28. More than that, Ditko has the Randian amour propre: he's the true creator, Rourke & Galt, who turns back on corrupt society.
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29. It's entirely possible that becoming a Randian will cost Ditko what he could earn in lawsuit: between $50 million & $100 million.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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).
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35. Like Mr. A or Rorschach, Ditko will stand for absolute principal even in the face of worldly mockery.
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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.
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so did his conservative politics ever leak into early Spiderman, or did that come totally after?
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There's some in Ditko's Spider-Man. A villain called The Looter. Stupid student protesters.
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