Ronald Reagan
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan meets with General Thunderbolt Ross in The Incredible Hulk #264 1981. General Ross requests the President increase funds and man power to hunt the Hulk. Reagan offers him a jelly bean.
In What If #26 Captain America beats out Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan in 1981 for the office of the Presidency.
In The Incredible Hulk # 278 and # 279 1982 Bruce Banner retains his intellect while controlling the power of the Hulk. The entire Marvel universe practically shows up on the White House lawn while General Ross debates with President Reagan on whether or not to pardon the Hulk. After the Hulk protects the White House from an apparent alien assault, the President grants him Pardon.
Marvel Transformers U.K. Annual 1985 contained a story called "Plague of the Insecticons". Optimus Prime lead Prowl and Warpath to a meeting with President Ronald Reagan in Washington D.C. to open a dialog between the Autobots and the U.S. government. The evil Insecticons attack the U.S. military in the name of the Autobots hoping to derail the peace talks. Although the Autobots managed to chase off the Insecticons Optimus Prime gave up on explaining the misunderstanding to Reagan, thinking he would never be believed. Reagan had been ready to hear what Optimus had to say and was disappointed they gave up so easily.
Superman meets with Ronald Reagan in 1986 in the Legends mini series. In the DC Comics Legends Mini Series a Darkseid operative turns the public against America's superheroes and the chaos reigns in the streets. The President is forced to issue an order to restrict all superhero activity. In the last issue the Martian Manhunter J'onn J'onzz assumes the identity of the President to draw the fire of terrorists in the White House. His super heroic act convinces Reagan to rescind the order against the heroes. Superman and the others are able to defeat the bad guys and regain the publics trust once again. Legends was penciled by comic legend John Byrne.
Batman: A Death in the Family
The Joker attributes his bad financial state to "Reaganomics", but in fact it was because the authorities had stripped him of his assets due to his criminal activities.
Blatant allusions to the Iran-Contra Affair are also made, inclusive of the Joker's sale of a cruise missile to Arab extremists with Israel as their target.
Reagan's Raiders 1987
Reagan's Raiders was sort of a action packed mad magazine satire. Ronald Reagan dressed in a Captain America like outfit and was given super powers as well. Raider's was published in 1987 and was created by Rich Buckler and Monroe Arnold. It's nothing but pure 80's camp. Issue 3 actually involved Rambo and followed the storyline of Rambo 2 ,sort of.
What If # 3 starring Captain America 1989 What If # 3 was based on the 80's Captain America storyline where Steve Rogers gave up being Captain America for a time to avoid being the government's pawn. In What If #3 Cap is called a traitor, and The Super-Patriot goes after Cap to bring him in. SHIELD was sent to break up the fight, but President Reagan steps in to solve the problem declaring Super-Patriot will help the government, and Captain America would remain an independent agent with all charges dropped against him. Unfortunately, this is a What If story so a happy ending is not in the cards. The Red Skull orders Cap shot, and Cap is assassinated with the Super-Patriot taking his place as Captain America.
