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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Nov 2016
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      29. It's entirely possible that becoming a Randian will cost Ditko what he could earn in lawsuit: between $50 million & $100 million.

      2 replies 19 retweets 61 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Nov 2016
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      30. In conclusion: listen to me kids: don't read Ayn fucking Rand. Or at the very least, don't take her seriously.

      11 replies 105 retweets 478 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Nov 2016
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      31. A further point: 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.

      3 replies 12 retweets 66 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Nov 2016
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      32. Ditko does want something: he wants Marvel and Stan Lee to admit -- openly, publicly, without coercion -- that he co-created Spider-Man

      4 replies 11 retweets 68 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Nov 2016
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      33. If you read his essays, it's very important to Ditko that Lee do this freely, without the courts or force. Acknowledge Ditko's work.

      2 replies 10 retweets 53 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Nov 2016
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      34. The key is that Ditko is a moral absolutist, like Howard Rourke, like Mr. A, like Rorschach (Alan Moore's brilliant Ditko parody).

      1 reply 12 retweets 108 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Nov 2016
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      35. Like Mr. A or Rorschach, Ditko will stand for absolute principal even in the face of worldly mockery.

      2 replies 8 retweets 61 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Nov 2016
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      36. 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.

      3 replies 7 retweets 51 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Nov 2016
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      37. Honorable men would give Ditko the credit due to him. Coercing dishonorable men to give him credit via the courts is worthless to him.

      5 replies 10 retweets 68 likes
    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Nov 2016
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      38. If we under-stand that Ditko values his sense of honour above all else, his otherwise inexplicable legal behavior makes sense.

      2 replies 5 retweets 50 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Nov 2016

      39. 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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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Nov 2016
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          40. J. Jonah Jameson (like Lee a New York editor) is the glib parasite who controls the press and lies to the public about the hero.

          3 replies 11 retweets 60 likes
        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 2 Nov 2016
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          41. 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.

          3 replies 8 retweets 54 likes
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        2. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 2 Nov 2016
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          You ever see photos of Ditko as a teenager? He drew Peter Parker to be *himself* at that age.pic.twitter.com/wru2FpQa1I

          1 reply 2 retweets 10 likes
        3. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 2 Nov 2016
          Replying to @EricKleefeld @HeerJeet

          In truth, both Lee and Ditko put a lot of themselves into Peter Parker — and then they fought over what his true meaning was.

          0 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
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        1. Iván Galiano  🍅 🥒 🌶 🌱 🍓‏ @ivan_galiano 3 Nov 2016
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          it is also said that Ditko designed Parker at his own image (coincidence?)pic.twitter.com/OA0nEjOJc4

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