This is the latest in a feature where I just share some bit of comic book history that interests me. Here is a collection of all of the installments in the feature so far.

Today, in honor of Presidents Day, I will share one comic book appearance by every U.S. President since the start of the Golden Age of Comics, essentially eighty years of comics. Here's the (slight) twist, though - I'll only be using examples that came out when that president was in office.

Enjoy!

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

We go all the way back to 1936's New Comics #4 for a pre-Superman comic book story by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster where the President makes an appearance at the end of the two-pager...





Harry S. Truman

In 1950's Captain Marvel Adventures #110 by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck, President Truman helps to celebrate the mid-point in the American Century...



Dwight D. Eisenhower

In 1957's Giant Comics #1, Al Fago has Atomic Mouse manage to find a planet that is a source of SUPER-uranium and the mighty mouse is rewarded by President Eisenhower..



John F. Kennedy

1961's Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #56 features "The Jinx of Metropolis," a tale by Jerry Siegel and John Forte where Jimmy Olsen accidentally discovers an old device from Krypton that had landed on Earth with Superman. The projector makes iron collapse. Jimmy thinks HE is doing it all story long. After the truth is discovered, Superman delivers the powerful device to President Kennedy (I would have gone with the famous story where Kenendy stood in for Clark Kent to protect his secret identity, but that actually sadly came out AFTER Kennedy's assassination).



Lyndon B. Johnson

1965's Doom Patrol #98 features "Sixty Sinister Seconds" by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani, where the Doom Patrol has only sixty seconds to prevent a hoax that would lead to the United States and the Soviet Union attacking each other in total nuclear armageddon.

The Chief manages to get the truth to President Johnson, but too late for the President to contact Moscow.



Luckily, the Doom Patrol find a way to connect the two countries before they are forced to attack each other.

Richard Nixon

In 1970's Fantastic Four #103 by Stan Lee and Johns Romita and Verpoorten, the Fantastic Four are trying to prevent an invasion by Namor and the Altanteans (Namor is being provoked by Magneto), but President Nixon has to get in his two cents, as well...



Gerald Ford

In late 1974's Incredible Hulk #185, mere months after Ford became President, Len Wein and Herb Trimpe had the President visit the base where Bruce Banner was being kept captive. This allowed Wein to get in a good bit about how out of touch Banner was due to his time as the Hulk...





Go to the next page for the last six Presidents!

Jimmy Carter

In 1977's Justice League of America #150, Steve Englehart, Dick Dillin and Frank McLaughlin have the Star-Tsar threaten President Carter...





Ronald Reagan

In 1988's Captain America #344 by Mark Gruenwald, Kieron Dwyer and Al Milgrom, the Viper poisons Washington D.C., turning people into snake creatures, including the President!





Cap then fights the transformed President but luckily, Reagan sweats the chemicals out and turns back to normal...



At the end, though, there's a twist!



George Bush

A year later, newly elected President Bush lays down the law at the end of the Janus Directive crossover between the Suicide Squad, Checkmate and Captain Atom in Suicide Squad #30 by John Ostrander, Kim Yale, John K. Snyder and Karl Kesel...





Bill Clinton

In 1996's Captain America #453, President Clinton gets a major appearance in the conclusion of a storyline where Captain America is branded a traitor and exiled from the United States. Cap proves his innocence (it turns out that the Machinesmith was manipulating the truth) and returns to save Clinton from an attack by the Machinesmith...











Those are some awesome scenes from the creative team of Mark Waid, Ron Garney and Scott Koblish!

George W. Bush

In 2003, Erik Larsen featured President Bush in Savage Dragon #107...





Barack Obama

In 2012's Amazing Spider-Man #683 (exactly 100 issues after Spidey helped Barack Obama during inauguration, a book that came out a week BEFORE Obama's term began, so it doesn't count), Spidey and the Avengers speak before the world's leaders to stop Doctor Octopus' plans in an issue written by Dan Slott and drawn by Stefano Caselli...









Happy Presidents Day, everyone!