The longer I look at it, the more questions I have.
#comics #comicbooks #dccomics #prez #1970s
@tencenttakes Just looked this up on Wikipedia. It's certainly one of the comic books that has existed!
> ... an amendment is passed allowing teenagers to also be elected to public office. Teenage Prez Rickard – named by his mother with the dream of him someday becoming President
> Shady businessman Boss Smiley (a political boss with a smiley face for a head) recruits him to run for the Senate, thinking that he can manipulate the boy. However, inspired after encountering Eagle Free, a young Native American, Prez campaigns on his own terms, and is instead elected president.
> He selects his mother to be Vice President, makes his sister his secretary, and appoints Eagle Free Director of the FBI. As president, Prez fights a legless vampire and his werewolf henchman, a right-wing militia led by the great-great-great-great-great-grandnephew of George Washington, evil chess players, and Boss Smiley.
> The series was abruptly cancelled after four issues.
@november @tencenttakes Prez enjoyed a brief sequel, of sorts, in @neilhimself ‘s “Sandman” comic, getting an issue all to himself in the middle of “World’s End”.
@mighty_orbot @neilhimself @november we talked about that in one of our Sandman episodes; I really liked the story tbh
@november there was also a revamp in… 2015? It was really fun, biting satire