Classic Japanese Battle: Spider-Man Versus Professor Monster
As anyone who's looked through Chip Kidd's bizarre and hilarious Bat-Manga knows, giving the Japanese full control of mainstream American comic superheroes inevitably leads to madness. Watching their vision of the characters is like remembering a dream where, once lucid, you realize you got almost everything wrong. Case in point, Japan's '70s Spider-Man series, which, having been fed through the Sony Japanimizer, bears more than a passing resemblance to Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. Here's the trailer:
So that's how Spider-Man closes his suit: a zipper. Now everything makes sense.
Marvel just bought the rights to the series, and they're posting an episode a week. Hopefully the episodes will inspire Sam Raimi to improve Spider-Man 4 by including Amazoness and her giant, sentient dung beetle sidekick.