Stan Lee talks about Steve Ditko

Stan Lee talks about his favorite Steve Ditko Spiderman comic.

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[Hgclaw]

This is a very true statement and it's extremely unfortunate how few people know/appreciate the story input artists like Kirby and Ditko had on Stan Lee's most famous character inceptions/story arcs, etc.  Marvel's characters are obviously inextricably bound to Stan Lee's imagination, but his illustrator partners are offensively undervalued by the population at-large and, sadly, even by sincere comic book fans.

[DRbiohazard]

Steve Ditko was the first to draw most of

Spidey's most famous foes (Dr.Octopus,Electro,

Green Goblin, Vulture, Sandman,Mysterio,Kraven

The Hunter,Scorpion and The Lizard).

This alone puts him along side Jack Kirby as

the most creative comic book artist of all

time.

[227060]

@mackishstyle well they are like the modern mythical heroes like the greek ones. i mean they are pretty mucht he same. look at the avengers and look at the argonaughts. they are the same a group of heroes from older stories hanging out together for the fans to get excited over

[mackishstyle]

@227060

I cant believe these characters are the only celebrities aside from religion to never fade away. Their permanently famous!?!?!? I cant believe it.

[verweejerome]

how the hell this fuckin genius of STAN LEE manage to create so many superheroes=X-men=mutant(s)???­??? you real X6men don't hide stan I've got the proofs ....sign: WAX (mutant final Boss)

[DipzG]

Stan Lee's narration skills are amazing even at his age, he adds emphasis and puts you write where he intended.

[goldenrulecomics]

This was a great comic, and Steve Ditko did a great job. I loved his work enough that I wrote a review of his biography ''Strange and Stranger.'' If you want to read it search the Squidoo website for ''Strange and Stranger.''

[dkb2studio]

i have this one =)

[Hgclaw]

@Terragen I can't argue with that. Since his profile has elevated so enormously by way of selling Marvel Comics to Buena Vista/Disney and selling film rights of various titles to various studios, he has credited his co-creators much moreso. I believe this behavior is contrived/relates to the fact that more people know the truth these days/that he hopes to foster a more benevolent public persona; it's more a matter of opinion. Surely, none of these great stories would exist without him.

[Terragen]

@Hgclaw At least Stan the Man himself always gives those great artists their due, at least in the interviews and docs I've seen him speak on. Stan seems to lift up those around him, and underplay his own contributions. Media always just takes one figurehead and discards the rest. Stan Lee just became the face of comics even though without those imaginative artists, comics would be nothing.

[227060]

Why is Green Goblin Spidey's worst villain, bcos he was so evil he broke apart Spidey's creators....

Seriously tho, thats just a rumour, but a fun 1, I like Ditko's idea of it being a perfect stranger but ovrall I think its right Norman Osborn is the Green Goblin

[227060]

@FoxPlant2006 |Many young fans thought it wud end with ish 50. If u were a kid back then and knowing how many comic series never even got 2 #50 and u saw that title, u cud understand why