 Despite having withdrawn from the presidential race, Colbert continued to be referred to as an active candidate in the Marvel Universe.Colbert '08 paraphernalia appeared in the artwork of various Marvel comics, and Colbert himself teamed up with Spider-Man in the October 2008 comic "Amazing Spider-Man #573".On November 5, 2008, Marvel announced that its fictional newspaper "The Daily Bugle" was reporting Colbert's victory over both John McCain and Barack Obama.