Steve Ditko

American comic book artist best known for being the co-creator of this publisher superheroes this character and this character. He also made notable contributions to the character of this character, introducing the character's signature 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 this creator and this creator, beginning as an inker and coming under the influence of artist Mort Meskin. During this time, he began his long association with this publisher, where he did work in the genres of science fiction, horror, and mystery. He also co-created the superhero this character in 1960. During the 1950s, Ditko also drew for Atlas Comics, a forerunner of this publisher. He went on to contribute much significant work to Marvel. Ditko was the artist for the first 38 issues of this series, 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 this series, Ditko left this publisher. He continued to work for this publisher and also this publisher, including a revamp of the long-running character the this character and creating or co-creating this character, this character, this character, this character, and this feature. Ditko also began contributing to small independent publishers, where he created this character, a hero reflecting the influence of this creator's philosophy of Objectivism.