Caminante Nocturno - 2011-07-21
"What else do you know about me?!"
"White with pink stripes."
"..."
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BHWW - 2011-07-21
But in this version he was more of a conspiracy theorist, with a "crazed Art Bell listener" vibe but there was a method to the Question's madness, it turned out. Jeffrey Combs did a great job with the role.
Now Ditko's later created character Mr. A, that was Ditko on full Objectivist mode, with the original Question being a more "marketable" version, or a prototype attempt by Ditko to blend his philosophy with the superheroic ideal. Both hardboiled reporters who don disguises as vigilantes, but Mr. A was a cipher, a walking morality tale who is willing to get brutal when villians violate his complex, yet painfully convoluted, code of justice.
For those interested in the topic, you can read about Mr. A here:
http://www.dialbforblog.com/archives/297/
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WHO WANTS DESSERT - 2011-07-21 All I know about Mr. A is what I saw on the BBC special In Search of Steve Ditko, and it was terrifying.
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Xenocide - 2011-07-22 Yes.
But consider this: Steve Ditko is a half-insane recluse.
Also, this is the guy who co-created Spider-Man, whose entire philosophy (great power = great responsibility, specifically to help others) is about as anti-objectivist as you can get.
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Bort - 2011-11-19 cognitivedissonance: you might be thinking of the Punisher, not Batman. The Punisher is arguably working out his own issues, but Batman is not just about beating up criminals, he also goes out of his way to make sure they are brought in alive (often at risk to his own life), and over and over he puts the safety of innocents first. There is a huge altruistic streak to what he does, which makes him pretty much the opposite of a Rand character.
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Toenails - 2011-07-21
JLU is Ditko's and Timm's best series solely based on the amount of fan-service they gave to fanboys.
"I have no idea who this is."
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