President Obama helped sell lots of comics in 2009

Batman, Captain America, President Barack Obama — each was among the top-selling comic-book characters of 2009.

“Amazing Spider-Man” No. 583, in which Obama appeared, was the top-selling comic book of 2009, according to a release from Diamond Comic Distributors, the world’s largest distributor of comic books.

In fact, Obama might have been the biggest comic-book salesman of the decade. Obama, himself a comic-book fan, helped move an estimated 530,500 copies of “Amazing” No. 583, according to the Web site www.comichron.com. (Obama didn’t officially endorse his comic-book appearance.)

“Blackest Night,” written by Geoff Johns, was 2009′s best-selling series, with five issues among 2009′s top 10. “Captain America Reborn” No. 1, featuring the return of Steve Rogers, the original Captain America, landed at No. 3, and “Captain America” No. 600 placed at No. 9.

“Batman and Robin” No. 1, featuring former Robin Dick Grayson as Batman, came in at No. 4.

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