A tribute to his greatest character.
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Steve Ditko was born Nov. 2, 1927. He’s 88 years old.
This year, we’re doing a double 13 COVERS salute. In this installment, we’re featuring Ditko’s work on Spider-Man. If I have to explain why, well, you’re probably here by accident.
The other tribute? 13 DC & CHARLTON COVERS, which you can find here.
As usual, I’m going to emphasize my standard caveat: This is a subjective list and not a ranking of any kind. This is pretty much what I dig and you may feel very differently. So, rather than beef about a cover you don’t see, instead join in the fun and share your own choices in the comments section or in whatever social-media thread you saw this.
Even beyond that caveat, I’ll add that some of Ditko’s most famous Spidey covers aren’t here. I’ve featured those before — as have many, many others. So some of these are among his more unsung works. But the first one has to pretty much always be on the list …
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Ditko pencils and inks, plus Jack Kirby pencils and Dick Ayers inks.
As usual, all images and credits from the awesome Grand Comics Database.
November 3, 2015
Great covers! Great choices! One note: the published cover for ASM #10 is actually penciled by Kirby and inked by Ditko!
November 3, 2015
Thanks, Ken. I re-checked GCD, where I typically get my info and it says both Kirby and Ditko did the pencils, with Ayers and Ditko on inks.