The first time Captain America ran for president was Roger Stern and John Byrne’s 250th issue of “Captain America,” which was published in 1980. The cover shows a “Captain America for President” campaign pin, and Steve’s smiling face. .

The story features the “New Populist Party” trying to recruit Captain America to run for president as their leader. Steve is pretty reluctant, but the idea takes TV by storm. At the end, Cap gives a public speech rejecting the invitation, saying that his job is to represent the American Dream. Basically, he exists to be a symbol that other Americans strive for, and the reality and contradictions that being a politician go hand in hand with this.

Of course, the story is vague about Cap’s politics (if he has one). That’s why it’s a third-party speculation that they’re trying to recruit him; the story does not show what the NPP stands for (beyond wanting to disrupt the unity of the two parties), they are there so the story should not tie Cap to an elephant or a donkey. “Populist” is an easy description which has been used by all leftists and fascists, but he does cast someone on the boy’s side as Cap. (This is why all political parties try to use it.) When the idea of ​​Cap running started, both Democrats and Republicans sent letters to the headquarters of the Avengers asking him to be their candidate, the same as before. 1950s, both sides tried to find the real American man of World War II – Dwight D. Eisenhower (Which, of course, went Republican.)

In the issue of “Captain America” ​​#250, Stern revealed the background of the story, and that the idea was not his own. A few years before that, the author of “Captain America” ​​Roger McKenzie and the artist Don Perlin came to Stern (who was the editor of the book) with the words: Captain America will run for president, and. victory. Then, the next four years of “Captain America” ​​will follow him to become president in Washington DC

Stern rejected the idea, saying it “would be a serious distortion of reality.” The Marvel Universe needs to reflect the real world in important ways, like who’s in the White House right now. Then, a few years later, when Stern became the writer for “Captain America” ​​and issue #250 was approaching, he sarcastically told them to do the “Cap for President” story that McKenzie and Perlin pitched. Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter agreed, saying he could use the story to show why Cap is the president I wouldn’t do that work. Stern agreed, and the rest (including McKenzie’s and Perlin’s biographies) was written in colored ink.