tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28944274.post8242773962433994670..comments2023-08-10T23:28:30.929-04:00Comments on Til the Last Hemlock Dies: STRANGE AND STRANGER: THE WORLDS OF STEVE DITKOJames Robert Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28944274.post-17608698455623509712008-08-26T12:16:00.000-04:002008-08-26T12:16:00.000-04:00Well...Lee never really "created" any of the books...Well...Lee never really "created" any of the books with which he's credited. (With the single exception--MAYBE--of Daredevil, and even the name of that character was taken from a Golden Age superhero.) I'm just not keen on the details of the creation of DD.<BR/><BR/>Ditko walked away from his own creation for his own reasons. To me, it's one of the great tragedies of comics history. I doubt Steve Ditko would look upon it that way, though.<BR/><BR/>As for Lee's input--he inadvertently admitted how things were done when he said, in print, that when the pages to Fantastic Four #48 came into the office, he had to call Kirby to ask him "Who's this guy with the big "G" on his head. And the guy on the surf board? Who's that?"<BR/><BR/>That's some admission for a man who later claimed to have "created" the Silver Surfer.James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28944274.post-86925928636520563062008-08-26T10:57:00.000-04:002008-08-26T10:57:00.000-04:00I have this same book, and I know Bissette has bee...I have this same book, and I know Bissette has been reading it, and I think that Ditko has become a found again pleasure for me. I was too young in the 60's to appreciate his art and by the early 70's he was out of the major limelight so I was content with the early days of Gene Day and Jim Starlin. It wasn't until later on with ROM and a few of the other obscure books that I re-found Ditko, even though I am not a big Spider-Man fan. I have however always been a Kirby fan and the next big purchase of legendary work for me will be the collection of Jack Kirby's The Demon.<BR/>I am enjoying this book, however I have a problem with religion, whatever the original source of it comes form, and for a man to turn away work because of such beliefs and to also turn away work because of wanting complete control and not working as a team, also baffles me. If Stan Lee worked more closely with Ditko, and actually created a team/partnership with him, would we have had more output from Ditko because of his enjoyment of a partnership? I blame Stan Lee, it's his fault. Nuff said.dogboy443https://www.blogger.com/profile/08220151767721898591noreply@blogger.com