tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post1447875240834141717..comments2024-03-17T11:05:22.464+00:00Comments on The Life And Opinions of Andrew Rilstone: Amazing Spider-Man 8 (IV)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-83534157009087908342017-04-19T00:25:52.090+01:002017-04-19T00:25:52.090+01:00I think that's a really good question. I think...I think that's a really good question. I think the problem with "what ifs" is that you are always imagining Ditko's Spider-Man, but drawn by Kirby. I think that Thor and the Fantastic Four were the intersection of Lee and Kirby's brains, and Spider-Man was the intersection of Lee and Ditko's. If Kirby had taken Lee's wall crawling teenager and run with it, doubtless there would have been no Jameson and no Betty Brant and maybe no Doc Ock. But there might have been weird science and cosmic stuff. (Or maybe it would have been the perfect reboot of Newsboy Legion, in the way that the F.F was the perfect reboot of Challengers of the Unknown.) It might still have been brilliant, but it would have been a different thing. <br /><br />No-one but Ditko could possibly have done Doctor Strange, though. Andrew Rilstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786623930392936889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9987513.post-43332143423001172832017-04-17T06:48:22.665+01:002017-04-17T06:48:22.665+01:00So does this demonstrate why we should be glad Kir...So does this demonstrate why we should be glad Kirby didn't do Spider-Man, because it would have just been fight scenes (which Lee liked) without the subtly of Parker? Oliver Townshendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14621786531716625345noreply@blogger.com