Maybe "Bastardizing" was a bit strong, I'll go with changing them, sometimes to their core concept. The only reason I used the Surfer as an example is that this is one of the few characters Stan has admitted to Jack creating with no input from Stan. Yes, Stan "Humanized" the Surfer, but the entire point of him in FF 48-50 was that he was not [and did not know what it was to be] human. SS #1 tossed all that aside.

But I agree that this should not become a Jack vs. Stan debate, it's Jack vs. Marvel - and that's something all together different.