1. As Spider-Man leaps to top of box office charts, worth remembering so popular a character was created by a true eccentric. Steve Ditko, the primary creator, shunned the spotlight (unlike credit-hog Stan Lee), living in overlapping covert worlds of fetish porn & libertarianism
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6. This emotional libertarianism (sense of being unappreciated, scorned, disdained by the unthinking mob while possessing secret gifts) is the true appeal of Randianism, more than the cod anti-statism (which is superstructural). For more on Ditko & Rand:https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/podcast-spider-mans-libertarian-roots?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email …
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Yeah, but Spider-Man’s number 1 characteristic is that he is absolutely loathed by the NYPD. Which somehow got lost after 9/11.
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Now that you mention it, I can see this influence all the way up through the present day. This was basically the plot of the 2018 video game, for instance.
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I’ve always been interested in the difference between Lee/Ditko Spider-Man and Lee/JRS Spider-Man. To me Lee/Ditko Spider-Man always seemed a little angry and creepy.
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i see jj as the randian figure who hates spiderman for his aimless altruism. jj turned a floor of the bugle bldg into a gallery for his picassos and monets, work he keeps from the masses who can’t comprehend them. he and kingpin do aspen panels together on perfecting new york.
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nothing makes kingpin and jameson laugh harder than their annual new year’s champagne toast where they both say, “with great power comes great responsibility.”
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