Couldn’t really disagree with you more, especially in regards to your opinions on the 4th world. If Stan was such a gifted writer, then why hadn’t he succeeded previously while Simon and Kirby created the romance and war genre? If you were 8-12 years old, I’m sure you loved Stan’s “writing”. Kirby’s writing was for a slightly older audience. At best, Lee added a dialogue that worked for characters created by others. To each his own. The dialogue changed drastically over the first two years. The X-men in particular had rather childish dialogue. I’m biased because I came upon the silver age a little later in life. I’m 58 and by the time I started accumulating them, it was all about the art and not the stories. It still is.