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3UsefulNotes/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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