Go, Read: Early Spider-Man Debate

Matthias Wivel pulls a short series of posts from a longer series of posts at the Comics Journal message board about the potential contributions of Jack Kirby to early Spider-Man issues. Participants include Blake Bell and Mark Evanier. I enjoyed the back and forth because it was based just as much on looking at the actual pages as it was on rumors and the tortured testimony of the three major creators that came years and years after the fact. The reason I like arguments about the pages involved is that it moves away from the notion of the character -- which is important in a legal sense with the movies and whatnot -- and onto the work, and is therefore a bit more about the real achievement of Marvel during that period: a sustained run of excellent, enjoyable comic books.

Truth be told, I always thought Steve Ditko seemed perfectly rational and clear on this subject, especially if you seize on what he's saying that historically relevant and separate it from the stuff that's more philosophical in nature.
 
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