Quote: Prometheus said: I believe that was "as in reference to what you think about the subject".....not agreement. Check the 'title' of his post, in relation to what he says. Now say it outloud to yourself.
It's just simple respect, man. No one's asking you to honor him as the sabbath. The Golden Age guys did it first. They started the ball rolling. We grew up with the characters they gave us. What's the harm in appreciating that, and giving them a bit of 'thanks for the memories'?
Most of these guys did it to make a buck, and didn't give a rat's arse about the characters they were creating.
Should anyone care about Bob Weiner of Pittsburgh, dead at 90, if he created "The Super Masked Guy with a Cape" back in the 1940s to cash in on the popularity of Superman?