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Happy fourth of July Alternate Reality fans. It’s our
Independence day here in the US and as a result of this festive occasion, I thoughts that perhaps a look back at our founding fathers was in order, and perhaps on the chance to tie history and comics together, that I might suppose what comics the founders would read if they could. What follows is a flight of fancy where I imagine a world where George Washington and the like had access to the comics of our day what they might have preferred from the may wares that now array the comic shelf at you local retailer.
George Washington: George Washington was a military leader and embodies the America Idea. His favorite comic could be none other than
Captain America. Though I’m not sure how our first President would feel about the current direction of the story what with Captain America being dead and all, but I suppose that George would be elated to find out that Steve Rogers (also the embodiment of the American idea) is coming back this summer in the pages of Captain America Reborn.
Thomas Jefferson: Thomas Jefferson is most famous I believe for his penning of the Declaration of
Independence in which he wrote that “all men are created equal.” He also served at President at which time someone bestowed upon him a gift of a huge cheese wheel. After that time Thomas Jefferson became known as “the big cheese”. It seems to me that Mr. Jefferson might have enjoyed the adventures of DC’s
Captain Marvel also known as “The Big Red Cheese”. However Thomas would be most
disappointed to learn that there is currently no Captain Marvel comic coming out from DC comics, though they have promised an appearance from him in the pages of Justice League: Cry for Justice.
John Adams: Aside from being president John Adams was known for marring above his station and being wedded to a wealthy woman. I believe that Mr. Adams would have been most interested in the upcoming wedding proposal from
Archie to either Betty or Veronica. Chief among his concerns would be weather Archie had the good sense to marry up in life as he did.
James Madison: James Madison was our smallest president weighing only 100 lbs and standing only 5’4”. How could Mr. Madison not be a fan of the
Atom, and he would be most pleased to know that DC currently has two Atoms running around their comic universe. Mr. Madison could choose between the original Atom – Ray Palmer, or his up and coming replacement Ryan
Choi. Both have been featured in the new Justice League series Cry for Justice.
Alexander Hamilton: Mr. Hamilton was a scrapper. He had along military history and was a notorious dueler. He loved to duel. In fact any time that he
wasn’t dueling, was labeled by him as “time spent not dueling”. It was this
preoccupation of his that ultimately lead to his death at the hands of
Raymond Aaron Burr. Being a man who was given to fights and scrapping in general he would most assuredly have enjoyed the tales of
Wolverine. Although a Canadian, Logan is a scrapper in his own right. In fact like Hamilton he’s the best there is at what he does. Well,… in Hamilton’s case perhaps he
wasn’t the best after all.
John Hancock: John Hancock was the signer of the Declaration of the
Independence that signed his name so large so that King George would be able to see it without his spectacles. However, when choosing a favorite comic Mr. Hancock would have turned to his childhood for inspiration. As a child John Hancock’s parents died and he was adopted and raised by his uncle. It would be the love of his uncle that would cause Mr. Hancock to be huge fan of
Spider-Man who was also raised by his uncle. How pleased would Mr. Hancock be with Amazing Spider-Man now comic out three times a month, and some of the best Spider-Man stories written in forever too.
Benjamin Franklin: Benjamin Franklin was a renaissance man out of time. He was an inventor, scholar, a newspaper man, an ambassador, and a founding father. His genius would have caused him to be fans of other brilliant men in comics the likes of
Reed Richards, and Tony Stark. However, Mr. Franklin was also a notorious ladies man, a hound if you will. On those dark nights when he was feeling a little randy he probably would have turned to the pages of Grimm’s Fairly Tales to “cope”.
It's a bigger week this week than normal cause I'm picking up some stuff from the last few weeks that I've missed. Also, several Trades and HC coming out this week that I've preordered. This week marks the beginning of Blackest Night and I'm truly giddy. He's to DC's big event and hoping it's awesome.
Piracy, the video game industry's multi-billion dollar problem, may have met its match.
This book is/was published by Marvel but is currently on hiatus (surprisingly) with issue 9. This book is interesting in that the characters portrayed aren’t entirely JMS’ creation. 
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