Captain America as President? That was the basis of the story of
What If? #26 (April, 1981), with Captain America running for and successfully becoming the President of the United States in a story by
Mike W. Barr, with
Roger McKenzie,
Don Perlin,
Roger Stern and
John Byrne all contributing, and art by
Herb Trimpe and
Mike Esposito....all under a cover by
Marie Severin (with Captain America co-creator
Jack Kirby swearing in Steve Rogers, with Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan in attendance).
Of course, if Captain America takes over the United States, wouldn't that force the Red Skull to get his own country?
The issue also contained a story about an alternate reality Man-Thing, and some history on the Eternals and the Kree (the last two alien races that Jack Kirby had a hand in creating....).
This story was an alternate world version of the Captain America story from
Captain America #250 (October, 1980, by
Roger Stern,
John Byrne and
Joe Rubenstein, with plot ideas by
Don Perlin and
Roger McKenzie), wherein Captain America was approached about running for President as the people's choice. Cap decided for the good of the country, that his being president would not be good for America.....which the
What If? story played out.
How can you judge a President?
How about by what he does while he is President?
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