Remembering Steve Ditko: The Creator of Spider-man, Doctor Strange, and More Beginning in the 1960s, Steve Ditko was a pivotal contributor to what has now become the Marvel Comics dynasty. Unbeknownst to many of today’s action hero consumers, Ditko, with the help of Jack Kirby, was an artist responsible for developing the iconic Spider-Man character. He also had a hand in historic characters like Iron Man and the Hulk. His mid-20th century images would go on to grace movie and television screens, t-shirts, toy stores, and every bit of merchandise in between. Ditko’s D...