Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider Man dies

Los Angeles (United States), July 6 – The American comic writer Steve Ditko co-creator with Stan Lee of the famous Superhero Spider-Man died at the age of 90 in New York, local police reported.

Authorities found Ditko lifeless in his apartment in New York on June 29 estimated that he had died two days ago, reported today the specialized reporter The Hollywood Reporter.

Although became famous among fans of the cartoons for having created Spider-Man in 1962 and for other notable contributions to the popular universe of the house. Marvel edition as the character of Doctor Strange, Ditko had a mysterious life, close to anonymity for the general public and far from the big media hot spots.

Born November 2, 1927 in Johnstown (Pensilvania, USA), Ditko was infected by his father's fans by comics and, having served in the army in Germany after the Second World War, he registered in New York at the school of cartoonists and illustrators.

Since the mid-1950s, he worked for comics publishers Charlton Comics and Atlas Comics, forerunner of Marvel

In 1962, he introduced to Stan Lee the character of Spider-Man a young man with fabulous arachnid powers that will eventually become one of the most popular superheroes in the history of comics and in any pop icon.

Ditko also put his signature on the design of the wicked Spider-Man stories like Dr. Octopus or the Green Goblin.

Next to Lee, he also created the character of Dr. Strange, but later Ditko left Marvel's umbrella to work for other companies, such as DC Comics.

One of his latest creations was the squirrel girl in 1992, but while Ditko was already wearing decades without giving interviews, with the intention of protecting their privacy at all costs.

"We do not approach it.It's like JD Salinger (the author of the novel" The Catcher in the Rye ") .This is reserved and intentionally was blurred, "said in Hollywood Reporter's 2016 filmmaker Scott Derrickson, who was in charge of directing and writing the film" Doctor Strange "(2016)

. -heroes in the interwoven universe of the film have made Marvel Steve Ditko gave up his voluntary retirement, unlike Stan Lee, who through cameos and media appearances has enjoyed this new fashion for comic superheroes. 19659004] The last film on Spider-Man was "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017), with Tom Holland as a protagonist, although his sequel, "Spider-Man: Far From Home", is in the making will be premiered next year

Tobey Maguire interpreted the character co-created by Ditko in the trilog ie by Sam Raimi and composed by the films "Spider-Man" (2002), "Spider-Man 2" (2004) and "Spider-Man 3" (2,007).

Andrew Garfield plays the arachnid superhero in "The Amazing Spider-Man" (2012) and "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014).

Ditko's imprint on the screen, aside from the "Doctor Strange" mentioned above, also includes "In Search of Steve Ditko" (2007), a BBC documentary on his face.

According to local media reports, Ditko has never been married and does not let offspring. EFE