Shit dude, I read that you finished X-Force, didn't mean to do that.
Remender pays attention to the details almost as much as Morrison, his Circle of Four storyline in Venom(with Red Hulk, X-23, and the new female Ghost Rider) was a play on the New Fantastic Four(Spider-Man, Wolverine, Hulk, & Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider), Dark Angel Saga ties in with nearly every Apocalypse story, mainly AoA. He also tends to go for the throat and kill characters off to end stories, to end his Venom run he killed Flash Thompson's father, Secret Avengers killed off an entire race, and he even killed Frank Castle to do a Fankencastle storyline. Its just he tries to tie in with more current, or more popular references that are picked up easier than having to be an uber geek and know every little aspect of a characters 50+ year history.
Sadly most girls who cosplay Harley or Ivy shouldn't be wearing clothing that skimpy, nor skin tight. Now the Asians who cosplay Psylocke on the other hand.