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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN No. 9 Author: Place: Publisher: Date: Description: Marvel. February, 1964. CGC certified: Fine+ (6.5). Off-white to white pages. Script by Stan Lee. Cover and art by Steve Ditko Origin & 1st appearance: Electro. Spidey vs. Electro. Sparks fly as perpetual loner Peter Parker finally makes time with Betty Brant. Peter Parker's complexity as a character derived from the contrasting nature of his co-creators, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Lee and Ditko were worlds apart in personality and temperament; Lee was a showy, extroverted sort while Ditko was, according to biographer Blake Bell, "shy and withdrawn throughout his professional career." Ditko's influence emerges in Parker's inability to relate to his teenage peers; Stan Lee emerges when Pete dons his mask and becomes the brash, confident Spider-Man, overflowing with quips and bravado. The differences between Lee and Ditko extends to their moral philosophies. Lee preferred conflicted heroes who don't always do the right thing. Ditko, a devotee of Ayn Rand's rigid moral philosophizing, became uncomfortable with Lee's indistinct moral shadings, preferring a black and white view of human morality. Lee and Ditko's temperamental and ideological differences, combined with Lee's credit-hogging and publisher Martin Goodman's refusal to deliver promised royalties, made it inevitable that the two would eventually find it impossible to work together. One can trace Ditko's progression deeper into Ayn Rand territory within the pages of his Spidey comics. In this issue, Peter Parker, deperate for dollars, sells newsman J. Jonah Jameson faked action photos; by the end of his tenure on Spider-Man, it's unthinkable that Ditko would portray the wall-crawler engaging in such morally dubious chicaneries. "Ditko also began moving Spider-Man away from Lee's initial paradigm of Peter Parker, the obsessive, neurotic teenager, and towards Rand's ideal of the young, romantic male hero.... Ditko's application of Rand's philosophy to the business of comics was simple: the issue of truth was black and white." —Blake Bell, Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko A limited edition of 100 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues are available. Over 200 pages, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcovers $40, dust-jacketed hardcover with limitation plate $200. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com or visit: https://www.pbagalleries.com/content/comics/. R. Crumb says, "I found [PBA's catalogue] so interesting that I am saving it for the texts that accompany the comics which were put up for auction. This is some of the best commentary I’ve yet seen on the quality of the content of comic books. I especially enjoyed the reviews of the post-war horror comics. Great. Priceless." Consignments welcome for PBA's Spring 2021 Comic Book sale. Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age and Silver Age comics, original art and ephemera sought. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com. Lot Amendments Condition: Item number: 316906