| Creator Steve Ditko (1927-2018) |
| Profession Writer, Penciller, Inker |
| Total Entries 31 |
| Articles Steve Ditko – Lambiek Comiclopedia Steve Ditko – Wikipedia How Ayn Rand Influenced Comic Books – The Comics Journal |
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Ditko was very unhappy with his situation on Amazing Spider-Man. Back then he was easy to work with. As he became more enamored with the Ayn Rand political/social formula, he became a little more difficult to work with. When you’re in a hard “Good Guy vs. Bad Guys” world as you are in the comic book industry, you can’t let your personal philosophies take precedence over what makes a good comic book story. He became a little bit more difficult to work with. I have no lasting problem with Steve and whenever we do see each other these days (which is very rarely), we’re still amiable; it’s just that I didn’t agree with his feelings and he didn’t agree with mine. I remember an incident (and this really wasn’t indicative of anything other than where he was as opposed to where I was): Denny had written a script of Beware the Creeper and he wrote something about this character who was described as an “ex-criminal.” Steve jotted down a very bold note on the script that “there was no such thing as an ‘ex-criminal.’ Once you’ve committed a crime, you’re a criminal for life.” First of all, that wasn’t in the copy. There was no need for him to take that attitude, to take that harsh a view over what Denny had written. Basically what it got down to at that point was that Denny and Steve couldn’t work together any more. It had nothing to do with me and I could no longer be the referee. Steve quit the book shortly thereafter. ~ Dick Giordano Interview – TwoMorrows Publishing
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