Steve Ditko

Steve Ditko is possibly my favorite penciler / storyteller.  In fact, I have a separate site devoted to Ditko's work.  This page serves to showcase Ditko's pre-Spidey and post-Spidey work at Marvel, but of course I could hardly put up a Ditko page without including a few Spider-Man covers:

Strange Worlds
# 2
Feb 1959

Tales of Suspense
# 2
Mar 1959

Tales to Astonish
# 2
Mar 1959

Journey / Mystery
# 71
Aug 1961

Amazing Fantasy
# 8
Jan 1962

Strange Tales
# 93
Feb 1962

Amazing Fantasy
# 10
Mar 1962

Amazing Fantasy
# 12
May 1962

The Hulk
# 6
Mar 1963

Strange Tales
# 146
Jul 1966
OK, how could I leave out Spidey?  Here are 5 great Spider-Man covers:
Doc Ock's debut, in silhouette
Spider-Man # 3
Jul 1963
Spidey faces a still-red-and-yellow DD
Spider-Man # 16
Sep 1964
Spidey Goes Mad
Spider-Man # 24
May 1965
One of THE great covers of the Silver Age
Spider-Man # 28
Sep 1965
One of the great MOMENTS of the Silver Age, right there on the cover
Spider-Man # 33
Feb 1966
And here are 10 covers Ditko did at Marvel long after the Silver Age was over...
Ditko returned to Marvel in 1979 with a fill-in Hulk cover, featuring Machine Man, whose own series he was to take over almost immediately
Incredible Hulk
# 235
May 1979
Ditko took over on Machine Man from Jack Kirby and immediately produced this stunner
Machine Man
# 10
Aug 1979
Ditko infused Aaron Stack with that same 'misunderstood hero' vibe that Spidey had, and portrayed Machine Man's vulnerability in a way that Kirby never could
Machine Man
# 12
Dec 1979
Ditko's one and only DD cover
Daredevil
# 162
Jan 1980
Captain Marvel made a brief comeback under Ditko
Marvel Spotlight
Vol 2 # 4
Jan 1980
Ditko's second Hulk cover - this time he drew the inside as well
Incredible Hulk
# 249
Jul 1980
Captain Universe didn't catch on but it was nice work by Ditko
Marvel Spotlight
Vol 2 # 9
Nov 1980
Ditko's one and only FF cover
Fantastic Four
Ann. # 16
1981
Somehow one doesn't think 'fun' when one thinks of Ditko but I think Ditko had a lot of fun with this series
Speedball
# 3
Nov 1988
Speedball had a real 1960's feel and this cover is typical of later Ditko
Speedball
# 9
May 1989

Ditko did some wonderful stuff at Charlton and DC too - check out my
Every Cover Ditko Ever Drew site!

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