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Spider-mans Biggest Shame (hexbear.net)

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From Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #1

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Steve Ditko was famously a follower of Objectivism, a philosophy devised by writer Ayn Rand (her hit novel, Atlas Shrugged, starred her perfect ideal of an Objectivist hero, John Galt). His following of those beliefs sometimes affected the Spider-Man stories that he plotted (originally with Stan Lee and then by himself alone) before he left Marvel.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 23 hours ago

Ditko had once told his Charlton co-worker Pete Morisi, a policeman who moonlighted as a comic book artist, that he envied Morisi for being able to arrest criminals.

Other ways Ditko incorporated Randian views into Spider-Man were by having Peter Parker become more aggressive, demand better pay for his Spider-Man photos, and show contempt for student protestors.

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