I don't often deal with with what I consider modern comic books. But good guy and new father Evan Dorkin sent me a big box of more recent comic book horrors quite some time ago and they must be shared. The panel above is from the second jaw-dropping issue of Reagan's Raiders (possibly the "high point" of Solson Publications' not-brief-enough poisoning of our nation's comic shops). You know, I think of this comic as not being very old since I remember when it came out but gosh-a-mighty this gem was published nearly 20 years ago. As I recall the premise, then President Reagan and his cabinet was turned into super heroes to battle problems a mere Leader of the Free World couldn't handle in more conventional ways. Lots of potential for fun, right? I suppose it could be but first you have to get past the wrinkly heads of all the main characters stuck on top of muscular bodies in spandex. I sure can't. Bleh. By the way, that's Reagan's Secretary of Defense, Caspar Weinberger, standing in the background casually flexing his bicep and making odd small talk.
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I can just imagine all the kids who wanted to read about the exploits of a super-powered Caspar Weinberger.
Actually, no, I can't. Or adults. Poor Weinberger-- I wonder what his particular powers were? Or did they all have the power of suddenly exuding spandex-clad machismo? I want to know, but not enough to actually track these things down and read them.
Matt
I never figured out whether Reagan's Raiders was supposed to be a parody or was supposed to appeal to Reagan's fans.
Is there anyone on the planet who will admit to being a Reagan fan AND liking the comic? It's just too obviously a suck-up ... and yet ...
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