It was his first comics-related work, though he lacked formal training at the time.įollowing his discharge, Ditko had the option to receive a college education, thanks to the G.I. While there, Ditko drew comic strips for a military newspaper.
He spend his military service in Allied-occupied Germany. In October 1945, Ditko enlisted in the United States Army. His favorite characters during his adolescence were Batman/Bruce Wayne and the Spirit/Denny Colt.ĭitko received his secondary education at the Greater Johnstown High School, and graduated in 1945. As Steve grew up, so did his interest in both comic strips and comic books.
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The Ditko family's favorite comic strip was the adventure series "Prince Valiant" by Hal Foster (1892-1982). He introduced his son to the work of comic strip artists of the 1930s and 1940s. Stephen Ditko, Steve's father, loved newspaper comic strips. Steve was the second of four children born to the Ditko family, and he was raised as a typical member of a working class family. Both parents were first-generation American Rusyn immigrants from Czechoslovakia. His parents were master carpenter Stephen Ditko and his homemaker wife Anna.
In 1927, Ditko was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a city located 56 miles (90 kilometers) to the east of Pittsburgh. Her work had a significant influence on his own work, which often reflected Objectivism's belief in moral absolutism. A/Rex Graine, the Question/Charles Victor Szasz, Shade the Changing Man/Rac Shade, Ditko was an adherent of Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand (1905-1982). Among his better known creations are Blue Beetle/Ted Kord, Captain Atom/Allen Adam, the Creeper/Jack Ryder, Hawk and Dove/Hank Hall and Don Hall, Mr. He created many other characters for various publishing companies. He is better known for co-creating the superheroes Spider-Man/Peter Parker and Doctor Strange/Stephen Strange for Marvel Comics. We will leave feedback once we know you have the item.Īll images/wording in this listing (unless specified otherwise) are the Intellectual Property of BigKidsAttic, and may not be used without permission.Steve Ditko was an American comics writer and artist of Rusyn descent. Please leave feedback once you have received the item so that we know it has arrived safely. Returns are accepted, however all postage costs will be at your own expense, and PayPal’s non-refundable fee will not be refunded, and PayPal’s non-refundable fee will not be refunded. Please make sure your address details on PayPal are up to date as that is where items will be sent. If you have an issue with payment, please contact us otherwise a non-payment action may be raised. If we are unable to do so, we will contact you to advise you of the situation. We will try to post within 5 working days (this excludes weekends). Items will not be posted until payment has been received. If you require additional insurance/packaging, please ask for it before paying as this may affect the shipping charge. The item will always have a Proof of Posting (this can be supplied should there be any problems with the postal service). Orders £50+ will be charged at Royal Mails Special Delivery Guaranteed 1pm prices. Please note that orders of £20 and above will be charged at Royal Mails Recorded delivery prices. Please request and wait for a combined invoice if you wish to receive this. International Bidders should contact us before bidding/paying for any potential additional Oversea postage costs.įor multiple US style comic purchases P&P discount please see " My All-About-Me". Internal Pages Condition: No noticable faults Part of a 37 issue series (-1, 0-33, 33.1-33.2) with a 1 issue Annual sub-seriesĬover Condition: Very minor general wear - Couple of spine stress marks While we have taken effort to describe the issue/s on sale, the final judge is the person who has it as everyone’s opinion varies slightly, therefore please study the photo’s carefully.Īll issues will be individually polybagged. Seen something you like but don’t have an account yet.
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