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Friday, July 6, 2018
An Obituary of Note
Steve Ditko, Spider-Man Co-Creator and Legendary Comics Artist, Dies at 90
Not just Spider-Man, but a whole host of other characters, some of whom are little known but had a great influence on this genre of literature. I mean, how often is a hero based on the philosophy of...Ayn Rand?
This will warrant a new Friday profile, we think, and readers may anticiapate that in the near future.
Meanwhile, here's another of Ditko's creations, Dr. Strange, the Master of the Mystic Arts, exploring an alternate reality in a manner in which only Ditko could have rendered. You can tell it's from the late '60's, can't you?