Boeing VC-25 as assembling only three airplanes in the US would not make financial sense. This made Boeing the only aircraft manufacturer interested in supplying the replacement aircraft, and was reported to be exploring a 787 option also. On 28 January 2015, the Air Force announced the selection of the Boeing 747-8 to replace the aging VC-25A for presidential transport. On 10 May 2016, the Air Force posted online an amendment to its Air Force One contract authorizing Boeing to begin preliminary design activities. However, the latest version of the contract synopsis confirmed that the government will buy just two modified 747-8
Public image of Barack Obama has been portrayed in other comic books, in the more straightforward "Barack Obama: The Road to the White House" by IDW (and a couple of related comics), but also as Barack The Barbarian and in "Drafted: One Hundred Days" by Devil's Due Publishing, as a zombie hunter in Antarctic Press' "President Evil" and with the zombie killer Ash Williams in Dynamite's "Army of Darkness: Ash Saves Obama." The controversial Obama "Joker" poster depicts Obama as comic book supervillain, The Joker, based on the portrayal by Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight". The image, which had been described as "shocking" and