The Marvel Age of Comics
Steve Ditko’s pencils from a page in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #31. Ditko did most of his detail work while inking.

Steve Ditko’s pencils from a page in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #31. Ditko did most of his detail work while inking.

A page from the Iron Man story in TALES OF SUSPENSE #49 by Steve Ditko and Paul Reinman.

A page from the Iron Man story in TALES OF SUSPENSE #49 by Steve Ditko and Paul Reinman.

A page from FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1 by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. This story was an expanded retelling of an encounter that was first published in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1, so some of these panel compositions have Kirby mimicking Ditko’s layouts.

A page from FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1 by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. This story was an expanded retelling of an encounter that was first published in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1, so some of these panel compositions have Kirby mimicking Ditko’s layouts.

A page from the first Spider-Man story, from AMAZING FANTASY #15 by Steve Ditko.
In the up-close, you can see where Ditko signed the upper left of the board, and also the roughed-in PART 2 copy.

A page from the first Spider-Man story, from AMAZING FANTASY #15 by Steve Ditko.

In the up-close, you can see where Ditko signed the upper left of the board, and also the roughed-in PART 2 copy.

A page from the Doctor Strange story in STRANGE TALES #129 by Steve Ditko

A page from the Doctor Strange story in STRANGE TALES #129 by Steve Ditko

A page from the very first Spider-Man story in AMAZING FANTASY #15 by Steve Ditko.
You can see that the letterer originally fouled up in the last panel, giving the text from the second balloon to the agent in his thought balloon.

A page from the very first Spider-Man story in AMAZING FANTASY #15 by Steve Ditko.

You can see that the letterer originally fouled up in the last panel, giving the text from the second balloon to the agent in his thought balloon.

A page from the Doctor Strange story in STRANGE TALES #131 by Steve Ditko.

A page from the Doctor Strange story in STRANGE TALES #131 by Steve Ditko.

A page from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #23 by Steve Ditko

A page from AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #23 by Steve Ditko

A page from the Human Torch story in STRANGE TALES ANNUAL #2 by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko.

A page from the Human Torch story in STRANGE TALES ANNUAL #2 by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko.

A page from AMAZING FANTASY #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man, by Steve Ditko.

A page from AMAZING FANTASY #15, the first appearance of Spider-Man, by Steve Ditko.