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* Principal Cranston of ''ComicBook/{{PS 238}}'' used to be POTUS for a short time, having used his psychic powers to get there.

* [[UnreliableNarrator If you believe]] what ComicBook/{{Magneto}} says in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy was a mutant. And Magneto [[NotMeThisTime didn't assassinate him]].

** Near the end of the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel line, Captain America was elected to the presidency of the United States, and apparently did a very good job.

* The president of the United States and head of the government run The Company in ''Webcomic/EvilPlan'' is [[http://evilplan.thewebcomic.com/comics/2144585/chapter-14-page-20-maam/ Annie Oakley, cowgirl superhero.]]

** Happened with "main" reality's Superman, in one of the ''ComicBook/{{Armageddon 2001}}'' possible futures explored by Waverider.[[note]]At that point, Superman's canonical origin was the [[ComicBook/TheManOfSteel John Byrne version]] in which, by a technicality too involved to go into here, he was "born" in Kansas.[[/note]] And as if being Supes and Prez weren't enough, he also [[UpToEleven ends up with]] a Franchise/GreenLantern ring. [[spoiler:He resists and manages not to get DrunkWithPower.]]

** In the {{Elseworlds}} story ''ComicBook/SupermanRedSon'', the Soviet-raised Superman becomes Premier of the Soviet Union after the death of Stalin. He uses his powers to both fight crime and improve the living standard of every citizen in the expanding Soviet state, but also [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill eliminates all free will]].

See also RoyaltySuperpower; unlike a monarch, the presidential superhero will generally not try to legitimate his rule by virtue of his powers.

* [[UnreliableNarrator If you believe]] what ComicBook/{{Magneto}} says in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', UseflNotes/JohnFKennedy was a mutant. And Magneto [[NotMeThisTime didn't assassinate him]].

SubTrope of ActionPolitician. Compare GodEmperor, SorcerousOverlord and EmperorScientist.

* The 1960s cartoon ''Super President'' is (modulo YodaSpeak) the TropeNamer. President James Norcross has powers very similar to those of ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}, and he isn't afraid to use them. It ''was'' apparently supposed to be a secret that [[PaperThinDisguise Super President was, in fact, the President of the United States]], though.

* The 1960s cartoon ''Super President'' is (modulo YodaSpeak) the TropeNamer. President James Norcross has powers very similar to those of ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}, and he isn't afraid to use them. It ''was'' apparently supposed to be a secret that Super President was in fact the President, though.

* The 1960s cartoon ''Super President'' is (modulo YodaSpeak) the TropeNamer. President James Norcross has powers very similar to those of ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}, and he isn't afraid to use them.

[[caption-width-right:280:President Kal-El, uh, I mean Calvin Ellis.]]

** In one of the universes of ''ComicBook/TheNew52'', the President of the USA is Kal-El. Also, [[RaceLift he's black]].

* ''VideoGame/MetalWolfChaos'': Michael Wilson, veteran of the Arizona Conflict and 47th President of the United States has been deposed in a military coup by his [[EvilChancellor running mate]], Richard Hawk. Now, he must take up the guise of Metal Wolf and take back America city by city, armed only with his MiniMecha and the power of '''[[PatrioticFervor burning American freedom!]]'''

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': The Fuhrer President of Amestris, "King" Bradley, is a LightningBruiser who still punishes crime by himself, even when [[EyepatchOfPower he's got an eyepatch]] and pushing past middle age. Even when his army is made up of State Alchemists with elemental powers, he still surpasses them easily with little more than super-speed, super-strength, and his sword. [[spoiler:As it turns out, he's actually an artificial homunculus bred for being the leader of the country, hence his superhuman attributes and all-seeing eye beneath his patch.]]

** Happened with "main" reality's Superman, in one of the ''ComicBook/{{Armageddon 2001}}'' possible futures explored by Waverider.[[note]]At that point, Superman's canonical origin was the [[Comicbook/TheManOfSteel John Byrne version]] in which, by a technicality too involved to go into here, he was "born" in Kansas.[[/note]] And as if being Supes and Prez weren't enough, he also [[UpToEleven ends up with]] a Franchise/GreenLantern ring. [[spoiler:He resists and manages not to get DrunkWithPower.]]

** Happened with "main" reality's Superman, in one of the ''Comicbook/{{Armageddon 2001}}'' possible futures explored by Waverider.[[note]]At that point, Superman's canonical origin was the [[Comicbook/TheManOfSteel John Byrne version]] in which, by a technicality too involved to go into here, he was "born" in Kansas.[[/note]] And as if being Supes and Prez weren't enough, he also [[UpToEleven ends up with]] a Green Lantern ring. [[spoiler:He resists and manages not to get DrunkWithPower.]]

* In ''ComicBook/TheNewUniverse'' the President of the US has mind controlling powers.
* In the original ''Comicbook/SquadronSupreme'' Kyle Richmond is the President while also secretly being the Batman expy Nighthawk.

* In ''ComicBook/CivilWarII'' #0, James Rhodes meets with the President for what he thinks is a standard briefing, but which turns out to be an appeal for Rhodey to hang up the War Machine suit and run for President himself, in order to * head off a rumored campaign by Tony Stark.
* One Marvel one-shot story had ComicBook/TheMightyThor as President. He agreed to let the Skrulls give everybody on Earth superpowers, which turned out to be a planetwide poisoning plot (Ben Grimm, who'd gotten rid of his powers and didn't want new ones, ended up as the only human able to fight back as a BadassNormal).

* [[UnreliableNarrator If you believe]] what Magneto says in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', John F. Kennedy was a mutant. And Magneto [[NotMeThisTime didn't assassinate him]].

* ''Webcomic/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes'': Mayor Kurgh is an alien warrior who actually conquered Shitropolis in an AlienInvasion, but has overall turned out to be a better mayor than the guy he replaced. One surmises a city with more supers per city block than Marvel's New York needs a super to run it properly.

* Parodied by Website/JibJab with their video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVFdAJRVm94 He's Barack Obama]]", which makes fun of the nearly messianic view some had of President Obama when he came to office in 2009 by portraying him as a literal superhero who arrives to fix all of the United States' problems.

** Happened with "main" reality's Superman, in one of the ''Comicbook/{{Armageddon 2001}}'' possible futures explored by Waverider. And as if being Supes and Prez weren't enough, he also [[UpToEleven ends up with]] a Green Lantern ring. [[spoiler:He resists and manages not to get DrunkWithPower.]]

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* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':

Subtrope of ActionPolitician. Compare GodEmperor, SorcerousOverlord and EmperorScientist.

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See also RoyaltySuperpower; unlike a monarch, the President Super will generally not try to legitimate his rule by virtue of his powers.

* ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'': Black Panther is the state leader of the [[{{Ruritania}} fictional country]] of Wakanda in Africa. He's a genius inventor and mechanic, is knowledgeable with his tribe's mystcism, and he kicks ass as a side job.

See also RoyaltySuperpower; unlike a monarch, the President Super will generally not try to legitimate their rule by virtue of their powers.

** The concept of Supes possibly being president goes back to the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]], when ComicBook/JimmyOlsen had a dream about it. Some aspects of it are examined as to how Superman being the president would be different; for instance, the splash panel shows an emergency situation. President Superman tells [[BodyguardingABadass the Secret Service men to get behind]] ''[[BodyguardingABadass him]]''. Also, at the end, when the possibility is mentioned in some way to the Man of Steel, Supes points out that he ''couldn't'' be president as the U.S. president has to be a native, and he wasn't born there.

* In ''Comicbook/TheNewUniverse'' the President of the US has mind controlling powers.

* PlayedWith in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'': the series' protagonist, the Boss, is elected to the US presidency after the prologue and technically remains the President throughout the game (never mind that [[EarthShatteringKaboom Earth is destroyed]] half-way through). Before that happens, however, the Boss gains superpowers... but only in the [[{{Cyberspace}} Simulation]], where nobody recognizes them as the president. They eventually get superpowers in real world, too... but [[spoiler:become the GodEmperor of the Universe almost immediately thereafter]].

* [[VideoGame/FinalFight Mike Haggar]]'s ending in ''VideoGame/MarveVSCapcom3'' has him being president with Tony Stark aka Iron Man as his VP.

* Parodied by Website/JibJab with their video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVFdAJRVm94 He's Barack Obama]]", which makes fun of the nearly messianic view some had of President Obama when he came to office in 2009 by portraying him as a literal superhero who arrives to fix all of the US's problems.

* The 60's cartoon ''Super President'' is (modulo YodaSpeak) the TropeNamer. President James Norcross has powers very similar to {{Comicbook/Metamorpho}}'s, and he isn't afraid to use them.

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