RKMBs Forums .::Robegories::. Comic Books Presidential appearances in comics

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( page from AVENGERS 181, March 1979 )


In a hilarious portrayal of off-panel presidential authority, this offering from AVENGERS 186, on pages 23 and 26, where overzealous FBI agent Peter Gyrich has been tightening his bureaucratic micro-management of the Avengers since issue 181, and a fed up Captain America leaves because he "has to make a phone call", and a few minutes later butler Jarvis interrupts Gyrich's argument with the Avengers to tell Gyrich there is an important call for him. And the aftermath of that call instantly changes the situation.

https://readallcomics.com/avengers-v1-186/

The Gyrich sub-plot runs from AVENGERS 181-191, mostly by Michelinie and Byrne, and is very much worth reading.







Agent Gyrich also appears again in X-MEN 142, meeting the president in the basement of the White House in a highly classified meeting of top secret importance.
While the president is again shown anonymously and in shadow with his face unseen, Jimmy Carter was president at the time of both these AVENGERS and X-MEN storylines.

https://readallcomics.com/x-men-v1-141/
https://readallcomics.com/uncanny-x-men-v1-142/



I also enjoyed X-MEN inclusion of then-Canadian president Pierre Trudeau, shown meeting with and also directing operations of Alpha Flight in their missions as Canadian military agents.
Who could have guessed that Trudeau's son Justin Trudeau would become Canada's president roughly 40 years later?
I would guess that John Byrne, a Canadian native of Calgary, Alberta, and creator of Alpha Flight, is also responsible for Pierre Trudeau's inclusion in the story.
Pierre Trudeau appears in X-MEN 120 and 121, the issues where Alpha Flight were first created ( and Vindicator alone in issue 109, without Trudeau).

And then again in X-MEN 139-140.



https://readallcomics.com/x-men-v1-109/

https://readallcomics.com/x-men-v1-120/
https://readallcomics.com/x-men-v1-121/

https://readallcomics.com/x-men-v1-139/
https://readallcomics.com/x-men-v1-140/