It IS A Small World, After All!

Past episodes of the Simpsons have come under fire for making fun of different locales, such as New Orleans and Brazil, with the tourist board of Rio de Janeiro going so far as to threaten to sue Fox for "damaging the city's image."

With that in mind, Marvel and Disney might want to have the lawyers on standby.

Because in yesterday's New Warriors #1, after the Scarlet Spider saves some American tourists from muggers in Mazatlan...

Oh, dear.

The Mexican Tourist Board is not going to be pleased with this...

Tales From The Quarter Bin--Oh, 90s, Why Do You Hate Us So?

As much as we like to badmouth the 1990s in these parts, not everything was despoiled in that era.

Nope, some concepts were so rock-solid, they just couldn't be ruined.

Like, for example, a good, old-fashioned Spider-Man/Vulture tussle.  So basic, nothing could screw that up, right?

Man, I hate you, 90s...

From Spider-Man Unlimited #10 (1995)

Spider-Manic Monday #4--Great Moments In Retcons!!

From the text page in Untold Tales Of Spider-Man #1 (1995):

Yup, Ben Reilly was the original Spider-Man. Yup, Untold Tales chronicled Ben's adventures as Spider-Man. Yup. Uh-huh. Really.

Maybe you jumped the gun on that one a little bit, Assistant Editor Glenn Greenberg...

Man, I'm so glad I wasn't reading Spider-Man in the 90s...