obama-manThere were lines around the block yesterday in cities across the country; these were not people waiting anxiously to buy Rolling Stone’s concert tickets, or even to see the latest Will Smith blockbuster sci-fi movie.

These lines of people were waiting anxiously to enter comic stores to purchase the latest blockbuster release The Amazing Spider-Man #583.

Perhaps a better title of this particular huge selling release would have been The Amazing Obama-Man #583, as the fuss and excitement revolves around the other variant that features in coming president Barack Obama giving a big thumbs up to an upside-down Spiderman.

The publicity in the national press and TV has been astonishing, as it seems that journalists simply cannot get enough of Obama and this news story with him depicted with Spiderman was a journalist’s no-news Wednesday dream come true.

Midtown Comics in New York’s prestigious Times Square even had to bring in a nightclub security man with a name right out of the Sopranos, Bronko Spaleta, to help control the swelling crowds.

This despite the freezing conditions gripping the Big Apple, apparently the line stretched for a full block.

It seems that Obama-man has already achieved super-hero status without even spending one day in the White House.