{"id":3183,"date":"2018-07-06T19:18:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T02:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/?p=3183"},"modified":"2018-07-06T19:18:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T02:18:13","slug":"ditko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saguisag.com\/blogv4\/ditko\/","title":{"rendered":"Ditko"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spider-Man was the second comic book super hero that I liked as a kid, after Superman.\u00a0 My first Spider-Man comic had a cover by John Romita and interior art by Ross Andru.<\/p>\n

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I later got a copy of The Origins of Marvel Comics, and that’s where I first saw Amazing Fantasy #15, the debut of Spider-Man, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.<\/p>\n

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It was a different look from what I was used to seeing, to be honest.<\/p>\n

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When I was 11, my parents bought me a set of paperback books that reprinted the early days of Marvel Comics, with the first 6 issues of Fantastic Four and The Incredible Hulk, and the first 12 issues of The Amazing Spider-Man.<\/p>\n

And that’s when I really fell in love with Ditko’s work.<\/p>\n

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I think he’s why Doctor Octopus is my favorite Spider-Man villain.<\/p>\n

Ditko also created other favorites of mine, including Ted Kord’s Blue Beetle and Doctor Strange.<\/p>\n

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The one character that I had no idea that he had a hand in creating?<\/p>\n

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Squirrel Girl!<\/p>\n

All I really knew about the man was that he was a recluse, often compared to J.D. Salinger.<\/p>\n

Coincidentally, The Catcher in the Rye<\/em> is my favorite book that I read in high school.<\/p>\n

Today news came out that Ditko had died late last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This loss hurts a lot because of his contributions to comics and to my personal development in my tastes in comic book fandom.<\/p>\n

Rest in Peace, Mr. Ditko.\u00a0 Thank you for all you did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spider-Man was the second comic book super hero that I liked as a kid, after Superman.\u00a0 My first Spider-Man comic had a cover by John Romita and interior art by Ross Andru. I later got a copy of The Origins of Marvel Comics, and that’s where I first saw Amazing Fantasy #15, the debut of … <\/p>\n

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