Re: Was Spider-Man an Angry Young Man?

Tom Russell wrote:
>
> Martin Phipps wrote:

> > maybe Lee softened Parker up
> > when he graduated from high school
>
> People often bring this up as an explanation, but the fact is, Parker
> was at his _meanest_ during the fifteen or sixteen months he was first
> in college-- during the Ditko run.

Sure.  He may have hated the people he knew from high school but they
were the devils he knew.  It took a while for Parker to make new
friends.  (Keep in mind that fifteen or sixteen months was actually
fifteen or sixteen issues which translates into just a few months, if
that, Marvel time.)

Martin