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Steve Ditko

Penciller on 1,794 issues · inker on 1,586 issues · cover artist on 760 issues

Steve Ditko is credited as penciller on 1,794 issues, inker on 1,586 issues, cover artist on 760 issues, writer on 329 issues and others in grailworth's catalog, 1,521 issues of them across 233 series we value. That includes 16 key issues, such as Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961), Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963) and Amazing Spider-Man #2 (1963). Characters first seen in issues they wrote or drew include Hank Pym, Thor, Thor Odinson and Crusher Hogan.

Key issues

Characters they introduced

Cover of Tales to Astonish #27 (1959) Tales to Astonish #27 (1959)First appearance (also in flashback) of Hank Pym (Ant-Man / Giant-Man)1962Cover of Journey into Mystery #83 (1952) Journey into Mystery #83 (1952)First appearance of Thor (Odinson / Don Blake)1962Cover of Journey into Mystery #83 (1952) Journey into Mystery #83 (1952)First appearance of Thor Odinson1962Cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961)First appearance of Crusher Hogan (wrestler from Spider-Man)1962Cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961)First appearance of Spider-Man (Peter Parker)1962Cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961)First appearance of Peter Parker1962Cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961)First appearance of May Parker (Peter Parker's aunt)1962Cover of Tales to Astonish #35 (1959) Tales to Astonish #35 (1959)First appearance of Ant-Man (Hank Pym)1962Cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961)First appearance (unnamed) of The Burglar (Ben Parker's killer)1962Cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961)First appearance of Ben Parker (Peter Parker's uncle)1962Cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961)First appearance of Flash Thompson1962Cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961)First appearance (unnamed) of Liz Allan (from Spider-Man, Misery)1962Cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961)First appearance of Sally Avril (Marvel, Bluebird)1962Cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961)First appearance (unnamed) of Seymour O'Reilly (from Spider-Man)1962Cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961)First appearance (unnamed) of Bernard O'Brien (policeman, Marvel)1962Cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961)First appearance (unnamed) of Raymond Warren (science teacher)1962Cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961)First appearance (unnamed) of Eric Schwinner1962Cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961)First appearance of Maxwell Shiffman (television producer)1962Cover of Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961) Amazing Fantasy #15 (1961)First appearance (unnamed) of Baxter Bigelow (security guard)1962Cover of Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963) Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963)First appearance of John Jameson (Man-Wolf)1963Cover of Tales of Suspense #39 (1959) Tales of Suspense #39 (1959)First appearance of Tony Stark (Iron Man)1963Cover of Tales of Suspense #39 (1959) Tales of Suspense #39 (1959)First appearance of Iron Man (Tony Stark)1963Cover of Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963) Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963)First appearance of J. Jonah Jameson1963Cover of Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963) Amazing Spider-Man #1 (1963)First appearance of Dmitri Smerdyakov (Chameleon)1963

Every issue

1st Issue Special (1975) 1 issue

2 Gun Western (1956) 1 issue

The 3-D Zone (1986) 1 issue

Adventure Comics (1938) 12 issues

Adventures into the Unknown (1948) 1 issue

Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961) 8 issues

Amazing Adventures (1961) 6 issues

Amazing Adventures (1970) 1 issue

Amazing Fantasy (1961) 1 issue

Amazing Fantasy #15 Facsimile Edition (2019) 1 issue

Amazing Fantasy #15: Spider-Man! (2012) 1 issue

Amazing Spider-Man (1963) 47 issues

Amazing Spider-Man (1999) 2 issues

America's Greatest Comics (2002) 4 issues

Astonishing (1951) 1 issue

Astonishing Tales (1970) 1 issue

Avengers (1963) 2 issues

Battle (1951) 3 issues

The Best of DC (1979) 1 issue

Beware the Creeper (1968) 6 issues

Beyond the Grave (1975) 14 issues

Blue Beetle (1967) 5 issues

Blue Beetle (1977) 2 issues

Blue Ribbon Comics (1983) 2 issues

Captain Atom (1965) 12 issues

Captain Atom (1977) 3 issues

Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers (1981) 1 issue

Chamber of Chills (1972) 5 issues

Chamber of Darkness (1969) 3 issues

The Charlton Bullseye (1975) 2 issues

Charlton Premiere (1967) 1 issue

Cheyenne Kid (1957) 1 issue

Chuck Norris (1987) 3 issues

Conan the Barbarian (1970) 1 issue

Coyote (1983) 4 issues

Creatures on the Loose (1971) 8 issues

Creepy (1964) 13 issues

Creepy (2009) 2 issues

Creepy Things (1975) 2 issues

Crime and Justice (1951) 1 issue

Crypt of Shadows (1973) 4 issues

Daredevil (1964) 5 issues

Daring Love (1953) 1 issue

Dark Dominion (1994) 1 issue

Dark Reign: The List - Hulk (2009) 1 issue

DC Special Series (1977) 1 issue

Dead of Night (1973) 2 issues

The Destructor (1975) 4 issues

Detective Comics (1937) 5 issues

Doctor Strange (1968) 2 issues

Doctor Strange (1974) 1 issue

Doctor Strange (2018) 1 issue

Doctor Strange: Mystic Apprentice (2016) 1 issue

Doomsday + 1 (1975) 2 issues

Doomsday + 1 (1977) 1 issue

E-Man (1973) 3 issues

E-Man (1977) 2 issues

Eerie (1965) 13 issues

Fantastic Fears (1953) 1 issue

Fantastic Four (1961) 5 issues

Fantastic Four (2018) 1 issue

Fantasy Masterpieces (1966) 5 issues

Fear (1970) 8 issues

Fightin' Army (1956) 4 issues

The Fly (1983) 7 issues

Forbidden Worlds (1951) 3 issues

Frankenstein (1973) 1 issue

The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones (1983) 8 issues

Get Smart (1966) 2 issues

Ghost Manor (1968) 6 issues

Ghost Manor (1971) 59 issues

Ghostly Haunts (1971) 27 issues

Ghostly Tales (1966) 94 issues

Ghosts (1971) 2 issues

Giant-Size Defenders (1974) 4 issues

Giant-Size Dracula (1974) 1 issue

Giant-Size Fantastic Four (1974) 1 issue

Giant-Size Iron Man (1975) 1 issue

Giant-Size Man-Thing (1974) 2 issues

Giant-Size Marvel Triple Action (1975) 1 issue

Giant-Size Spider-Man (1974) 4 issues

Giant-Size Super-Heroes Featuring Spider-Man (1974) 1 issue

Giant-Size Super-Villain Team-Up (1975) 1 issue

Giant-Size Werewolf (1974) 1 issue

Gorgo (1961) 9 issues

Gunsmoke Western (1955) 2 issues

Hall of Fame Featuring the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (1983) 1 issue

Haunted (1971) 48 issues

Haunted Love (1973) 2 issues

The Hawk and the Dove (1968) 2 issues

The Hero Comics (2017) 1 issue

Hogan's Heroes (1966) 2 issues

House of Mystery (1951) 6 issues

House of Secrets (1956) 2 issues

Incredible Hulk (1962) 6 issues

Incredible Hulk [King Size Special] (1968) 1 issue

Iron Man (1968) 2 issues

Journey into Mystery (1952) 49 issues

Journey into Mystery (1972) 7 issues

Journey into Unknown Worlds (1950) 2 issues

Jungle Jim (1969) 3 issues

Kid Colt Outlaw (1949) 1 issue

Konga (1960) 14 issues

Konga (2018) 1 issue

Kull, the Destroyer (1973) 2 issues

Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant (1998) 1 issue

The Legion of Super-Heroes (1980) 6 issues

Machine Man (1978) 10 issues

Magnus Robot Fighter (1991) 2 issues

Man-Bat (1975) 1 issue

The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves (1967) 47 issues

The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves (1978) 1 issue

Marvel 1602 (2003) 1 issue

Marvel Age Annual (1985) 1 issue

Marvel Age Spider-Man (2004) 16 issues

Marvel Collectors' Item Classics (1965) 22 issues

Marvel Comics Presents (1988) 9 issues

The Marvel No-Prize Book (1983) 1 issue

Marvel Premiere (1972) 1 issue

Marvel Preview (1975) 1 issue

The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985) 16 issues

Marvel Spotlight (1979) 5 issues

Marvel Super Heroes (1966) 1 issue

Marvel Super-Heroes (1967) 5 issues

Marvel Super-Heroes (1990) 7 issues

Marvel Tales (1949) 1 issue

Marvel Tales (1966) 77 issues

Marvel Tales Annual (1964) 2 issues

Marvel Tales: Doctor Strange (2020) 1 issue

Marvel Team-Up (1972) 1 issue

Marvel Treasury Edition (1974) 2 issues

Marvel Triple Action (1972) 1 issue

Marvel's Greatest Comics (1969) 6 issues

Micronauts (1979) 1 issue

Micronauts Annual (1979) 2 issues

Midnight Tales (1972) 1 issue

Monster Hunters (1975) 2 issues

Monsters on the Prowl (1971) 13 issues

Mr. A. (1973) 1 issue

Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (1956) 16 issues

Mysterious Suspense (1968) 1 issue

Mystery in Space (1951) 4 issues

Mystery Tales (1952) 2 issues

Out of This World (1956) 11 issues

Out of This World (2015) 2 issues

Outlaws of the West (1957) 2 issues

The Outsiders (1985) 1 issue

Pacific Presents (1982) 3 issues

The Phantom (1969) 2 issues

Phantom 2040 (1995) 3 issues

Plop! (1973) 1 issue

Racket Squad in Action (1952) 2 issues

Revolver (1985) 5 issues

Rom (1979) 17 issues

Rom Annual (1982) 1 issue

Saban's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1995) 2 issues

Saban's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Ninja Rangers / VR Troopers (1995) 2 issues

Satan's Six (1993) 1 issue

Scary Tales (1975) 22 issues

Secrets of Haunted House (1975) 4 issues

Sgt. Fury (1963) 1 issue

Shade, the Changing Man (1977) 8 issues

Shadowman (1992) 1 issue

Shadows from Beyond (1966) 1 issue

Showcase (1956) 2 issues

Silver Star (1983) 1 issue

Solar, Man of the Atom (1991) 3 issues

Space Adventures (1952) 3 issues

Space Adventures (1958) 15 issues

Space Adventures (1968) 9 issues

Space War (1959) 11 issues

Special Marvel Edition (1971) 1 issue

Speedball (1988) 10 issues

Spellbound (1952) 1 issue

Spider-Man Classics (1993) 16 issues

Spider-Man Collectible Series (2006) 20 issues

Spider-Man Magazine (2008) 1 issue

Spider-Man Megazine (1994) 6 issues

Spider-Man Special: Black and Blue and Read All Over (2006) 1 issue

Stalker (1975) 4 issues

Star*Reach Classics (1984) 1 issue

Strange Adventures (1950) 2 issues

Strange Suspense Stories (1954) 4 issues

Strange Suspense Stories (1955) 20 issues

Strange Suspense Stories (1967) 1 issue

Strange Tales (1951) 85 issues

Strange Tales (1973) 8 issues

Strange Tales of the Unusual (1955) 1 issue

Strange Worlds (1958) 5 issues

Superboy & the Legion of Super-Heroes (1977) 1 issue

Supernatural Thrillers (1972) 2 issues

T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (1965) 6 issues

Tales of Suspense (1959) 47 issues

Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (1956) 2 issues

Tales to Astonish (1959) 57 issues

Tales Too Terrible to Tell (1989) 3 issues

Texas Rangers in Action (1956) 1 issue

The Thing (1952) 5 issues

This Magazine Is Haunted (1954) 5 issues

This Magazine Is Haunted (1957) 4 issues

Time Warp (1979) 4 issues

Tomb of Darkness (1974) 2 issues

The Tomb of Dracula (1979) 1 issue

Tower of Shadows (1969) 4 issues

True Believers: Amazing Fantasy Starring Spider-Man (2017) 1 issue

True Believers: Amazing Spider-Man (2017) 1 issue

True Believers: Amazing Spider-Man (2019) 1 issue

Two Gun Kid (1953) 1 issue

U.S. 1 (1983) 1 issue

Uncanny Tales (1973) 6 issues

The Unexpected (1968) 2 issues

Unknown Worlds (1960) 4 issues

Untold Tales of Spider-Man (1995) 1 issue

Unusual Tales (1955) 16 issues

Vault of Evil (1973) 5 issues

Web of Spider-Man (1985) 2 issues

Web of Spider-Man (2009) 1 issue

Weird (1966) 1 issue

Weird War Tales (1971) 7 issues

Weird Wonder Tales (1973) 9 issues

What If? (1977) 1 issue

What If? Special (1988) 1 issue

What The--?! (1988) 1 issue

Where Creatures Roam (1970) 7 issues

Where Monsters Dwell (1970) 23 issues

Witches Tales (1969) 1 issue

Wizard Ace Edition: Amazing Spider-Man #14 (2002) 1 issue

World of Fantasy (1956) 4 issues

World of Suspense (1956) 1 issue

World Wrestling Federation Battlemania (1991) 4 issues

World's Finest Comics (1941) 7 issues

X-Men (1963) 6 issues

X-O Manowar (1992) 1 issue

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