With all the strict rules governing air travel these days, it can create headaches for costumed superheroes. When Spider-Man attempted to board an airplane in a recent Spider-Man comic strip, a TSA agent was reluctant to let him through.In Monday’s Spider-Man comic strip, the TSA agent said, “There’s no way my supervisor will approve a masked guy in a Spider-Man suit boarding that plane.” But a persistent Spider-Man asked, “Can’t he call somebody higher up?”The TSA agent’s supervisor made the call to a higher-up, and Spider-Man was cleared to board the plane. But who was the higher-up who allowed a masked guy in a Spider-Man suit to pass through airport security? In today’s Spider-Man comic strip, the mystery higher-up is revealed to be none other than President Barack Obama. In the final panel, President Obama says, “Couldn’t let one of my heroes down, could I?”It’s interesting to know in Spider-Man’s world that the chain of command in airport security goes from TSA agent to supervisor and then straight to the President. However, an even more interesting revelation might be that in Spider-Man’s world President Obama flies a red, white, and black flag. Of course, the comic strip probably got drawn with the intention of being published in black and white, leaving the poor colorist in a bind when it came to the flag.
