Aug 27, 2019
An ultra-Ditko moment from Speedball #4, 1988, by Steve Ditko, Roger Stern and Dan Adkins.
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An ultra-Ditko moment from Speedball #4, 1988, by Steve Ditko, Roger Stern and Dan Adkins.
The delusional Dr. Strange meets the anagrammatic “Les Tane” (with an ahistorical mustache, I believe) and “Ted Tevoski,” in 1982’s Doctor Strange #55, by Roger Stern, Michael Golden and Terry Austin.
Post-’60s Steve Ditko didn’t get to do a lot of the bold, negative-space-filled splash pages that characterized his short horror/SF stories with Stan Lee, but this one’s pretty impressive. It’s from What If? Special #1, 1988, written by Peter B. Gillis, with breakdowns by Ditko and finishes by Pat Redding.
How not to make up after a fight. From Speedball #9, 1989, by Steve Ditko, Jo Duffy and Jim Sanders III.
A page from a Stan Lee/Steve Ditko story from Tales of Suspense #37, 1963. This is a very solid example of their chemistry, I think—what’s going on is absolutely clear from Ditko’s artwork (and that monster in the final panel is just phenomenal), and Lee’s dialogue is crisp and witty—the studio exec being identified by his initials, “blunderhead,” the slow burn and Borscht Belt comedy rhythms of J.G.’s dialogue, Joe suggesting he should get a raise...
When Steve Ditko returned to Marvel in the late '70s, he famously had no interest in drawing anything with Spider-Man in it, but that didn't stop Bill Mantlo from writing in lots of nudge-y nods to early Amazing Spider-Man in the three issues of Captain Universe stories they did in Marvel Spotlight.
Steve Ditko brings the Ditkoisms in Marvel Spotlight #4, 1980, written by Marv Wolfman and Archie Goodwin. Gorgeous.
I think 1985's ROM #65 was the first time Steve Ditko and P. Craig Russell were teamed as artists; another really non-obvious combination that works out beautifully (and would be reprised a few times before the end of the series). Script by Bill Mantlo.