Spider-Man villain 'Joe Biden' has fans losing it

Denette Wilford
Published May 13, 2022  •  1 minute read
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to employees at Lockheed Martin, a facility which manufactures weapon systems such as Javelin anti-tank missiles, on May 3, 2022 in Troy, Alabama. (Photo by Julie Bennett/Getty Images)
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to employees at Lockheed Martin, a facility which manufactures weapon systems such as Javelin anti-tank missiles, on May 3, 2022 in Troy, Alabama. (Photo by Julie Bennett/Getty Images) Photo by Julie Bennett /Getty Images

There’s a villain called Joe Biden in the Spiderverse and fans can’t believe it.

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Some may have thought the U.S. president has long been a super-villain while others have just made the discovery and love the parallels between real life and the comics.

“I’m crying why the f*** is Joe Biden a Spider-Man villain,” tweeted @ThatBmanGuy, a self-described film geek from Ireland, which has garnered more than 127,000 likes.

The fan included an image of a Wikipedia page for the Biden baddie.

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Comic book Biden, whose bad-guy alter ego goes by the name Spectrum, first appeared in Peter Parker No. 1 in 2010.

The Wikipedia page even includes a disclaimer that the character is “not to be confused with Vice President Joe Biden” – real Biden’s role at the time.

@ThatBmanGuy did a deep dive into the Biden character, and learned “he has more comic book appearances than El Muerto too lmfao” and even “found the first comic he appeared in,” calling it “one of the funniest out of context comic book panels” he’s ever seen.

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While many people were shocked at the revelation, most just wondered when to expect the Joe Biden movie.

According to reports, Spectrum shows up in volumes 11 to 14 of the comic and also makes an appearance in Dead Man Logan Vol. 12.

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And a Joe Biden Jr. appeared in multiple Spider-Man comics, beginning with Amazing Spider-Man No. 683.

“He’s a villain on this earth as well,” one joker tweeted.

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