PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Captain America has a new job with perks, a spacious office and a title that others spend millions to get: Mr. President.
The sentinel of liberty has been one of Marvel Entertainment’s best-known heroes since he socked Adolf Hitler in the jaw in 1941. He will move into the White House in the pages of “The Ultimates,” a series set in the Ultimate Comics universe where America is riven by factionalism, out-of-control anti-mutant hysteria and 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. Writer Sam Humphries calls it the next step in the character’s role as “America’s defender.
