Brian Cronin, Comic Book Resources; How Stan Lee Fought To Keep Spider-Man An 'Everyman'
"In 1965, Esquire magazine polled college students and found
that Spider-Man was just as popular to them as other generational
talents like Bob Dylan. One pollee brilliantly explained Spider-Man's
appeal, "beset by woes, money problems, and the question of existence.
In short, he is one of us."
The problem was, though, that Steve Ditko was beginning to think that that was not a good thing...
However, a more philosophical dispute between Ditko and Stan Lee came
over how Spider-Man should be depicted now that he had graduated high
school and entered college. Ditko, a follower of Ayn Rand and
Obkectivism [sic], was okay with the idea of a young teen not being a "true"
hero (that is, having some gray areas), but now that Spider-Man was in
college, Ditko wanted Spidey to become more of an objectively heroic
character. Stan Lee and Martin Goodman, though, wanted to keep
Spider-Man as an "everyman." That was the exact opposite of what Ditko
wanted for the character."
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Friday, November 16, 2018
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