tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post2012129919270383221..comments2024-03-13T19:47:41.667-04:00Comments on Marvel Mysteries and Comics Minutiae: 50 Summers Ago: Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1 Nick Caputohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-80889961958207559472017-08-16T18:47:56.222-04:002017-08-16T18:47:56.222-04:00The Essays have been published in various publicat...The Essays have been published in various publications. Perhaps Ditko's co-publisher Robin Snyder will collect them one day. If you want to know what is currently available you can check here: http://ditko.blogspot.com/p/ditko-book-in-print.html Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-7921099686724635362017-08-04T23:26:28.400-04:002017-08-04T23:26:28.400-04:00Have they collected the essays in a single collect...Have they collected the essays in a single collection or are they scattered in different places? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-45356367294678329552017-07-30T01:24:22.991-04:002017-07-30T01:24:22.991-04:00I agree that Aunt May was played as too naive in t...I agree that Aunt May was played as too naive in this story. Its one of the aspects I don't enjoy. From reading Steve's essays its clear he didn't always see eye-to-eye with Stan on plots. I have to take a closer look at the art as opposed to Lee's dialogue in order to ascertain if Ditko's intentions were different that Lee's. Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-16699145784863907632017-07-28T23:19:46.807-04:002017-07-28T23:19:46.807-04:00This issue was sort of uneven for me. It had great...This issue was sort of uneven for me. It had great idea but the one thing is Aunt May and Doctor Octopus. That was just silly. Need to reread this. But the whole thing about her not knowing he was a criminal or liking him so dumb it really weakened the rest of the issue. Stan said Steve wanted control over the stories because he did not like them. I bet it was stuff like this annoyed him.<br /><br />What are your thoughts,Nick?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-44251425561709102372014-08-25T13:54:35.484-04:002014-08-25T13:54:35.484-04:00I really love these forays into fandom and the ana...I really love these forays into fandom and the analysis of fanzines. <br />Please do not stop!Captain Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17408347719003726024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-56060166337030599272014-07-12T02:22:49.817-04:002014-07-12T02:22:49.817-04:00Barry, Barry, Barry, really now. Aside from JLA, h...Barry, Barry, Barry, really now. Aside from JLA, how about World's Finest? Later, granted, there was Brave and the Bold, and various issues of Showcase devoted to team-ups/cross-overs. The Flash was practically a team-up book, what with Green lantern, Elongated Man, Golden Age flash, and Kid flash (NOT a side-kick). Flash also returned the favor by appearing in GL's book. Atom and Hawkman appeared in each other's books. JLA in Adam Strange, Adam Strange in Hawkman. Green Arrow and Aquaman intersected a couple of times in the `50s. Lots of characters were at Aquaman's wedding.<br /><br />There were a lot of cross-overs/cameos in the Superman family of books even if you don't consider Lois or Jimmy appearing in Action as such.<br /><br />I'll grant you your perception Barry. You've expressed how the companies seemed different to you. Unfortunately, on this point, the data doesn't support it.mclegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02651175306713854473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-85774106884586645612014-07-11T00:34:30.132-04:002014-07-11T00:34:30.132-04:00Kid,
I love those two Annuals as well. Ditko take...Kid,<br /><br />I love those two Annuals as well. Ditko takes words and their meanings literally, so the credits that had him "voting" was altered before publication to "Stan and Baron Mordo". I don't think Ditko's ever voiced an objection to the word "Spidey", but he felt Lee was being evasive when he used the word "webslinger" in conjunction with his co-creator status. Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-27888503996367768272014-07-10T18:51:41.515-04:002014-07-10T18:51:41.515-04:00I've got the first two Spidey Annuals and they...I've got the first two Spidey Annuals and they're absolute belters, Nick. I just love the Spidey/Doc Strange story in #2 - a true classic. Ditko had strange notions 'though. He didn't like Stan referring to Spider-Man as the Web-spinner or Spidey, and he objected to a blurb saying something like 'The story voted most likely to succeed - by Stan & Steve' on the grounds that he had voted no such thing.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-58275217279701760892014-07-10T18:50:44.020-04:002014-07-10T18:50:44.020-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-56006428693186916092014-07-10T14:20:27.621-04:002014-07-10T14:20:27.621-04:00vwstieber,
Ditko rarely drew team books, aside fr...vwstieber,<br /><br />Ditko rarely drew team books, aside from some fill-in issues of Legion of Super Heroes, FF and Micronauts, I can't think of any others. The lone hero always appealed to Ditko more than a group of heroes and probably would have turned down a request to draw the Avengers, although I'm sure it would have been interesting to see.Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-60233757349444848802014-07-10T12:59:44.864-04:002014-07-10T12:59:44.864-04:00Looking at these again, I ponder how nice an Aveng...Looking at these again, I ponder how nice an Avengers issue would have been with Ditko drawing it. Too bad Marvel didn't have an annual "rotate the artists" month.vwstieberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395579204736233808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-29319530385718892852014-07-09T22:06:14.812-04:002014-07-09T22:06:14.812-04:00Barry,
That's certainly a possibility. While ...Barry,<br /><br />That's certainly a possibility. While Stan wanted to promote Spidey he may have realized that the character just didn't fit in the Avengers and Ditko may have influenced him somewhat. Nick Caputohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096100224095280865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2089733759263636022.post-76723624471262400202014-07-09T21:30:01.693-04:002014-07-09T21:30:01.693-04:00Another great blog Nick. I thought you were going ...Another great blog Nick. I thought you were going to get some sleep? There is something else that the guest starring port brought to the stories. At D C , text all the heroes lived in their separate worlds. Except for a few places like the Justice league they never met or overlapped. I loved it that Marvel. Had one universe with the heroes falling over each other. It was such a refreshing change and difference from the other comic book realms. Also Nick, do you think that Steve Ditko attitude about wanting Spiderman to be separate kept him out of the avengers when they made that team?Barry Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03833042323353543770noreply@blogger.com