PHILADELPHIA — Captain America has a new job with perks, a spacious office and a title that others spend millions of dollars to get: Mr. President.
One of Marvel Entertainment’s best-known heroes will trade his New York City apartment for the White House in the pages of Marvel Comics’ “The Ultimates,” a series set in the Ultimate Comics universe where the U.S. has been torn apart by factionalism, out-of-control anti-mutant hysteria and outright secession.
A career soldier for whom duty trumps political parties, Steve Rogers is seen as the last hope for the country and wins election as a write-in candidate in issue No. 15, due out Wednesday, said Sam Humphries, who is writing the story line.
“Cap is answering the call of the people,” Humphries said.
Rogers will take the oath of office in issue No. 16, due out Sept. 26
