I highly doubt that there will ever come a day in which there will be a perfect candidate for President, but I do have a personal suspicion that if there ever is one, it’ll probably be a woman. But that’s all beside the point, because this article isn’t about my views of real-world presidency (because I’ll attest to being more politically ignorant than anything else). This article is about good ol’fashioned comic book characters leaping off the page and running for the coveted position of President of the United States.
Be sure to let us know about some of your comic book candidates or theories in the comments below. We know you’ll be right-minded and not stir up any online controversy. Have fun!
5 Awesome Candidates
5. Cyclops (Scott Summers)
Not power-hungry, Phoenix-possessed Scott Summers, but the one we got to know and love in the 60s and 70s. The efficient, smart, loyal team leader of the X-Men who was calculating, intelligent, and not completely driven by his emotions. He was calm under pressure, made the tough decisions, and led the X-Men to victory after victory. And he knew when to step down from his position or when he was out of line.
Summers grew up humble and very socially aware of his position as head of the team. With Professor X as a mentor, he really broke through and often-times became the knight in shining armor that the X-Men so desperately needed. He’s currently become a bit of a punching bag, but he was most definitely not without his fans in the whole AvX storyline. Sensible, cool, and whip-smart, Scott Summers is a Grade-A candidate.
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Ugh. The fact that you think Tony Stark would be a good president, but Captain America is too behind the times shows everything that is wrong with this list.
That’s pretty close-minded thinking.
I think you are actually the close-minded one obviously dismissing, Cap, Superman, Batman, and Fury only because they are too far to the right for you. Saying Cap would be too conservative to represent America when half of America is conservative is moronic. It’s like saying Obama is too liberal to represent America. Obama may be pretty far left but so is the other half of the country.
Old school Stark may have been a good VP or defense secretary but he’d try to reinvent the wheel in every aspect of the government. Sure, some of it would be good but Tony Stark would exemplify government waste like no one else every could, throwing out the old even if it isn’t broken.
Batman runs Wayne Enterprises pretty well. Bruce Wayne can run the country. I fact he’s even involved in politics in arkham city
Oh Batman, you micro manager you.
GREAT ONE!!!! if people don’t aagree with you, then they do not know their superheros as well as you do. I love Bats but i know he’d be the worst president :)
did anyone else notice the image of batgirl is actually from a porn parody?
No it isn’t…that’s a picture of Knightess Rouge, a cosplayer from Germany. Before you attempt to inform what something “is actually”, you should take a second to find out if you “actually are” correct
The Cosplayer shown on that Picture as Batgirl is Knightess Rouge, here is her FB site: https://www.facebook.com/KnightessRouge.
It should be a matter of simple respect to name the person on the picture when this is being taken with no credits for the artist.
Thanks for listening