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Spidey & the gang at the movies.

Posted in Comics by Daniel85 on June 5th, 2006

Edited 10th June: The image sizes in this entry are pushing my sidebar out of sight, so if you want to read it you'll have to click below.

I love it when there are pop culture references in old comics. Take this example from Amazing Spider-Man 203 (cover dated April 1980, but it would have been released December 1979):

Peter takes time out from fighting Lightmaster and Dazzler (yes!!), heading out to catch the Star Trek movie with Flash Thompson and Harry Osborn. And there's a Burger King nearby! There's been a lot of bitching lately about product placement in comics, but I love it. Call me a capitalist pig if you want. 

Oh, and here's another panel from later in the issue:

 

Awesome.

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  1. reaper said, on June 5th, 2006 at 12:22 pm

    No Peter! The movies don’t get good until the next one! RUN! Leave the theater!

    “IT’S A TRAP!!!”

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