Politics this election season are permeating every aspect of society, especially lately, the world of comics.
There have been comics featuring Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton and John McCain. Todd McFarlane's Savage Dragon endorsed Obama, as have a group of politically active comics creators called Comics Industry for Obama. But that's just the tip of the iceberg, just wait 'til you see what Marvel Comics is doing.
In the fictional Marvel Universe, Stephen Colbert, of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report," is actually running for president. In a running gag running in the background of many Marvel Comics, you can see his presidential campaign and find the details here. Colbert even weighs in on problems that could only affect a world with super-heroes, like the alien Skrull invasion.
Stephen Colbert makes his first full Marvel Comics appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #573, featuring the special variant cover shown here. Hmmm... I wonder who Spidey's voting for?
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