What former Illinois senator was featured on the cover of an issue Spider-Man published in this century?
Spidey Meets the President! "Spidey Meets the President!" is a backup feature in "The Amazing Spider-Man" #583, written by Zeb Wells, with art by Todd Nauck and Frank D'Armata. The cover of the issue shows Barack Obama giving a thumbs-up to Spider-Man. The comic book was published the week before Obama's inauguration in January 2009.
United States Senate election in Illinois, 1986 The 1986 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 4, 1986. The incumbent Democrat U.S. Senator Alan J. Dixon won re-election to a second term. This is also the last time as of 2016 that a winning Senate Candidate was elected to this seat twice.