Barack Obama's never had more foes -- or less clothing -- than in two comics about to hit the stands.
The real life US president faces his share of challenges, but none that compare to those troubling his muscle-bound alter ego in "The Righteous Retribution of Barack the Barbarian."
Clad in a fur loincloth and armed with an ax, Obama is "destined to save the great republic of America and dethrone the overpaid despots," says Chicago-based publisher Devil's Due on its website.
Teaser pictures from the comic book, due out in June, show the president confronting a near-naked, blonde female assailant.
"All new! Death-duel with the Screeching Enchantress!" promises the blurb.
Another volume, titled "Drafted: One Hundred Days," features a more somber Obama -- one who didn't reach the White House.
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He's a "man the world never got to see achieve his true greatness when a race from beyond the stars drafted our planet into intergalactic war," Devil's Due says.
And unlike the silver-tongued real president, this one "is mute."