Regards, Ditko

Two men, one spotlight. Together, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created the billion-dollar cultural phenomenon known as Spider-Man. Lee stood in the spotlight for six decades, often claiming sole creatorship of the hero, while Ditko maintained a very private life in the background. Regards, Ditko is one comic book fan’s lifelong exploration into the mind of Steve Ditko. It’s an incredible coming-of-age story nearly twenty-five years in the making. Through years of correspondence with Ditko himself, we learn about his private life, his fallout with Stan Lee, and his philosophical beliefs that encompassed his later work. Intriguing and thought-provoking, Regards, Ditko will have you challenging the creatorship of Spider-Man, appreciating the separation of art from artist, and understanding the magnitude of personal privacy in today’s world. Most importantly, you will delve into the decades-old comic book world riddle: Who is Steve Ditko?