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3 | UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt and the ghost of UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison steal Creator/HGWells' time machine to slaughter Nazis on Mars in the future. That's the basic premise of the graphic novel ''Tales from the Bully Pulpit'', written by Benito Cereno, illustrated by Graeme [=MacDonald=] and distributed by Image Comics. And it doesn't come close to encapsulating the manly awesomeness that it exudes. |
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5 | ''Tales from the Bully Pulpit'' traces Roosevelt (or "Teddy") and Edison's adventure through time into the future, where Teddy discovers that a descendant (and look-alike) of Adolf Hitler has survived, and is planning on creating a new war and a new holocaust on Mars, this time pitting the green-skinned Martians against the blue-skinned Martians. |
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7 | ''Tales From the Bully Pulpit Volume 2: Legend of the Black Maria'' is currently in the works. |
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9 | !!Provides examples of: |
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11 | %%* BoisterousBruiser: Theo—in fact, most of the tropes on the UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt page apply here. |
12 | %%* DeliberatelyCuteChild: [[spoiler:The crippled martian boy.]] |
13 | * ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Hitler is actually a robot controlled by Mussolini, Tojo, and Stalin.]] |
14 | %%* OurPresidentsAreDifferent |
15 | * {{Retraux}}: The cover and back are designed to look like an old, damaged, comic book. |
16 | %%* ShoutOut: |
17 | %%** To ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'', and [[http://www.idleidiots.com/zach/Tales%20from%20the%20Bully%20Pulpit/Tales%20from%20the%20Bully%20Pulpit%20(2004)%20(55).jpg to]] ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. |
18 | ** One to Maus, in the form of [[http://www.idleidiots.com/zach/Tales%20from%20the%20Bully%20Pulpit/Tales%20from%20the%20Bully%20Pulpit%20(2004)%20(27).jpg a mouse wearing the Star of David.]] |
19 | %%** ''Flim/IndianaJones'' and ''ComicBook/SavageDragon''[[http://www.idleidiots.com/zach/Tales%20from%20the%20Bully%20Pulpit/Tales%20from%20the%20Bully%20Pulpit%20%282004%29%20%2814%29.jpg]] |
20 | %%* StupidJetpackHitler |
21 | * TestosteronePoisoning: The manliest [[strike:president]] human being of all time, fighting Nazis JustForFun/InSpace? |
22 | %%* ThoseWackyNazis |
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