We all heard about the Obama variant cover to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583. Well the regular cover was done by living legend JOHN ROMITA SR!! Romita Sr is a veteran of Spider-Man comics. One of his most famous Spidey moments was the introduction of Mary-Jane Watson, where her first words were [to Peter], "Face it, Tiger. You just hit the Jackpot!"This new Romita Sr cover depicts Peter Parker on a date with Betty Brant and another young woman ("Action is his reward!" says the tagline"). His word balloon says, "Face it COUGARS, you've just hit the jackpot"
Hmmmm, whoever wrote the text on that cover (writer Mark Waid?) seems to misunderstand the meaning of that slang:
cou-gar [koo-ger]
-noun.
an older woman who is romantically interested in younger men.
This reminds me of McDonald's ad campaign a few years back where guys salivated over their double-cheeseburgers, exclaiming "I'D HIT IT!" 
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C'mon Jimmy - that's not supposed to be a literal interpretation of what's inside the book. The chick on the left isn't really Betty Brant. Loosen up - have some fun,man!
Who cares if that's Betty or not on the cover - he calls them "Cougars"! Yo, Waid, don't use slang if you do not understand it.
Oh, I'm having fun! I just thought it was funny the writer misused the term "Cougar" is all.
Great to see new Romita Sr art!!
Love the Demi Moore Spider-Man cover! LOL
I'm not surprised. The current Marvel bullpen is filled with moronic writers with zero world knowledge. Apparently you CAN make a decent living as a high school dropout! Then again, they should have known what "Cougar" means. Lame.
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