher h on January 8, 2009 at 2:31 PM