Wikileaks: Comic Book Secrets

If you took the time to read through the nearly 250,000 documents released this week via Wikileaks, you’d find a comic book connection in several of them. We at Comix 411 have nothing but free time and did the heavy lifting for you. Here are the comic book-related highlights from the document dump:

When visiting with US President Barack Obama, the CIA codename for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is “Bucky.”

Interrogators at Guantanamo routinely asked prisoners to choose: Betty or Veronica?

Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Il sometimes dresses up as Wildcat before he tours a factory. In other news, North Korea still has factories.

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Archie Goes Hollywood, Signs With CAA

“Welcome to CAA, Archie’s pals and gals! (See what I did there?)

Now that we’re representing you guys, let me tell you how simply wonderful it’s going to be. Did you try the vitamin water? Isn’t it amazing? Trader Joe’s. I know! On to business. First, we’re going to take you out of the comic book ghetto that you’re in and put you into the ranks of Spielberg, Lucas and Simon Cowell. Have you thought about getting the band back together, by the way? Our corn syrup industry clients have expressed interest in a modern take on “Sugar Sugar.” Anyway, we will craft a cross-platform path for you guys that’ll make Marvel’s Avengers franchise look like Bring It On 3. I’m talking movies, TV shows, YouTube videos, Craig Ferguson, iPhone apps, Archiewear at Target, and Riverdale’s Funniest Home Videos.

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