"Great Society" political satire superhero comic book from 1968

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#1

Years ago, actually literally almost that long ago, we had this comic book which in which most of the national politicians of that time were drawn as superheroes. Unfortunately I can remember very little of it, and I was rather young, but the cover showed Super LBJ floating in space looking down on the U.S., and saying, “Why, that could be a Great Society!” Nixon was some sort of character who rode a horse named Checkers, and that’s about it as far as I can remember. Oh also, they showed SuperHuntley and SuperBrinkley signing out…“Goodnight, SuperChet.” “Goodnight, SuperDave.”

I guess I"m just curious about this. Unfortunately I don’t have it any more, but I imagine it could be quite a collectors’ item. My older brother got it somewhere, so I don’t know how he got it.

Has anyone else seen this?

#2

I haven’t seen it. However, some usenet users have. Linky

Linky

The ful name was The Great Society Comic Book / by D.J. Arneson and Tony
Tallarico.
Here is some more details, from http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/jrri/johns.htm
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
The Great Society Comic Book / by D.J. Arneson and Tony
Tallarico. – New York : Parallax Comic Books and Pocket
Books, 1966. – 32 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. – Title from
cover. – Features Super LBJ and his super-friends.

  1. Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973-- Comic
    books, strips, etc. 2. Superhero comics. 3. United
    States–Politics and government–1963-1969-- Comic books,
    strips, etc. I. Arneson, D. J. II. Tallarico, Tony. Call
    no.: E846.A7 1966
#3

Here it is, with a picture, on ebay.

#4

if it makes you feel any better, Spectre, i remember reading it back when it originally came out.

i believe they did Lady Bird Johnson as a Wonder Woman type heroine. but you remember more characters unaided than i do.

#5

I remember it, too. One of the inside splash panels had LBJ tied up and weakenerd by a green block of something or other, in imitation of Kryptonite. They gave it a joke name that I can’t remember now.
You want cutting LBJ satire? Dig up a copy of the play MacBird! – LBJ as Macbeth to Kennedy’s Duncan.

http://www.brumm.com/MacBird/

#6

Thanks for the responses. I forgot about this thread until now.

I just leaned about MacBird from reading The Sixties by Todd Gitlin. Wow, no wonder the establishment got frightened. For instance, the Weathermen…I knew about them but I didn’t know they were like a renegade faction of the SDS. That rhetoric.

Well I can’t hang around…I’m off to kill the pig in myself.