Category:Steve Ditko

Steve Ditko is an American comic book artist and writer best known as the artist and co-creator, with Stan Lee, of the Marvel Comics heroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange.

Ditko studied under Batman artist Jerry Robinson at the Cartoonist and Illustrators School in New York City. He began his professional career in 1953, working in the studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, beginning as an inker and coming under the influence of artist Mort Meskin. During this time, he then began his long association with Charlton Comics, where he did work in the genres of science fiction, horror, and mystery. He also co-created the superhero Captain Atom in 1960.

Ditko then drew for Atlas Comics, the 1950s forerunner of Marvel Comics. He went on to contribute much significant work to Marvel, including co-creating Spider-Man, who would become the company's flagship character. Additionally, he co-created the supernatural hero Doctor Strange and made important contributions to the Hulk and Iron Man. In 1966, after being the exclusive artist on The Amazing Spider-Man and the "Doctor Strange" feature in Strange Tales, Ditko left Marvel for reasons never specified.

Ditko then worked for Charlton and DC Comics, making major contributions, including a revamp of long-running character Blue Beetle, and creating or co-creating the Question, the Creeper, and Hawk and Dove. Ditko also began contributing to small independent publishers, where he created Mr. A, a hero reflecting the influence of Ayn Rand's Objectivism philosophy. Since the 1960s, Ditko has declined most interviews, stating that it is his work he offers readers, and not his personality.

Ditko was inducted into the comics industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1990, and into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1994.

As writer

 * Strange Tales 110 ("Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic!")
 * Strange Tales 115 ("The Origin of Dr. Strange")
 * Strange Tales 123 ("The Challenge of Loki!")
 * Strange Tales 135 ("Eternity Beckons!")
 * Strange Tales 144 ("Where Man Hath Never Trod!")
 * World's Finest Comics 251 ("The Disruptor")

As penciler

 * Amazing Adventures 6 ("The Fourth Man")
 * Amazing Fantasy 15
 * Amazing Spider-Man 1
 * Amazing Spider-Man 2
 * Amazing Spider-Man 3
 * Amazing Spider-Man 6
 * Amazing Spider-Man 10
 * Amazing Spider-Man 13
 * Amazing Spider-Man 14
 * Amazing Spider-Man 21
 * Amazing Spider-Man 23
 * Chamber of Darkness 7 ("I Wore... The Mask of Drothor!")
 * Journey Into Mystery 83 ("When the Jungle Sleeps")
 * Journey Into Mystery 89 ("When the Switch Is Pulled...")
 * Strange Tales 90 ("A Thousand Years Later...")
 * Strange Tales 110 ("Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic!")
 * Strange Tales 115 ("The Origin of Dr. Strange")
 * Strange Tales 123 ("The Challenge of Loki!")
 * Strange Tales 135 ("Eternity Beckons!")
 * Strange Tales 144 ("Where Man Hath Never Trod!")
 * Tales of Suspense 38 ("The Man in the Mirror!")
 * Tales of Suspense 39 ("Gundar")
 * Tales to Astonish 13 ("My Friend is... Not Quite Human!")
 * Tales to Astonish 27 ("Dead Planet!")
 * World's Finest Comics 251 ("The Disruptor")

As inker

 * Amazing Adventures 6 ("The Fourth Man")
 * Amazing Fantasy 15
 * Amazing Spider-Man 1
 * Amazing Spider-Man 2
 * Amazing Spider-Man 3
 * Amazing Spider-Man 6
 * Amazing Spider-Man 10
 * Amazing Spider-Man 13
 * Amazing Spider-Man 14
 * Amazing Spider-Man 21
 * Amazing Spider-Man 23
 * Chamber of Darkness 7 ("I Wore... The Mask of Drothor!" & "I Found the Abominable Snowman!")
 * Daredevil 1
 * Journey Into Mystery 83 ("When the Jungle Sleeps")
 * Journey Into Mystery 89 ("When the Switch Is Pulled...")
 * Strange Tales 90 ("A Thousand Years Later...")
 * Strange Tales 110 ("Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic!")
 * Strange Tales 115 ("The Origin of Dr. Strange")
 * Strange Tales 135 ("Eternity Beckons!")
 * Strange Tales 144 ("Where Man Hath Never Trod!")
 * Tales of Suspense 38 ("The Man in the Mirror!")
 * Tales of Suspense 39 ("Gundar")
 * Tales to Astonish 13 ("I Found the Abominable Snowman!" & "My Friend is... Not Quite Human!")
 * Tales to Astonish 27 ("Dead Planet!")
 * World's Finest Comics 251 ("The Disruptor")

As cover artist

 * Amazing Spider-Man 2
 * Amazing Spider-Man 3
 * Amazing Spider-Man 6
 * Amazing Spider-Man 10
 * Amazing Spider-Man 13
 * Amazing Spider-Man 14
 * Amazing Spider-Man 21
 * Amazing Spider-Man 23

As cover inker

 * Amazing Fantasy 15
 * Amazing Spider-Man 1
 * Amazing Spider-Man 2
 * Amazing Spider-Man 3
 * Amazing Spider-Man 6
 * Amazing Spider-Man 10
 * Amazing Spider-Man 13
 * Amazing Spider-Man 14
 * Amazing Spider-Man 21
 * Amazing Spider-Man 23
 * Strange Tales 115 ("The Origin of Dr. Strange")
 * Tales to Astonish 13