With great power comes great responsibility

I was so disgusted by yesterday's blog entry, I thought we all needed a pick-me-up to show the world is not all bigots and union jacks. I picked up a copy of the latest edition of "The Amazing Spiderman" comic from Marvel comics. Comic number 583 is a special edition covering the inaugaration of the United States first black President, Barack Obama. I will not give away the plot, but I love the scene where Barack calls Spidey "Partner".

According to Marvel's Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada,President Obama is a comic book collector.
"When we heard that [President] Obama is a collector of Spider-Man comics, we knew that these two historic figures had to meet in our comics' Marvel Universe."
(Marvel, 2009)

Its refreshing to see a world leader with hobbies that extend beyond the usual activities of some leaders we have come to accept as the norm: Warmongering, invasion, thievery, torture, internment, summary injustice, kangaroo courts, shoot-to-kill, atom bombing; the list could go on forever, and include many different leaders from every corner of the world. But just for now we can delight in the partnership of your friendly neighbourhood Spiderman, and the United States President Barack Obama.