By now, you have probably heard the news. But President Barack Obama will be in Amazing Spider-Man #583 and meet Spider-Man.

I think, while Marvel editor in chief Quasada said it’s non-partisan.

This post is not about Obama, as much as it is about the idea of using superheroes, much less icon characters, to portray a dicey subject like political sides.

Dealing with a subject like politics in the real world is divisive enough. Do we really need to add superheroes to that mix?