Quote Originally Posted by chamber-music View Post
The Cold War elements are somewhat outdated but it isn't like Russia doesn't still engage in espionage, sabotage and assassination.

It's an open secret that Western countries have had attacks from Russia's GRU intelligence operatives
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56798001

The lazy outdated stereotypes are still rife in comics across the board. Despite having access to the greatest information tool in human history (the internet), you still get some lazy outdated depictions of certain nationalities, cultures, regions and so on.
As an Italian sometimes I got the feeling that the only things about my nation that some writer know come from watching the godfather movies and playing super mario. The more a cultured one's reader the roman empire, albeit in a very very confusing way(the 300 AD and 300 bC are wild different but apparently Rome was the same as far as pop culture is concerned).