AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963-98; 2003-13) #6
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Steve Ditko cover/art; origin & 1st app of the Lizard (Doctor Curtis Connors) COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 8 (CBI)
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Steve Ditko cover/art; origin & 1st app of the Lizard (Doctor Curtis Connors) COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 8 (CBI)
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Steve Ditko cover/art; origin & 1st app of the Lizard (Doctor Curtis Connors) COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 8 (CBI)This early entry in the classic Lee/Ditko run on Amazing Spider-Man is a beloved collectible for the introduction of The Lizard--who would also be the first of several villains with an animalistic origin. In this instance, scientist Curt Connors create a serum that would help him regrow his missing arm, based on his research into lizards regenerating body parts. The good news is that the arm grows back; the bad news is that Connors is now a crazed lizard out to conquer the world.
The classic Stan Lee/Steve Ditko also does much to set up the Spider-Man mythos. J. Jonah Jameson brings photographer Peter Parker to Florida to get shots of Spidey battling the Lizard. That puts our hero in a real pickle to get the pics which JJJ will later only shred in frustration. Throw in that classic cover, and you have a top investment in the Spider-Man collectible category.
Artist Information
Steve Ditko was an American comics artist and writer best known for being the co-creator of Marvel superhero Spider-Man and creator of Doctor Strange. He also made notable contributions to the character of Iron Man, revolutionizing the character's red and yellow design.
Ditko studied under Batman artist Jerry Robinson at the Cartoonist and Illustrators School in New York City. He began his professional career in 1953, working in the studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, beginning as an inker and coming under the influence of artist Mort Meskin. During this time, he began his long association with Charlton Comics, where he did work in the genres of science fiction, horror, and mystery. He also co-created the superhero Captain Atom in 1960.
During the 1950s, Ditko also drew for Atlas Comics, a forerunner of Marvel Comics. He went on to contribute much significant work to Marvel. Ditko was the artist for the first 38 issues of The Amazing Spider-Man, co-creating much of the Spider-Man supporting characters and villains with Stan Lee. Beginning with issue #25, Ditko was also credited as the plotter. In 1966, after being the exclusive artist on The Amazing Spider-Man and the "Doctor Strange" feature in Strange Tales, Ditko left Marvel for a variety of reasons, including creative differences and unpaid royalties.
Ditko continued to work for Charlton and also DC Comics, including a revamp of the long-running character the Blue Beetle and creating or co-creating the Question, the Creeper, Shade the Changing Man, and Hawk and Dove. Ditko also began contributing to small independent publishers, where he created Mr. A, a hero reflecting the influence of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. Ditko largely declined to give interviews, saying he preferred to communicate through his work.
Ditko was inducted into the comics industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1990 and into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1994. He will be posthumously honored as a Disney Legend in 2024.
Steve Ditko cover/art; origin & 1st app of the Lizard (Doctor Curtis Connors) COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 8 (CBI)This early entry in the classic Lee/Ditko run on Amazing Spider-Man is a beloved collectible for the introduction of The Lizard--who would also be the first of several villains with an animalistic origin. In this instance, scientist Curt Connors create a serum that would help him regrow his missing arm, based on his research into lizards regenerating body parts. The good news is that the arm grows back; the bad news is that Connors is now a crazed lizard out to conquer the world.
The classic Stan Lee/Steve Ditko also does much to set up the Spider-Man mythos. J. Jonah Jameson brings photographer Peter Parker to Florida to get shots of Spidey battling the Lizard. That puts our hero in a real pickle to get the pics which JJJ will later only shred in frustration. Throw in that classic cover, and you have a top investment in the Spider-Man collectible category.
Artist Information
Steve Ditko was an American comics artist and writer best known for being the co-creator of Marvel superhero Spider-Man and creator of Doctor Strange. He also made notable contributions to the character of Iron Man, revolutionizing the character's red and yellow design.
Ditko studied under Batman artist Jerry Robinson at the Cartoonist and Illustrators School in New York City. He began his professional career in 1953, working in the studio of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, beginning as an inker and coming under the influence of artist Mort Meskin. During this time, he began his long association with Charlton Comics, where he did work in the genres of science fiction, horror, and mystery. He also co-created the superhero Captain Atom in 1960.
During the 1950s, Ditko also drew for Atlas Comics, a forerunner of Marvel Comics. He went on to contribute much significant work to Marvel. Ditko was the artist for the first 38 issues of The Amazing Spider-Man, co-creating much of the Spider-Man supporting characters and villains with Stan Lee. Beginning with issue #25, Ditko was also credited as the plotter. In 1966, after being the exclusive artist on The Amazing Spider-Man and the "Doctor Strange" feature in Strange Tales, Ditko left Marvel for a variety of reasons, including creative differences and unpaid royalties.
Ditko continued to work for Charlton and also DC Comics, including a revamp of the long-running character the Blue Beetle and creating or co-creating the Question, the Creeper, Shade the Changing Man, and Hawk and Dove. Ditko also began contributing to small independent publishers, where he created Mr. A, a hero reflecting the influence of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. Ditko largely declined to give interviews, saying he preferred to communicate through his work.
Ditko was inducted into the comics industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1990 and into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1994. He will be posthumously honored as a Disney Legend in 2024.