Posted by It's a bird! It's a plane! on September 24, 2003 at 11:40:30:

Mayor, Senate hopeful - and comic book hero

Cunningham 'saves day' in campaign promo

"It's a bird! It's a plane!"

No, it's Mayor-Man - also known as Jersey City Mayor Glenn D. Cunningham, who is publishing his own comic book highlighting his résumé as a U.S. Marine, police captain and U.S. marshal as he rescues a child from a runaway car, tracks down an escaped fugitive and defuses a meeting between anti-and pro-war protesters.
The premier issue of "The Adventures of Mayor-Man" opens with Mayor "Glen" Cunningham - his first name is spelled wrong on the first page - working alone late one rainy day, trying to "keep taxes low for the people" and "find more money for programs for kids," when his wife, known as "Lady One," bursts into his office.

"Mayor, a young kid is in trouble. He needs your help," she says. "I think this is a job for Mayor-Man."

With this, Lady One raises Cunningham's star-shaped marshal's badge above her head, triggering what the caption describes as "a powerful bolt of energy."

"Suddenly, the energy bolt is Mayor Cunningham. The room shakes. His shoulders tremble, and ..." (after a dramatic turn of the page), "The mayor is transformed into 'Mayor-Man.'"

The mayor then "blasts out of City Hall," flying through the roof and into the sky, Superman-style, before swooping down just in time to snatch a child from the path of a speeding car.

In two other sequences, Mayor-Man catches an escaped prisoner and unifies a crowd hotly divided over the war in Iraq, telling them no matter what their feelings on the war, they have to support U.S. troops.

The cover features a glossy, color illustration of a smiling Cunningham - wearing a suit and tie, but no cape - in front of Jersey City Hall.

Inside, the black-and-white comic sequences are hand-drawn by Greg Malave, a city employee and Cunningham volunteer. It will not be confused with one of Marvel's professionally bound, dynamically sketched editions.

Released amid Cunningham's controversial bid for state Senate and paid for by a campaign committee, the point of the book is to connect with children and their parents, Cunningham said.

Bill Ayala, Cunningham's chief of staff, said the mayor wanted to do a comic book because "the mayor is the mayor for adults and children both," and because it's "a way to talk to kids about government."

The 10,000 copies Cunningham plans to print will be distributed to places where children gather other than schools. Cunningham said he got the idea from a 4-year-old boy who was at an event with his mother two months ago.

"She said, 'Do you know who this is?'" Cunningham recalled. "And he said yeah, and she said who? And he said, 'That's Mayor-Man!'"

A copy provided to the media by the Mayor's Office has a disclaimer on the back cover, individually typewritten on a swath of whiteout, reading "Paid for by Cunningham for Mayor 2005."

Beneath the whiteout, the message reads, "Paid for by the Jersey City Reform Democratic Organization." That is the name of the political action committee that has financed Cunningham's bid for state Senate this November.

Cunningham, a Democrat, and his two Assembly running mates in the 31st District are being sued by rival Democrats they defeated in the June primary. The rival slate, led by longtime Democratic Assemblyman Joseph V. Doria Jr., has asserted that the Cunningham slate exceeded campaign spending limits during the primary.

A state judge ruled this month that the state campaign spending law does not apply to primaries, but Doria's slate has appealed.

Cunningham said the whiteout merely covered over an error by the printer, who had done other work for his legislative organization in the past, and assumed the book was for the slate also. Cunningham insisted that only his mayoral campaign had paid for it. He said he did not know the cost of the book.

Roger Jones, a spokesman for the Doria slate, doubted the mayor's explanation, and he suggested the comic book was printed during the primary campaign.

"How stupid can they be to white it out?" Jones said. "This is nothing more than a promotional piece for Cunningham running for the Senate."

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: "It's a bird! It's a plane!" 

: No, it's Mayor-Man - also known as Jersey City Mayor Glenn D. Cunningham, who is publishing his own comic book highlighting his résumé as a U.S. Marine, police captain and U.S. marshal as he rescues a child from a runaway car, tracks down an escaped fugitive and defuses a meeting between anti-and pro-war protesters.    
: The premier issue of "The Adventures of Mayor-Man" opens with Mayor "Glen" Cunningham - his first name is spelled wrong on the first page - working alone late one rainy day, trying to "keep taxes low for the people" and "find more money for programs for kids," when his wife, known as "Lady One," bursts into his office. 

: "Mayor, a young kid is in trouble. He needs your help," she says. "I think this is a job for Mayor-Man." 

: With this, Lady One raises Cunningham's star-shaped marshal's badge above her head, triggering what the caption describes as "a powerful bolt of energy." 

: "Suddenly, the energy bolt is Mayor Cunningham. The room shakes. His shoulders tremble, and ..." (after a dramatic turn of the page), "The mayor is transformed into 'Mayor-Man.'" 

: The mayor then "blasts out of City Hall," flying through the roof and into the sky, Superman-style, before swooping down just in time to snatch a child from the path of a speeding car. 

: In two other sequences, Mayor-Man catches an escaped prisoner and unifies a crowd hotly divided over the war in Iraq, telling them no matter what their feelings on the war, they have to support U.S. troops. 

: The cover features a glossy, color illustration of a smiling Cunningham - wearing a suit and tie, but no cape - in front of Jersey City Hall. 

: Inside, the black-and-white comic sequences are hand-drawn by Greg Malave, a city employee and Cunningham volunteer. It will not be confused with one of Marvel's professionally bound, dynamically sketched editions. 

: Released amid Cunningham's controversial bid for state Senate and paid for by a campaign committee, the point of the book is to connect with children and their parents, Cunningham said. 

: Bill Ayala, Cunningham's chief of staff, said the mayor wanted to do a comic book because "the mayor is the mayor for adults and children both," and because it's "a way to talk to kids about government." 

: The 10,000 copies Cunningham plans to print will be distributed to places where children gather other than schools. Cunningham said he got the idea from a 4-year-old boy who was at an event with his mother two months ago. 

: "She said, 'Do you know who this is?'" Cunningham recalled. "And he said yeah, and she said who? And he said, 'That's Mayor-Man!'" 

: A copy provided to the media by the Mayor's Office has a disclaimer on the back cover, individually typewritten on a swath of whiteout, reading "Paid for by Cunningham for Mayor 2005." 

: Beneath the whiteout, the message reads, "Paid for by the Jersey City Reform Democratic Organization." That is the name of the political action committee that has financed Cunningham's bid for state Senate this November. 

: Cunningham, a Democrat, and his two Assembly running mates in the 31st District are being sued by rival Democrats they defeated in the June primary. The rival slate, led by longtime Democratic Assemblyman Joseph V. Doria Jr., has asserted that the Cunningham slate exceeded campaign spending limits during the primary. 

: A state judge ruled this month that the state campaign spending law does not apply to primaries, but Doria's slate has appealed. 

: Cunningham said the whiteout merely covered over an error by the printer, who had done other work for his legislative organization in the past, and assumed the book was for the slate also. Cunningham insisted that only his mayoral campaign had paid for it. He said he did not know the cost of the book. 

: Roger Jones, a spokesman for the Doria slate, doubted the mayor's explanation, and he suggested the comic book was printed during the primary campaign. 

: "How stupid can they be to white it out?" Jones said. "This is nothing more than a promotional piece for Cunningham running for the Senate." 



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