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#29 - Spider-Man's Canadian adventures!
September 06, 2023 · 67 min

In the early 1990s, Peter Parker ventured to the great white north of Canada in these five one-shots produced by Marvel Comics in conjunction with the Toronto-based Community Programs Group. Spider-Man visited Winnipeg, Fredericton, Toronto, Calgary, and Montreal in mildly-educational stories framed around substance-abuse awareness and bike-safety, which were given out in schools, hospitals, community centres, and police stations. Unlike a lot of other very-pandering PSAs of the day -- these ones were surprisingly well-made, with some incredible talent involved!

These five one-shots were titled:

Amazing Spider-Man: Skating on Thin Ice

Amazing Spider-Man: Double Trouble

Amazing Spider-Man: Hit and Run

Amazing Spider-Man: Chaos in Calgary

Amazing Spider-Man: Deadball

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