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Old 01-09-2010, 02:36 PM   #5
Newton Gimmick
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Originally Posted by Roseangelo View Post
That's the whole controversy about it. Stan Lee has always gotten all of the credit and financial reward, but Kirby is said to have had a bigger hand in the creation of those old titles.

The situation very much mirrors what evolved between Mirage and all of their artists.
Except, as it relates to Spider-Man, Kirby doesn't really deserve any credit. I think Lee and Kirby did a lot on guys like the FF and Kirby no doubt had a higher influence on the characters than some like to admit... But his work on Spider-Man is almost none. He designed a story, a costume and a few pages, none of which were ever used and completely revamped by Lee and Ditko. The only Spider-man work he ever did was a redrawing of Ditko's first cover.
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