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Still on the topic of Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1, when Spidey is about to tackle Electro, he states that if he grounds himself then the electric current will pass harmlessly through him. Was this Ditko's or Lee's mistake? Doesn't really matter, but Stan should certainly have caught it when he was scripting the issue, even though it seems likely Steve was responsible for the plotting and pacing of the story. (Perhaps based on a suggestion by Stan.)
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| I've used the page from the 1969 reprint because the '64 original's colour is out of register. Apart from the yellow Spider insignia (an error, obviously), the colour scheme is the same |
The mistake still hadn't been spotted by the time the story was reprinted 5 years later (above), but by the time Marvel Tales #150 rolled around in 1983 (below), it had been noticed and corrected. (Compare the speech balloons in the 3rd and 6th panels on both pages, and the art amendments on the 3rd and 5th.) I've always wondered if anyone who read the original comic was ever electrocuted because they believed they couldn't be while grounded, when actually the opposite was true.
And in case you're wondering, in contemporary reprintings the mistake is usually left in to preserve things as they were for posterity, warts and all. I assume it will be retained in the forthcoming Facsimile Edition, but I wonder if a footnote will be added to the page underneath the bottom tier's border. If so, I hope it isn't too intrusive.
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