spidermen

A single-panel comic. A bearded man in glasses earnestly explains a conspiracy theory to a dark-haired woman, gesturing with his hand. His speech: "All nylon comes from a factory where Web Fluid is extracted from Spider-Men. The one 'Spider-Man' people know has been spared so long he keeps the public from discovering the truth. That's why he works for a news organization, where he covers only Spider-Man! And that's why even more powerful 'villains' keep trying to stop him." A caption below reads: "Stan Lee's original Spider-Man proposal was way better." The joke: an absurd over-elaborate origin where Spider-Men are farmed as a nylon source. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of an anxious, grimacing face with a speech balloon overhead: "It almost goes awry when his Uncle Ben finds out too much..." — a dark riff on the real Uncle Ben backstory.