Fantastic Four
Before Marvel, there was DC.
But in its prime, their creative collaboration worked like a charm.
Silver Surfer
Theres no ambivalence about who first created the high-flying Sentinel of the Spaceways.
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Eventually, though,Silver Surferwould become the focus of some of Lees most personal and introspective work.
While Ditko provided the stunning costume-design and acrobatic fight scenes, Lee provided the characters personality.
Over the years, Spider-Mans origin has beentold and retold many, many times.
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These characters would be born with their powers, no radioactive bombs or spiders needed.
This became a fertile metaphor in the era of civil rights protests.
At the time we did Iron Man, I was really feeling cocky.
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Im a little ashamed of myself.
I was younger then, and what do you know when youre younger?
So I decided to come up with a guy who actually manufactures armaments.
Hes a multi-millionaire, I fashioned him a little after Howard Hughes, and a little after me also.
The funny thing is, the book did very well.
Decades later, Tony Stark would finally propel Marvel to dominance on the big screen.
