Steve Ditko would have been 91 today.
Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Vol. 1) #1
Published: c. 1964?
Cover Date: 1964
“How Stan Lee and Steve Ditko Create Spider-Man!”
Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Steve Ditko
Inker: Steve Ditko
Letterer: Artie Simek
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on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #1000 (Non-Legacy #36): “Ravaged” or “Well, At Least We Have These Backups”: “@Paul Penna: “My guess, is that Cormac accidentally used his powers on his mother, accidentally erasing her memories when his…” Oct 7, 11:04
on Spider-Variants of the Week 10/7/26: “This thing may have more variants than ASM #1000.” Oct 6, 18:48
on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #1000 (Non-Legacy #36): “Ravaged” or “Well, At Least We Have These Backups”: “My guess, is that Cormac accidentally used his powers on his mother, accidentally erasing her memories when his powers first…” Oct 6, 11:27 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #1000 (Non-Legacy #36): “Ravaged” or “Well, At Least We Have These Backups”: “@Paul Penna: I wouldn’t say I was liking Cormac before the Ravage reveal but his character was … “ok”. I…” Oct 4, 08:59 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #1000 (Non-Legacy #36): “Ravaged” or “Well, At Least We Have These Backups”: “I’m surprised by how much I enjoyed Cormac Crane/Ravage. The story is well written, his powers are interesting and he…” Oct 3, 16:27 on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #1000 (Non-Legacy #36): “Ravaged” or “Well, At Least We Have These Backups”: “@Big John: Yeah, an annual is a good comparison. Annuals used to have one big story and 1-2 backups, and…” Oct 2, 22:20
on Craig’s Critique: Amazing Spider-Man #1000 (Non-Legacy #36): “Ravaged” or “Well, At Least We Have These Backups”: “This was a glorified Annual with A-List talent on the back-ups. And you know, if it was “only” an Annual,…” Oct 2, 18:09
on Marco Speaks Spidey: Amazing Spider-Man #1000 – “Ravaged” Review: “When a creative team runs out of meaningful stories to tell about a character’s future, they inevitably start digging up…” Sep 30, 16:11 on Spider-Variants of the Week 9/30/26: “Who’s getting all the ASM covers? You’d need to take out a loan. Thanks Mohammed for the work you do…” Sep 28, 23:55 on Marco Speaks Spidey- Challenges of Doom: Spider-Man #1 Review: ““takes us back years for the previously untold first encounter between Peter Parker and Victor von Doom.” Wait, I thought…” Sep 10, 09:24
There’s a certain poetry in the knowledge that Ditko is (also) a Scorpio.
Every creation has a lot of its creator in it.