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Mar 17 10 1:24 AM
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Stan Lee says, "All the concepts were mine" (Village Voice, Vol.32 #49, Dec. 1987). It is his contention that he singly came up with the idea, produced a script, offered it to Jack Kirby for illustration, and when he didn't like the look of Kirby's rendition, he then offered it to Steve Ditko. Can he be believed? Not really. Stan would go so far (or stoop so low!) as to claim that a minor character named The Living Eraser from Tales to Astonish #49 was his creation This character, had the dubious distinction of being able to wave people out of existence with a swipe of his hand. "I got a big kick out of it when I dreamed up that idea," Lee is quoted. (Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics, pg. 97). He further embellished this tale by stating how hard it was to come up with an explanation for this power. The fact is, this ignoble power and explanation, first appear in a Jack Kirby story from Black Cat Mystic #59 (Harvey Publications, Sept. 1957). If Lee will take credit for an obvious minor Kirby concept, which nobody cares about, then he certainly would take credit for another's creation that has become the company's cash cow.
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