Posted on 07/06/2018 4:45:49 PM PDT by SMGFan
Artist Steve Ditko, who co-created Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Stan Lee, has died at age 90.
The New York Police Department confirmed his death to The Hollywood Reporter. No cause of death was announced. Ditko was found dead in his apartment on June 29 and it is believed he died about two days earlier.
In 1961, Ditko and Lee created Spider-Man. Lee, the editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics, gave Ditko the assignment after he wasn't satisfied with Jack Kirby's take on the idea of a teen superhero with spider powers. The look of Spider-Man — the costume, the web shooters, the red and blue design — all came from Ditko. Spider-Man first appeared in Amazing Fantasy No. 15. The comic was an unexpected hit and the character was spun off into The Amazing Spider-Man. Ditko helped create such classic Spider-Man characters as Doctor Octopus, Sandman, the Lizard, and Green Goblin. Starting with issue No. 25 Ditko received a plot credit in addition to his artist credit. Ditko's run ended with issue No. 38.
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Stan Lee is older than him, one of these days we will find out Stan Has passed too...
RIP Spiderman creator, I never was much into comics and such, but I did enjoy a few of those movies.
Stan Lee lives.
He was an Objectivist, if I’m not mistaken.
RIP.
Spiderman was always my favourite. He had money problems, family problems, girl problems, employment problems, but he felt obligated to do the Spidey thing.
bummer. I’ll tell my daughter.
Yes, and Ditko created a few characters, including "Mr. A" which embodied the philosophies of Ayn Rand
Too bad he never did conventions or anything, would’ve liked his autograph.
Also The Question.
I liked his Dr. Strange .
RIP.
Mr. A was terrific. Sturdy Steve also co-created Dr. Strange, Hawk and Dove, The
Question and many others. He is still my favorite Spider-Man artist ever.
I believe he was famously reclusive. Did not want to be any sort of celebrity.
Never heard of him.
Will look up.
For now. Gotta be those cameos he does in each Marvel film. The cameo he did in Deadpool (first one) should have given him a heart attack. Or maybe they keep him going.
Great one. Made a big impact on me.
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