Obligatory: Obama in Spider-Man Comic Book

For the life of me, I can't think up some sort of amusing pun.

Can he spin, from a thread?

Does whatever a politician can?

Thwip we can believe in?

I give up.

Anyway:

In a growing world of Barack Obama collectibles, one item soon may be swinging above the rest.

On Jan. 14, Marvel Comics is releasing a special issue of Amazing Spider-Man #583 with Obama depicted on the cover. Inside are five pages of the two teaming up and even a fist-bump between Spidey and the new president.

"It was a natural after we learned the new president is a Spider-Man fan," says Marvel editor in chief Joe Quesada about reports that Obama once collected Spider-Man comics. "We thought, 'Fantastic! We have a comic-book geek in the White House.' "

The White House transition team did not respond to a question about the extent of Obama's comic-book geekiness, but Obama did mention Spider-Man during the campaign, primarily at children-oriented events. And during an Entertainment Weekly pop culture survey, Obama said Batman and Spider-Man were his top superheroes because of their "inner turmoil." (John McCain picked Batman.)

In the story by Zeb Wells, Todd Nauck and Frank D'Armata, Spider-Man stops the Chameleon from spoiling Obama's swearing-in. At one point, Spider-Man says he mistook Vice President-elect Joe Biden for the Vulture (a vintage Spider-Man villain).

At Hot Air, Allahpundit notes:

This from an outfit whose top writers are known for penning alternate realities where Superman is a communist, and which preferred to have Captain America fight the Patriot Act instead of Al Qaeda before summarily offing him. Check out panel four, in particular, from the photo gallery; such is Spidey’s obsequiousness that he’s practically qualified to guest-blog at the Daily Dish. Good lord, man. You’re a superhero. Get a hold of yourself.

Exit question: What other Obama-related themes should we expect from comic going forward? Krypton just recently became racially diverse, so look out for future issues in which Superman recounts how the planet’s Golden Age was ushered in by a charismatic leader named “Bar-El”…

Oh well. At least The Dark Knight had a hidden conservative, pro-George W. Bush message in it.