From the Heroes Complex/LA Times Blog:
"The Air Force One reading list: President-elect Barack Obama is a fanboy, at least according to Jon Swaine, who reports that the next leader of the free world will apparently be lugging a box of Marvel Comics with him when he moves into the White House. Swain has a tally called "Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know," and right there at the very top of the list it says: "He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics." Wow, we need more information here. Is he a Steve Ditko fan or more of a Todd McFarlane man? Does he prefer the black suit or classic red-and blue Spidey? Does the future first lady get upset when he lingers too long on the Red Sonja issues of Conan? Can he recite the "crush your enemies" speech from the Conan movie? So much to know. The list also says he's read every "Harry Potter" novel, that he has eaten roasted grasshopper, he benches 200 pounds and that he once had a pet ape named Tata. I'm not even making this up ... [Daily Telegraph]"
So I speculated last week on our blog that Obama might be complicit in the super hero label and now we find out he's got his own collection. I rest my case.
And readers of the blog in the past two weeks also got posts on Conan comics, on the character of Red Sonja, and the secret city saga cover posted under the presidential super-heroes post was drawn by Spider-man artist Steve Ditko.
Keep reading and you'll all be pop culture experts in no time at all.
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