Thread:Undoniel/@comment-5270921-20190224042313/@comment-61022-20190226163350

Both ADour and Ed have valid points, but instead of one position trumping over the other a compromise should be made.

While I agree that Thomas and Romita developed the character, it does not change the fact that Trimpe will forever be linked to the first appearance of the character.

Taking another point of comparison, Spider-Man. A lot of sources (notably the Ditko Reader) states that Jack Kirby was deeply involved in helping create Spider-Man. Kirby was involved in the early designs but Lee hated them and went with Ditko instead. Even though Kirby was involved in the early development of the character, we only give credit to Lee and Ditko. One could argue that Kirby's first drawings of Spider-Man prior to Ditko's drawing is much like Romita drawing the first designs of Wolverine.

Then we have Iron Man, whose creations are credited as Lee, Larry Lieber, Don Heck and Jack Kirby. Lee only plotted the story, Larry wrote it. Art credits are from TOS #39, Kirby only did the cover with Heck doing the interior art. However, both are credited for creating the character. In this case, one could argue that Larry Lieber and Don Heck are similar to Herb Trimpe in this story as they took concepts that were developed by Lee and Kirby and worked with them.

To the point: There is a lot of subjectivity on who should get a credit for their part in creating a character from that era when creator rights/crediting wasn't as stringent as it is today.

TBH: Don't have a horse in this race, but I don't see a problem listing Trimpe as a creator as long as the proper clarification is made.