Steve Ditko Archive

Silver Age Silliness is the recurring list feature on ComicBook.com where I look at  the earliest installments of our favorite superhero comics and poke some fun at the more crazier/weirder moments. Since Spider-Man is all the rage these days, I thought I’d flip through the Stan Lee/Steve Ditko days

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I feel like I’ve been saying this a bunch lately so apologies for the redundancy, but I probably would have quit writing Chasing Amazing years ago if I didn’t get the sense that there was a passionate readership out there that was actually engaged in this Quixotian “quest” of

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For a comprehensive gallery of all of the images featured on Chasing Amazing, along with other cool visuals I stumble upon while surfing the internet, be sure to follow my Pinterest page. Here are some visuals from my Steve Ditko Spider-Man Art Page  which are all images illustrated by Ditko in Spider-Man comics

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Since any list that celebrates the “best Spider-Man writers of all time” will likely end with some combination of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, I thought I’d mix things up and write a list at WhatCulture.com that looks at the best of the rest. So please check out my

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Perhaps if my very first exposure to an Amazing Spider-Man Annual was issue was ASM Annual #1, I wouldn’t have this very bizarre hang-up about considering them a part of my collection. During a conversation I once had with another blogger and comic book aficionado, this person referred to

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In celebration of Superior Spider-Man’s “Goblin Nation” arc, over the next two months, I’m going to acknowledge what I consider to be the 10 best Green Goblin/Spider-Man storylines. I’m creating this list based on a full array of arbitrary, unscientific criteria: namely historical significance, artwork, creativity and my overall enjoyment of the

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In celebration of Superior Spider-Man’s “Goblin Nation” arc, over the next two months, I’m going to acknowledge what I consider to be the 10 best Green Goblin/Spider-Man storylines. I’m creating this list based on a full array of arbitrary, unscientific criteria: namely historical significance, artwork, creativity and my overall enjoyment of the

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There are times in my life when I feel like I’m fighting a giant sand monster armed with only a fly swatter and a paper cup. I am currently living in one of these moments, so it’s totally serendipitous that my “remaining chase” has been narrowed down to just

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I know it’s sacrilegious for a long-time Spider-Man nut like myself to say this, but I haven’t always been the biggest fan of Steve Ditko’s artwork.  Yes, he’s the man who is personally responsible for giving visual life to my favorite superhero and his incredible cast of characters. But

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For years, the oldest Spider-Man comic book I owned was my copy of Amazing Spider-Man #25 – a comic I was basically embarrassed to have in my collection because I purchased it as a teenager for all the wrong reasons. As silly as this may sound, it was beyond

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