Was Steve Ditko inspired to create the Spider-Man costume from an old Ben Cooper costume from the 1950’s? This video is pretty interesting. Thanks to Stephen over in the Ditko appreciation Facebook group for posting it.
Here’s another view of the costume. Ironically it was a Disney costume back then. Here’s another post with more info.
Dan Slott has his own channel on youtube and posted a video about his excitement for Amazing Spider-Man #600 getting released this week. My favorite part is when he starts showing his Spider-Toys.
The Times of India has scored three new pictures from the Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie. It looks like Spidey is going to help the fire department in the movie. What are your thoughts?
Marvel sent over previews for Spidey books coming out on July 12, 2023. What will you be picking up?
on Tangled Webs: Peter David’s Spectacular Spider-Man Part 3: “Thanks for covering this. Bring back nice memories. PAD was really great already when he started.” Jul 3, 21:08 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #52 (Legacy #946): “Goo Ex Machina!” or “How Can We ‘Rek’ This Story?”: “@Jeff walling: Issue #50 had multiple full page panels (some 2-pages) which I assume they did deliberately because they knew…” Jul 3, 14:47 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #52 (Legacy #946): “Goo Ex Machina!” or “How Can We ‘Rek’ This Story?”: “Soooooo why is amazing Spider-Man filled with so many FULL PAGE PANELS?!? I swear each issue has at least 4-5…” Jul 3, 07:06 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #52 (Legacy #946): “Goo Ex Machina!” or “How Can We ‘Rek’ This Story?”: “@Michael: Yeah, I saw that on the Discord. I loved his Deadpool run way back when, so we’ll see. @Paul…” Jun 27, 15:46 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #52 (Legacy #946): “Goo Ex Machina!” or “How Can We ‘Rek’ This Story?”: “Oh, I think the Living Brain ruining the Goblin’s plans is a great Living Brain moment. And I like the…” Jun 27, 00:18 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #52 (Legacy #946): “Goo Ex Machina!” or “How Can We ‘Rek’ This Story?”: “BTW, just a heads up- Joe Kelly is apparently the new Amazing Spider-Man writer: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/joe-kelly-to-take-over-amazing-spider-man-from-zeb-wells/” Jun 26, 23:52 on Tangled Webs: Peter David’s Spectacular Spider-Man Part 2: ““Defalco: Kickbacks? What Kickbacks?!” I love stuff like that.” Jun 25, 15:13 on Alford Notes: Amazing Spider-Man #51: “Hornacek – Now you’re getting it! Evan – You understand me so well!” Jun 25, 11:49
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If anyone is interested, and happens to see this post in time, I currently have one of the 1950’s Ben Cooper Spider-man Costumes listed on eBay! Even if you’re not looking to buy, it’s still cool to check this out, since it’s rarely seen anywhere (not sure how many of these even exist today??):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-AMAZING-SPIDER-MAN-1950s-BEN-COOPER-Halloween-Costume-Marvel-Jack-Kirby-OLD-/171865197674?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2803f6cc6a
I laughed
This is an interesting find, and it’s nice to have a picture of the costume itself
Hey — another guy for the Spider-Verse storyline. And there probably won’t be a legal prohibitions …