I tried reading Marvel from the Stan Lee area up to today, but I gave up for most of the books.

Now I read Amazing Spider-Man, before that X-Men vol. 1. I pick what I like and go through them. Many times I fly over book, and leave whole chunks out, because its so redundant or silly.

I have to say Spidey comics were very sophisticated in comparison to Avengers or Fantastic Four, or Thor and X-Men. What a difference in quality from Ditko and Romita. I couldn't get through Avengers from the start, it was really awful to read.

The discussion if Stan did less then he told everyone, and Kirby "wrote" many stories seems to imply that Kirby just wasn't good at plotting or writing a story. Or Stan was just good with Spider Man?