Steve Ditko
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He helped create one of the most endearing and enduring, as well as ground breaking, comic characters of all time.
Though Stan Lee may have written the dialogue, it was Ditko's portrayal and ability to create a visual of Peter Parker, an awkward high school kid with all of the problems inherent to a young many in that stage of his life, that brought Spiderman to life.
I didn't realize he had died until reading this. RIP sir.
Derum,
I'm afraid I don't understand the context of your reply.
Though Stan Lee may have written the dialogue, it was Ditko's portrayal and ability to create a visual of Peter Parker, an awkward high school kid with all of the problems inherent to a young many in that stage of his life, that brought Spiderman to life.
I didn't realize he had died until reading this. RIP sir.
Derum,
I'm afraid I don't understand the context of your reply.
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Thank you SG.
Let us not neglect Ditko's Dr Strange - along with Kirby's Silver Surfer the world changed.
Ditko was a troubled man. An authentic genius who pissed his talent down the drain in stubborn refusal to conform.
Oddly, despite his moral fervour, he was responsible for endless BDSM strips. His inconsistency in this regard only serves to increase the ferocity of my love for him.
My dearest friend (Peter - I can recall the very moment I first clapped eyes on him when we were 6. Please be reassured that he is a better man than I) was 50 a couple of years ago. I gave him an issue of Spiderman (illustrated by Ditko) that was on the American newsstand as his mother contracted. When it comes to appreciating my friends I don't fuck about.
If Spiderman 38 means nothing to you then you may very well need to consider yourself illiterate.
Let us not neglect Ditko's Dr Strange - along with Kirby's Silver Surfer the world changed.
Ditko was a troubled man. An authentic genius who pissed his talent down the drain in stubborn refusal to conform.
Oddly, despite his moral fervour, he was responsible for endless BDSM strips. His inconsistency in this regard only serves to increase the ferocity of my love for him.
My dearest friend (Peter - I can recall the very moment I first clapped eyes on him when we were 6. Please be reassured that he is a better man than I) was 50 a couple of years ago. I gave him an issue of Spiderman (illustrated by Ditko) that was on the American newsstand as his mother contracted. When it comes to appreciating my friends I don't fuck about.
If Spiderman 38 means nothing to you then you may very well need to consider yourself illiterate.
The reference to Crowley and Manson in particular, though all four shaping our reality in general.
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I used to be a comics dealer just out of university. Ditko’s Spidey along with Jack Kirby, Neal Adams and J. Buscema were the silver age “gold standard”.
Spidey put many a meal on my table. Comics actually funded my wedding and my wife’s wedding set.
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Spidey put many a meal on my table. Comics actually funded my wedding and my wife’s wedding set.
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BSR
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Doesn't the wife's father traditionally pay for the wedding?
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Traditionally yes. My wife is estranged from her father. Fortunately, I was not the cause.
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Ditko has my utmost respect. He was never my favorite creator, but his contributions to contemporary culture are undeniable. More important, he lived by his own terms, with a strong sense of ethics. Most people easily rationalize behavior that is contrary to their own purported beliefs. Not Ditko. He was never hypocritical, and did as he preached.
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I used to collect in junior high and high school. I remember wanting Amazing Fantasy #15 but couldn't afford the $200 price tag!
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I once sold a VF - NM Silver Surfer #1 for $200.
I also had a first appearance of Wolverine with a, believe or not, double cover. I think I got $300 for it.
If we only knew!
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I have around 30,000 comics in Rio, including a full run of More Fun Comics from 74-105. But mostly reading copies of DC from Silver-Age up. If only I knew to buy great copies instead of reading ones. Hindsight etc...
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I had the same book once! Hulk #181, I believe, that I purchased for $35.
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Egad! As a kid, I cannot tell you how many comics I purchased for a few cents a copy, read them and then passed them on or simply threw them away...never imagining what they would be worth, if anything, at this point in my life! 
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Instead of living in Florida, you could have owned Florida!Egad! As a kid, I cannot tell you how many comics I purchased for a few cents a copy, read them and then passed them on or simply threw them away...never imagining what they would be worth, if anything, at this point in my life!
When I was a kid, the holy grail of comic books, Action Comics #1 (the first appearance of Superman) could be purchased for about $1000. Assuming one could be found and in good (the vulgar use and not the comic book grade use) condition. This may have well been a million dollars for a 12 year old.
I believe in 2014 a copy was sold for >$3 million.
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I’m really starting to cry at this point. Here is at least a partial list of some of the seminal comics that were in my possession at one point or another:
Hulk 181 (first wolverine)
X-Men 94 (first Uncanny X-Men)
Fantastic Four 48 (first Silver Surfer)
Silver Surfer 1
Hulk 181 (first wolverine)
X-Men 94 (first Uncanny X-Men)
Fantastic Four 48 (first Silver Surfer)
Silver Surfer 1
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At one point I had an inventory of over 30,000. Most were backstock but some were rare.
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