The Amazing Spider-Man freelance photographer for "The Daily Bugle" under the bombastic editor-publisher J. Jonah Jameson to support himself and his frail Aunt May. At the same time, Peter dealt with public hostility towards Spider-Man and the antagonism of his classmates Flash Thompson and Liz Allan at Midtown High School, while embarking on a tentative, ill-fated romance with Jameson's secretary, Betty Brant. By focusing on Parker's everyday problems, Lee and Ditko created a groundbreakingly flawed, self-doubting superhero, and the first major teenaged superhero to be a protagonist and not a sidekick. Ditko's quirky art provided a stark contrast to the more cleanly dynamic
Vessel Drum and Bugle Corps Vessel Drum and Bugle Corps The Vessel Drum and Bugle Corps is a competitive junior drum and bugle corps. Based in the Inland Empire of Southern California, the unit performed as City Sound Drum & Bugle Corps in Drum Corps International (DCI) competitions as an Open Class corps 2010–14. Reorganized as Vessel Drum & Bugle Corps, the group returned to competition in 2018. Vessel Drum and Bugle Corps is a partnership between Orange County Independent Ensembles and Los Angeles Youth Arts Organization. Los Angeles Youth Arts Organization was founded in June, 1997 by current director Nathaniel Lewis, Jr. as an