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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2014

      31. An addendum to my earlier Steve Ditko and Ayn Rand tweeting. @RobertKlarer rightly notes Ditko cares about Spider-Man credits.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2014
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      32. Ditko has made it clear he wants to be recognized as co-creator of Spider-Man even as he makes no moves to sue Marvel.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2014
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      33. The key is that Ditko is a moral absolutist, like Howard Rourke, like Mr. A, like Rorschach (Alan Moore's brilliant Ditko parody).

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2014
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      34. Like Mr. A or Rorschach, Ditko will stand for absolute principal even in the face of worldly mockery.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2014
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      35. Ditko really does value his version of the truth and honour more than money.

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2014
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      36. Ditko does want something: he wants Marvel and Stan Lee to admit -- openly, publicly, without coercion -- that he co-created Spider-Man

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2014
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      37. This is central: Ditko doesn't want to go to court to get Marvel & Lee to make admission because it would reduce him to their level.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2014
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      38. Honorable men would give Ditko the credit due to him. Coercing dishonorable men to give him credit via the courts is worthless to him.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2014
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      39. If we under-stand that Ditko values his sense of honour above all else, his otherwise inexplicable legal behavior makes sense.

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2014
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      40. Now let's re-read Spider-Man in light of all this. Peter Parker is the struggling freelancer (like Ditko) with secret power (creativity)

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2014

      41. J. Jonah Jameson (who looks like Lee) is the glib parasite who controls the press and lies to the public about the hero.

      8:33 PM - 10 Nov 2014
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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2014
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          42. Spider-Man is the hero who is derided by the public, a loser in his real identity but has the grim satisfaction of doing what is right.

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 10 Nov 2014
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          43. In the psycho-drama of Spider-Man/Peter Parker/Jameson we glimpse how Ditko sees the drama of his life.

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        2. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 10 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet I've wondered if Ditko drew Jameson as a takedown of Lee, and then Lee (without realizing it) turned Jameson into Marty Goodman.

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        3. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 11 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet Possible moral of the story: Everyone has a Jonah Jameson in their life — even if you're already someone else's Jonah Jameson.

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        1. TeaKaGee‏ @TeaKaGee 10 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet I love this Evan Dorkin piece on recognizing that Jameson is the archnemesis http://evandorkin.livejournal.com/251622.html 

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        1. Kevin J. Maroney‏ @womzilla 11 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet When Jameson was introduced, Stan didn't have a mustache and hadn't adopted the toupee: http://www.hembeck.com/Images/FredSez/StanLeeFantasyMasterpiercesHead375.jpg …

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