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John Byrne
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Posted: July 06 2025 at 1:24pm \| IP Logged \| 1	post reply

…the Hulk, Thor, and the Thing…

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From the vintage of that drawing we could easily unleash a fairly ferocious debate on the strength levels of those three!

Applying my “specialist rule” I would place the Hulk far ahead of the other two.

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Brian Miller
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Posted: July 06 2025 at 1:29pm \| IP Logged \| 2	post reply

On one of those early jobs the editor called and told me to stop. “We don’t
do that any more.”

I asked if he was aware the webbing was there on the corner symbol.

“Just stop,” he said, “and we’ll do a story explaining it.”

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Stern/JRjr emphasized him adding it back to the costume. Not sure if a
story was ever done explaining its absence.

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Rick Whiting
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Posted: July 06 2025 at 2:37pm \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

Seeing that panel of Spidy lifting up that bus is probably how Marvel came up with Spidey's strength level being able to lift 10 tons since a city bus weights between 10 and 20 tons. IMO, I think that it was a mistake to make Spidey that strong. I'm one of those fans who doesn't like heroes being over powered and I think that one of the worse things that has happened to Marvel over the last 20 years is that the Marvel heroes have become way over powered (I'm talking DC levels of OP). When you have the Hulk preventing an earth destroying Earthquake by holding two tectonic plates together, you have jumped the shark. And don't get me started on Wolverine's healing factor being OP.

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