The President of the United States - Earth 10 - Ray Wonsowski

(okay, dusting off another moldy-oldie idea...one of my first ideas some 15 years back was for an Elseworlds story - a cross between the Freedom Fighters and P.K.Dick's Man in the High Castle.  The timeline would have worked out like this:

1938 - Kal-el's rocket crashes in Kansas, found by Kents.
1939 - The parents of Bruce Wayne (age 10) murdered
1941 - Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; Diana of Themyscyria sanctioned into "Man's World"
1942 - Hitler obtains the Spear of Longinus.*
1945 - Hydrogen bomb developed by Japanese dropped on Los Angeles.
1945 - Atomic V-3 missile exploded in Detroit and London by Nazi Germany.  
1945 - Allies surrender; Uncle Sam found dead, Diana disappears.
1947 - Axis Treaty ratified.  USA split at the Rocky Mountains:  Mountain range and West to Japan, East of the Rockies to Germany.
* - this one event shuts down every non-Judeo-Christian mystically powered person, including Alan Scott, Kent and Inza Nelson, Dr. Occult, the Marvel family, Johnny Thunder and T-Bolt, Zatara, Dan Garrett, Sargon, etc.

...which brings us to the present of the story, 1969...)

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Panel 1 - The War Room:
screen 1                       screen 2                             screen 3

Screen 1 has a shot of Helena Kosmatos, also known as Fury -
 
 - beating down on Japanese soldiers in Hawaii.
Screen 2 shows a long-haired and greying, but smiling, Jay Garrick in his classic Flash get-up, including the metal winged helmet, putting flowers in the barrels of rifles of Japanese army at super-speed, in San Francisco cheered on by hippies.
Screen 3 is the current core of the FREEDOM FIGHTERS:  Black Condor (looking very noir), Damage (looking very pulp), and Phantom Lady (looking very Barbarella) powered up and facing off Yakuza gangsters and San Diego cops.
Every seat at the table is filled, mostly Pentagon/military higher-ups, a few suits.  One suit in particular, his face is hidden in shadow (the PRESIDENT). - - oh, and in the middle of the War Room table is a little flag on a stand: the US flag, except...


CAPTION:  The War Room, 300 ft. beneath the Pentagon.  1430 hours Washington time.

UNATTRIBUTED SPEECH BALLOON:  ...how Japan could let this happen!  The Spear...


Panel 2 - GENERAL WADE EILING pointing at us from across the table.  CAPTAIN NATHANIEL ADAM stands at attention behind his left shoulder, holding a sheaf of manila files.

EILING:  First off, Mr. President, the Spear only protects the Reich.  More specifically, the forces under the Fuhrer's control.  As long as Reichschancellor Goering holds it, we're good.


Panel 3 - CAPTAIN ADAM lightly tosses the files across the table to us.  GENERAL EILING continues speaking.

EILING:  It's been particularly effective against the magical mystery men.  But as you'll see, science is another story altogether.


Panel 4 - CAPTAIN ADAM stands at attention behind EILING again.

EILING:  This leaves the Japanese West extremely vulnerable, and these new supers at our doorstep.  We need to be ready.


Panel 5 - Same as above, except behind EILING, ADAM is joined by Blackhawk Squadron Leader CAPTAIN JANOS PROHASKA, saluting.

EILING:  Captain Adam here will be stepping down from Blackhawk command.  Captain Prohaska has kindly agreed to give up the Warsaw post to help us out.


Panel 6 - Same as above, except at the bottom of the panel, there's a black and white photograph of four scientists standing in front of a large Kirby-esque machine.

EILING:  This is so Captain Adam can finish the treatments prescribed by Doctors Einstein, Erdel, Stein, and Allen.  If Project Firestorm is a success...


Panel 7 - The PRESIDENT, whose face has been in shadow, puts the photo on the table as he looks up at the wall screens.

EILING:  (off-panel) In the meantime, it wouldn't hurt to have your...friend...act as a deterrent.  In case this all spills over the mountains.


Panel 8 - The PRESIDENT leans forward, revealing the face of BRUCE WAYNE, serious and determined look in his eyes.

PRESIDENT WAYNE:  Put Corporal Kent on standby.  Go to Defcon 3.  Tell Commanders Jordan and Curry they're up.

PRESIDENT WAYNE:  Assure the Fuhrer that the Reichstadt of Amerika stands ready.  Seig Heil.

The President Of The United States of America - The Day After - Niel Jacoby

Panel 1: The President of the United States, same one as in the real world, sits at his desk, one hand holding his phone to his ear, other hand holding some sort of paperwork he's reading over. He's determined and more occupied with the work at hand than the conversation, but still has a smile on his face. A clock in the background reads 8:30.

Caption: NOVEMBER 7, 2012

PHONE: EVEN THOUGH WE AS A NATION MAY HAVE DISAGREEMENTS AMONG OURSELVES, WE CAN STILL WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE PROBLEMS WHEN IT REALLY COUNTS. I'VE GOT TO SAY I'M GLAD WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO TRULY UNDERSTANDS THAT.

POTUS: ME TOO, CAP. AND I ALWAYS DID LOOK UP TO YOU.

Panel 2: Same mileu as the first, different paperwork, same expression, 8:50.

PHONE: VERILY, I KNOW NIGH LITTLE OF THINE MORTAL POLITICS, BUT THEY SEEM A DAMN SIGHT HARDER THAN SIMPLY KILLING THE STRONGEST MAN IN THE VILLAGE TO OBTAIN DOMINANCE OVER HIS LAND AND WOMEN. I DOFF MY WINGED CAP TO THEE, AS THOU HAST CONQUERED A SYSTEM I FALL SHORT OF EVEN UNDERSTANDING, NOT ONCE BUT TWICE. BUT EVEN YOU HAVE NOT KNOCKED OUT THE TEETH OF THE MIDGARD SERPENT WHILST THOU WEREST EVEN IN ITS OWN MOUTH, SO AS MY COMPATRIOT CLINT BARTON WOULDST SAY, "NEENER NEENER".

POTUS: YOU EVER DEAL WITH A TICKED-OFF HILLARY CLINTON?

PHONE: ...

POTUS: I REST MY CASE.

Panel 3: Same general environs as the 1st and 2nd, 9:16. The president is looking a bit annoyed.

PHONE: LISTEN, BUB, EVEN THOUGH YA GOT TA BIN LADEN BEFORE I HAD THE CHANCE, I DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST YA.

PHONE(SMALLER): LOGAN! THE PRESIDENT IS A BUSY MAN AND DOESN'T NEED THE HASSLE OF YOU CALLING HIM ALL THE TIME! LET HIM GET BACK TO HIS JOB!

PHONE: *SIGH* FINE, KITTY. I'LL LET THE PRESIDENT GET BACK TO WHAT HE WAS DOING.

POTUS: YOU'D BETTER LISTEN TO HER, LOGAN. SHE SEEMS LIKE SHE'S GOT A BETTER HEAD ON HER SHOULDERS THAN YOU DO.

PHONE: AH, WHADDA YOU KNOW? YOU DON'T HAVE ADAMANTIUM BONES.

Panel 4: 10:02. The president doesn't even look like he's listening, just going through the paperwork.

PHONE: HEY BARRY, THIS IS DEADPOOL. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART--

Panel 5: 10:03. The president has the phone at arm's length, and is calling out to the other room.

PHONE(Much louder than before): BABA BOOEY BABA BOOEY HOWARD STERN'S PENIS!

POTUS: ANYONE KNOW IF WE CAN JUST BLOCK ALL CALLS FROM CANADA FOR THIS PHONE? MAYBE REDIRECT THEM TO DIAMOND JOE? ANYONE?

The President – Natural Conclusion - Ben Rosenthal

1.  The oval office.  An aide stands with his back to the reader.  He is facing the desk of the President of the United States.  The desk chair is also facing away from the reader so that we cannot see who is sitting it.

AIDE

Sir, the Asgardians are retreating.

2. A close up of the aide.  He is a blonde haired, blue eyed man of thirty. He looks proud, yet somewhat nervous addressing the President.

AIDE

With this victory you are almost guaranteed a second term.  Congratulations, Mr President.

THE PRESIDENT (off panel)

No need for such formalities Geoffrey.

3.  The presidential chair has spun around revealing a smirking Norman Osborn.

THE PRESIDENT/NORMAN

It’s Norman. Norman Osborn.