Talk:Steve Ditko

message: After Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Stan Lee obtained permission from publisher Martin Goodman to create a new "ordinary teen" superhero named "Spider-Man", Lee originally approached his leading artist, Jack Kirby. Kirby told Lee about his own 1950s character conception, variously called the Silver Spider and Spiderman, in which an orphaned boy finds a magic ring that gives him super powers. Comics historian Greg Theakston says Lee and Kirby "" and Lee afterward directed Kirby to flesh out the character and draw some pages. "", Kirby showed Lee the first six pages, and, as Lee recalled, "".
Lee turned to Ditko, who developed a visual motif Lee found satisfactory, although Lee would later replace Ditko's original cover with one penciled by Kirby. Ditko said, ""
Ditko also recalled that, ""
Much earlier, in a rare contemporaneous account, Ditko described his and Lee's contributions in a mail interview with Gary Martin published in Comic Fan #2 (Summer 1965): "". He added he would continue drawing Spider-Man "" That same year, he expressed to the fanzine Voice of Comicdom, regarding a poll of "Best Liked" fan-created comics, ""
From 1958 to either 1966, or 1968, Ditko biographer Blake Bell, without citing sources, said, "", and the introduction to one book of Stanton's work says, "". In a 1988 interview with Theakston, Stanton recalled that although his contribution to Spider-Man was "", he and Ditko had "".
Spider-Man debuted in Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962), the final issue of that science-fiction/fantasy anthology series. When the issue proved to be a top seller, Spider-Man was given his own series, The Amazing Spider-Man. Lee and Ditko's collaboration on the series saw the creation of many of the character's best known antagonists including Doctor Octopus in issue #3 (July 1963); the Sandman in #4 (Sept. 1963); the Lizard in #6 (Nov. 1963); Electro in #9 (March 1964); and the Green Goblin in #14 (July 1964). Ditko eventually demanded credit for the plotting he was contributing under the Marvel Method. Lee concurred, and starting with #25 (June 1965), Ditko received plot credit for the stories.
One of the most celebrated issues of the Lee-Ditko run is #33 (Feb. 1966), the third part of the story arc "If This Be My Destiny...!", and featuring the dramatic scene of Spider-Man, through force of will and thoughts of family, escaping from being pinned by heavy machinery. Comics historian Les Daniels noted, "" Peter David observed, "" Steve Saffel stated the "" Matthew K. Manning wrote that "" The story was chosen as #15 in the 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time poll of Marvel's readers in 2001. Editor Robert Greenberger wrote in his introduction to the story, ""
See the collapsed section just above. Is this acceptable on Wikipedia? This is the worst section but the whole article is written like this.--- Coffeeandcrumbs 11:43, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: In my opinion, it's lazy writing: a sign of low effort/interest by the creators. Always easier to copy and paste and than to summarize concisely, but Wikipedia has no minimum length and needs no padding. It also makes articles look more like magazine or newspaper articles (chatty, personable, long-winded), less like a professional-quality encyclopedia (sober, concise, authoritative, well structured). Excessive quotes anywhere are formally discouraged: MOS:QUOTE states  Have at it, nerds ;) --Animalparty! (talk) 21:12, 9 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  A sea of quotes. Sad! 

message: The article states that Ditko is the son of first-generation American Ukrainian immigrants, and cites the Ukrainian part from a seemingly reliable source, however, it contradicts citation 4 which states that his parents' graves are located in the cemetery of a Rusyn church. Their graves are indeed in the cemetery of a Rusyn church, as St. Mary's is under the jurisdiction of the Archeparchy of Pittsburgh of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church. This leads me to believe his parents were in fact Rusyn and not Ukrainian. Another thing is, the statement that they are Ukrainian in the source text could be a simple mistake, as some believe Rusyns are a sub-group of the Ukrainian people while others believe they are a distinct ethnic group. YoungstownToast (talk) 15:54, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: His parents where indeed Rusyn. Rusyn are sub-ethnos of Ukrainians. They speak in the dialect of Ukrainian - Rusyn dialect.--37.225.43.229 (talk) 16:23, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  User talk:37.225.43.229: fixed the indentation on your above comment. I don't disagree that he was indeed Rusyn (all the evidence in this article makes it quite obvious). However, This claim is not sourced in the article. To make this claim, we at least need some reference. Even the autobiography sourced on this article does not mention his parents being Rusyn. If you have a solid source on the claim, I'd love for it to be included...let me know.KaerbaqianRen[ talk ] 21:48, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ethnicity 

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message: Daredevil 234 and 235 (1986) 185.45.204.13 (talk) 16:51, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
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message: The earliest version of this article appears to be directly copied from Dave Grieber's collecting/consulting website:
https://copyvios.toolforge.org/?lang=en&project=wikipedia&title=Steve+Ditko&oldid=286140&use_engine=0&use_links=0&turnitin=0&action=compare&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comic-book-collection-made-easy.com%2Fcomic-book-artists.html
, as you are nominating the current version for a Good Article review, you may want to make sure that all traces of that original version are scrubbed from the article. Rjjiii (talk) 05:53, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Given that the earliest version of this article is from January 2002 and the earliest version of Grieber's website is from April 2005, there's a considerable possibility that his website was the one copying Wikipedia. I can reword this part if that's still necessary however. --FlairTale (talk) 19:58, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe? I'll reach out and let you know if he responds. Rjjiii (talk) 00:37, 13 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The original version of this article appears to be directly copied