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US comic book author Steve Ditko, co-creator with Stan Lee of the famous Spider-Man superhero, died at the age of 90 in New York, local police reported
. his apartment in New York on June 29, although it was thought he had died two days ago, today reported the Hollywood Reporter specialized media.
Although he became famous among fans of cartoons for creating Spider-Man in 1962 and for other notable contributions to the popular world of the Marvel publishing house as a character of Doctor Strange, Ditko had a mysterious life, close to anonymity for the general public and far from the mainstream media
. 1927 in Johnstown (Pennsylvania, USA), Ditko was infected with his father's love for comics and, after serving in the army in Germany after the Second World War, he s'. is enrolled in New York at the School of Cartoonists and Illustrators
Starting in the mid-1950s, he worked for comic book publishers such as Charlton Comics and Atlas Comics, a forerunner of Marvel
. Man, a young man with fabulous arachnid powers who would end up becoming one of the most popular super heroes in the history of comics and in a pop icon.
Ditko also put his signature on the design of the wicked in the stories of Spider-Man as Doctor Octopus or Green Goblin
With Lee, he also created the character of Doctor Strange, but later Ditko left the umbrella Marvel to work for other companies, like DC Comics.
One of her latest creations was the Girl Squirrel in 1992, but then Ditko had not been questioned for decades, with the intention of preserving their privacy at all costs.
"We have not approached 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).
Neither the recent success of Marvel's interwoven universe superhero movies made Steve Ditko leave his voluntary retirement, unlike Stan Lee, who through cameos and media appearances enjoyed this new fashion for super comic heroes.
The last Spider-Man movie was "Spider-Man: Homecoming" (2017), with Tom Holland as protagonist, although his sequel, "Spider-Man: Far From Home", was released Next year.
Previously, Tobey Maguire played the character co-created by Ditko in the trilogy directed by Sam Raimi and co "Spider-Man" (2002), "Spider-Man 2" (2004) and "Spider-Man 3" (2007).
The arachnid superhero was also played by Andrew Garfield in "The Amazing Spider-Man" (2012) and "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014).
Ditko's imprint on the screen, with the exception of "Doctor Strange", also includes "In Search of Steve Ditko" (2007), a BBC documentary on his figure.
According to local media, Ditko has never been married and does not let offspring.
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