President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Few figures from the real world carry as much weight on the comics page as President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who made his Marvel debut in the Golden Age pages of Terry-Toons Comics #10 in 1943 — right in the thick of the era that gave superhero comics their patriotic soul. Across a publishing span stretching an remarkable seven decades, this iconic historical presence turns up in some of Marvel's most storied wartime corners, appearing most prominently in Captain America and Giant-Size Invaders, sharing pages with the likes of Steve Rogers, the Human Torch, and Bucky. Seven catalog appearances may sound modest, but for a real-world president, every one of them is a piece of living history — a reminder of how deeply Marvel's Golden Age mythology was woven into the fabric of World War II America.