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Legendary comic book creator Steve Ditko became known for responding to letters that fans wrote to him through the better part of six decades.  The man who created or co-created numerous important characters such as Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Hawk and Dove, Shade the Changing Man, Mr A, and many others answered fan mail and other[...]

"Steve was the ultimate superhero in his battle with cancer." #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Todd McFarlane Amazing Spider-Man #314 Story Page 5 Original Art (Marvel, 1989) Steve Ditko Amazing Spider-Man #25 Story Page 13 Original Art (Marvel, 1965) John Romita Sr[...]

Sounds like a lot of Marvel superhero origins in general, and the creation story of the Incredible Hulk in particular.  But over a year before Marvel would use variations on this theme repeatedly, creators Steve Ditko and Joe Gill would use it to excellent effect in Space Adventures #33, cover-dated March 1960 from Charlton Comics[...]

Heritage Auctions Sponsored Post Steve Ditko is best known as the artist and co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange Born on November 2nd, 1927 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the son of first-generation American Rusyn immigrants from the former Czechoslovakia, Steve Ditko graduated from Greater Johnstown High School in 1945, before enlisting in the US Army for military[...]

Sounds like a lot of Marvel superhero origins in general, and the creation story of the Incredible Hulk in particular.  But over a year before Marvel would use variations on this theme repeatedly, creators Steve Ditko and Joe Gill would use it to excellent effect in Space Adventures #33, cover-dated March 1960 from Charlton Comics[...]

The late Steve Ditko is best known as co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strange But in the decades before his death, he self-published his own comic books, a cottage industry from the streets of Manhattan And amongst a number of Steve Ditko items in the 2021 April 1 – 4 Comics & Comic Art Signature[...]

And it brought to light one of the King In Black tie-in series, Symbiote Spider-Man which has rewritten an old forgotten Captain Universe story from the eighties, with the character of Mister E, who fought the portable with a number of black shadowy creatures, now rewritten as an early Knull symbiote. Marvel Spotlight Vol 2 #9[...]

62-year-old Los Angeles defence attorney Steve Levine has what must be the most comprehensive Spider-Man collection in the world, with a number of unique items, including the high school yearbooks of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, and every appearance of Spider-Man in any comic book from 1962 to 2002 And he is selling it all[...]

In Rorschach, Myerson is based on Steve Ditko, with a little Alan Moore, creator of the Pontius Pirate character and posing as the new Rorschach – until his death, supposedly attempting political assassination of the new President of the United States. Rorschach #1 by Tom King and Jorge Fornes. The tape played in Rorschach appears to be[...]

A copy of the first appearance of Spider-Man, in Amazing Fantasy #15, signed by the character's creators Steve Ditko and Stan Lee With a CGC grade of 5.5, it is being auctioned by Heritage Auctions, as part of their Heritage Auctions, 2021 January 14 – 17 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction – Dallas 7239[...]

The comic book by Bill Mantlo and Steve Ditko featured the portable superhero identity of Captain Universe and was titled "The Mystery of Mister E!" The Uni-Power attempts to possess former Captain Universe host Ray Coffin again, but causes a heart attack due to his age Instead, the power goes to his son, Steve Coffin who[...]

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko all did work on this issue, which also features a Kirby cover with Spider-Man Up for auction today at Heritage Auctions and ending very soon, this copy is a near-perfect copy that features something that sends it into rare air for collectors: Stan Lee signed it Part of[...]

And Will Myerson, previously revealed as both the new Rorschach, as a shut-in lonely figure based on Steve Ditko – though Steve Ditko was nothing like this.  Art from Rorschach #2. The apartment and building Myerson lives in resembles that of Steve Ditko, Pontius Pirate being turned into movies resembles the journey of Spider-Man, his desire to[...]

Hence why this page from Rorschach #2 below the spoiler image is doing the rounds over the weekend – just like Death Metal #5. Did Rorschach Create A Character Like The Question? (Spoilers) The link in the unauthorised sequel to Watchmen by Tom King and Jorge Fornes, between Rorschach suspect comic book creator Will Myerson has been[...]

Later, it turns out the man is a stand-in for real-life cartoonist Steve Ditko Some readers might say that the book betrays, then kills Steve Ditko. "Rorschach" #1 opening, DC Comics The dead cartoonist's similarity to the myth of Ditko are quite pronounced – reclusive in his later years, hardly went out, drew his own increasingly incomprehensible[...]

When Jonathan Ross talked with Forbidden Planet about his In Search Of Steve Ditko BBC documentary, Ross revealed one Spider-Man snippet from when he talked to the late Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko that, as far as I can tell has never been shared by anyone before So I thought I'd share it Ross tells us; "I said[...]

by Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, Paul Reinman, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber.  At the dawn of the Silver Age, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko – three of comics' greatest talents – had readers crying "make mine monsters" with a cadre of ten-ton terrors, from Torr to Manoo to the one and only[...]

J.WAR writes, "Why do you think [Blue Beetle] didn't sell?", Rich Howell asked Steve Ditko way back in 1968 (1) Ditko's response cut to the heart of the real issue: "I think it would be more interesting and revealing to ask comic readers why they didn't buy it." Poor sales and abruptly canceled titles stalked Ditko throughout[...]

I never got a chance to ask about the release date, because the next announcement took over everything else in the panel. So if you read this article from Mark Seifert, you already know that Dunbier had Mark Ditko, one of Steve Ditko's nephews, as a panel guest Mark was there to join Dunbier in announcing[...]

As BC reporter Joshua Stone sat in on the IDW Artist's Editions & More panel Sunday afternoon at San Diego Comic-Con, I was curious to see what news he'd be reporting on regarding their upcoming offerings.  I'm a fan of the Artist Edition format, and the the top shelf in the corner of my office[...]

Spider-Man himself is seemingly immune to the natural highs and lows of popularity that virtually every other major character has had over the course of the decades.  Powered by some sort of Steve Ditko and Stan Lee creative radiation with an infinite half-life, the Amazing Spider-Man never, ever goes out of style. That unfailing staying power[...]

IDW collects the classic works of Steve Ditko and Joe Gill's Gordo and Konga, compiling them into a double feature graphic novel in stores now. Although lesser known than his contemporary Stan Lee, Ditko made his mark in the industry by taking the "Marvel Method" and elevating the medium into the art form known worldwide[...]

Gene Simmon's claim that it was Steve Ditko's Doctor Strange who inspired him to start throwing up devil horns at concerts in the intro for Super Weird Heroes Volume 2 is one highly entertaining example of this. And indeed, artist Nate Powell's comic-format intro to The Unknown Anti-War Comics has me at hello.  Panel one, caption[...]

When the original schedule for SDCC 2018 came out, there was nothing scheduled to remember Steve Ditko, who passed away June 29th, 2018, at the age of 90 Ditko, best known for being the co-creator of Spider-Man and Dr Strange, spent most of his later life as a recluse at not quite the level of[...]

They're the original masters of memetics.  This is why Thomas Nast had political clout in the 19th Century that the likes of Stephen Colbert or Jon Stewart could never dream of having.  Not only was Nast insightful and clever, but he could make his point with a single image that his readers could readily understand[...]

About a year before the debut of Spider-Man by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee in Amazing Fantasy #15, the U.S Atomic Energy Commission and the National Science Foundation sponsored a course for high school students to learn about radiation and its effects on living creatures Equipment including Geiger counters were provided, and high school science[...]

Richard Howell, longstanding comic book industry figure, writer, producer and Editor-in-Chief of publisher Claypool Comics, had a story to tell about Steve Ditko And it is making a number of people uneasy. He posted his story publicly on Facebook, writing: Anyone who's attempted to procure original art by Steve Ditko–and succeeded–probably didn't get it directly from him[...]

The Steve Ditko blog, which promotes Ditko's most recent work published with Robin Snyder, has posted two pieces of artwork from the creator, who died this week. The first is the first page of Paper Romance, published in 1953 in Daring Romance, thought to be the first published Steve Ditko comic book story. And the second, Steve[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool was informed that Steve Ditko passed away earlier in the week but that members of his family were not making the news public at the time Later in the night, the news went public anyway, as The Hollywood Reporter received official confirmation from New York police And the comics industry went into shock. The man's[...]

Steve Ditko was found dead in his New York City apartment Friday, as first reported by THR, though he is believed to have died days earlier. Beginning his career in 1953, Ditko worked at Marvel during the creative explosion which begat the Marvel Universe as we know it today, co-creating Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and their supporting[...]