Over a century before Captain America and Iron Man found themselves embroiled in a Civil War, one man would bring a fractured nation together...Abraham Lincoln. Yep, the DC calendar acknowledges the birthdate of our 16th president. He was born in 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky, the son of Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. After that he, well if you don't know, you should be cracking open books other than comics. That said, Honest Abe would indeed appear in dozens, upon dozens of comics. Honest.
At DC, he has shown up on covers as diverse as The Unexpected (where he's wearing a spacesuit, while sitting in the remains of the Lincoln Memorial), and Weird Western Tales (depicting him in an arm wrestling bout with Scalphunter). In a Silver Age tale, Superboy went back in time to prevent his assassination. He failed, due to a meddling Lex Luthor. However, he would succeed in the Elseword story, Superman: A Nation Divided. Not to be outdone, Batman got in on the Elseworld action, and went on a mission for Lincoln, in Batman: The Blue, The Grey, and the Bat. On the parallel world of Earth 3, John Wilkes Booth was the president, and Lincoln assassinated him.
Without a doubt the strangest "Lincoln" story in DC lore, was The Flash #210. Barry Allen finds himself in the future during a global civil war. The entire planet has been divided between Earth East, and Earth West. Only one "man" can bring about peace- a robot Abraham Lincoln. That is, if the Flash can protect it from a robot John Wilkes Booth.
On the 14th, a Valentine's Day nod to two love BIRDS...
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