Spider-Man Discovered in the 1950s ?!?

[Confuzzled]

So, no, then. The original costume is a vaguely similar idea, but there's no way in heck THAT inspired the comic book character.

I don't know, the webhead mask, the web covered costume and even the spider symbol look like they were STRONG influences for Ditko's design.

[Bob Probert]

Are you sure Ditko didn't steal his Spidey design from Ben Cooper?


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[Bob Probert]

The site was updated!

Holy MOLEY!

http://hero-envy.blogspot.com/2012/1...halloween.html

[Mister Mets]

The site was updated!

Holy MOLEY!

http://hero-envy.blogspot.com/2012/1...halloween.html

What's the update?

[Scott Taylor]

This should be in Spider-verse for sure!

[Bob Probert]

EXCLUSIVE!

The legend himself; Steve Ditko answers if he was influenced by the 1950's Ben Cooper Spiderman costume when he was designing Spider-man for Marvel in a letter to me and it's genius! Read it here!!

http://hero-envy.blogspot.com/2012/1...halloween.html

[Mister Mets]

That's pretty cool.

I merged the two threads on this together since anyone who doesn't recall your previous discussion on this might be confused as to what it's about.

[Bob Probert]

That's pretty cool.

I merged the two threads on this together since anyone who doesn't recall your previous discussion on this might be confused as to what it's about.

Sure. This is a big deal!

[Bob Probert]

Anyone see the Ben Cooper Spider-man costume in Spider-verse #2?

[Bob Probert]

WOW. The character also appears in the Marvel Appendix as well.

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix6/s...nbencooper.htm

[Mister Mets]

WOW. The character also appears in the Marvel Appendix as well.

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix6/s...nbencooper.htm

That's not an official site, though.

[Bob Probert]

That's not an official site, though.

Have you've seen the rest of this site?

Close enough if you ask me...

[jackolover]

It's not a bad blog. It's good, because it has lots of references back to sources. It has a case that Ben Cooper created a form of Spiderman. That's fine. It doesn't have a case that Ben Cooper created the form Steve Ditko created. What the blog does do is it causes a precedence that a Spiderman concept and name existed before 1962, just not the one created by Ditko. If that is significant, then yes, it is an important piece of history. It may just be that other names existed before the created well-known character came to life, too. Who knows if a Batman or a Superman name existed before the Batman or Superman comic creations? How do you quantify the degree to which you can claim proprietary ownership? Does Nietzsche own the Superman comic?

[Bob Probert]

OH. MY. GOD!!!

http://nypost.com/2015/07/14/did-sta...-costume-shop/

[resipsaloquitur]

NY Post discovers blog article from 3 years ago; makes article about it.

Like it's been said earlier, the case is a lot less compelling when you see the costume in color.