Ronald Reagan

Few figures make the leap from the real world into the four-color universe quite like Ronald Reagan, who first appeared in the pages of Miss America Magazine in 1945 — a Golden Age debut that predates his presidency by decades and speaks to comics' long fascination with public figures. Over an extraordinary span stretching from 1945 all the way to 2026, he's turned up across a wildly eclectic range of titles, from the anarchic British anthology 2000 AD to the satirical pages of Mad and the countercultural High Times Magazine, making him one of the more unlikely recurring presences in the medium. Two of his appearances carry key-issue status for collectors, and the company he keeps is genuinely remarkable — sharing pages with icons like Captain America, Steve Rogers, Judge Dredd, and Johnny Alpha across that 100-appearance catalog. Whether treated as subject, symbol, or satirical target, Reagan's comics footprint is a fascinating mirror of how the medium has always used recognizable figures to reflect — and refract — the world around it.