George H. W. Bush

Long before he occupied the Oval Office in real life, George H. W. Bush was already fair game for the gleefully irreverent satirists at Mad, making his comics debut in 1982 courtesy of Bronze Age legend Dave Berg. Over nearly four decades, this real-world political figure popped up across a wonderfully eclectic range of titles — from the pages of Mad alongside Alfred E. Neuman to the gritty Mirage universe of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, where he shares the page with Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Splinter. It's a testament to how deeply a public figure can permeate the comics landscape that the 41st President found himself rubbing elbows with everyone from satirical icons to crime-fighting reptiles — a quirky, only-in-comics footnote that any serious collector of Bronze Age and beyond will appreciate.