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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Replying to @HeerJeet
If Lee hadn’t been such an assiduous promoter would Marvel have hit it big?
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Replying to @JacobHeilbrunn
Like a lot of successful politicians, Lee knew to get in front of the parade.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
What about his mastery of dialogue?
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Replying to @JacobHeilbrunn @abrahamjoseph
I prefer Carl Barks (Uncle Scrooge) and John Stanley (Little Lulu).
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