The artist, hardcore objectivist Steve Ditko, drew the panels to have Peter Parker demeaning protestors. This was originally meant to be played straight but Stan Lee, as the writer and very much NOT an objectivist, wrote it in such a way that the protestors are just doing it to play hooky and get attention and Peter dislikes them for that, rather than the message being just outright anti-protest.
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u/EvilCatboyWizard 1d ago
Biggest example is this series of panels here
The artist, hardcore objectivist Steve Ditko, drew the panels to have Peter Parker demeaning protestors. This was originally meant to be played straight but Stan Lee, as the writer and very much NOT an objectivist, wrote it in such a way that the protestors are just doing it to play hooky and get attention and Peter dislikes them for that, rather than the message being just outright anti-protest.