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MAN OF VISION Steve Ditko’s character and philosophy-driven comic books are the cornerstone for much of comics publishing and screen projects today. Ditko’s comics challenged his contemporaries and inspired generations of future creators. While many fans recognize Ditko’s work on Spider-Man, his reach is much further, and he has shaped the way that the entire comics medium reimagined itself, perhaps most notably with major comics properties like Watchmen. “That Ditko deserves recognition for his artistic contributions is self-evident,” film director Zack Kruse argues. “What this film advocates is that, eschewing crass self-promotion, Ditko made contributions that amounted to a tidal shift not just in how we read superhero comics but how we imagine ourselves.” WHO IS STEVE DITKO? As the co-creator of Spider-Man, Steve Ditko developed the aesthetic and the ethos for a superhero who is globally recognized and beloved, as much for his superpowers as his heart. Beginning his career in 1953, Ditko never stopped working, leaving a sixty-five-year catalog of comics and ideas that inspired readers, peers, and media makers for generations. At Marvel Comics, Ditko created Dr. Strange, designed the contemporary look for Iron Man, and decided that it was Bruce Banner’s emotions that turned him into the Incredible Hulk. He made major contributions to DC Comics, such as Hawk and Dove and The Creeper, along with characters they later acquired, like Blue Beetle and The Question. “Who Steve Ditko was needs to be told; this documentary does that,” says Patrick J. Ditko, President of Ditko Ink, who represents the Steve Ditko Estate. THE FILM Building on Zack Kruse’s groundbreaking first book, Mysterious Travelers, DITKO delivers what many believed to be impossible: a film that not only honors Steve Ditko’s prolific body of work but expands our understanding of the man himself. The documentary has secured cooperation from the Estate of Steve Ditko, with access to never-before-seen photos, Ditko’s notes on philosophy and creativity, home movies, and personal documents from his time at Marvel Comics and beyond. “Steve Ditko said we should know him by his work. Zack’s extraordinary first book sheds light on Steve Ditko’s career from a perspective that no one else has ever presented,” says Mark Ditko, the artist’s nephew and publisher at DitkoVerse. “Zack took his research as close to the man himself as is possible since his passing, including his family and his personal effects. … Prepare yourselves for something astounding.” Mark Ditko concludes, “I believe this documentary is going to be the most significant production to date regarding exactly who Steve Ditko was, and I fully expect it to become the definitive word on Steve Ditko for years to come.”