The two sisters as Captain Universe sounds story sounds like a Marvel take on another Ditko creation, Hawk and Dove. The conflict between Speedball’s parents different philosophies also seem like another take on the dual opinions.
Even if it is very much a product of the silver age, I love Ditko's art. Can't say the same for the stories in his Mr. A comics, but what can you expect from someone who buys into objectivism.
Machine Man was my first exposure to the word "byte." If memory serves, the Ditko Machine Man issues were actually a revival, as opposed to Kirby doing the first 10 issues with Wolfman and Ditko taking over the next issue.
Honestly Ditko seems like one of those people you could vehemently disagree with on in terms of morals, but could have a hell of some interesting conversations with. I know Ann Nocenti said as such as well and I never knew about his work with Machine Man as I am more familiar with his work at Charleton Comics and only Soider-man and Dr. Strange of his Marvel work. Definitely will check out those Captain Universe Marvel Spotlight issues as well.
I had that first Marvel Spotlight Captain Universe issue as a kid (got it at a used bookstore) and I remember it being pretty good with its use of shadows and such. The Chuck Norris comics often came packaged with Marvel's Star line of books like Care Bears and Peter Porker.
Great video. Should mention, though, that Ditko never even mentioned ever discussing credits with Lee. Nor did he mention credits as a reason for his departure from Marvel in his 'Why I Quit Spider-Man/Marvel' essay. It may be true that Ditko never liked the credits (even when he got plotting credit) but the idea that this was his reason for leaving came about due to speculation by others, something that has been repeated so often that it tends to be taken as fact. For those interested in seeing what Ditko' actually said about his time at Marvel in the 1960s (including his reasons for quitting) I recommend going to the 'Comic Book Historians' website and reading 'The Ditko Version' in the article section. This goes through Ditko's accounts and provides key quotes (along with the references for those who want to look at the original sources).
I have a little theory about The Proletariat. Steve Ditko lived and worked during the active phase of the Cold War, but what is not often mentioned is that he is a Ukrainian-American. His parents migrated to the United States from the ussr (or earlier, before this prison of nations was founded). And first of all, as a Ukrainian, I am very proud of the fact that the creator of one of the most popular superheroes in the world is a Ukrainian (it's really very special). Secondly, Ukrainians did not live very well under the occupation of the ussr. I can cite the Holodomors as the most striking example. So my guess is that Ditko was influenced by two factors at once: living in the United States and the constant feeling of the “red threat” and perhaps some connections in his homeland or stories from his family about communists that could have had a strong influence on him.
@@Morlen22 I would also believe Rand being opposed to the USSR and being of Russian decent whose family was displaced by the Bolshevik Revolution partly played into that as well. He wasn't just subscribing to a philosophy that he believed in, but written by someone that had first hand been affected by the Russian Revolution.
There is a trade that collects the Kirby and Ditko series as well as Machine Man's appearances in Hulk which bridges both, but it's probably not in print anymore. You should be able to find it where older trades are sold, though.
The two sisters as Captain Universe sounds story sounds like a Marvel take on another Ditko creation, Hawk and Dove. The conflict between Speedball’s parents different philosophies also seem like another take on the dual opinions.
Even if it is very much a product of the silver age, I love Ditko's art. Can't say the same for the stories in his Mr. A comics, but what can you expect from someone who buys into objectivism.
Well, Stan did start crediting Steve for the story plot before Steve left.
Rom was the longest project he worked on after returning to Marvel.
Machine Man was my first exposure to the word "byte." If memory serves, the Ditko Machine Man issues were actually a revival, as opposed to Kirby doing the first 10 issues with Wolfman and Ditko taking over the next issue.
There's a six month break between the runs so yeah, it'd probably be more accurate to call it a revival
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Honestly Ditko seems like one of those people you could vehemently disagree with on in terms of morals, but could have a hell of some interesting conversations with. I know Ann Nocenti said as such as well and I never knew about his work with Machine Man as I am more familiar with his work at Charleton Comics and only Soider-man and Dr. Strange of his Marvel work. Definitely will check out those Captain Universe Marvel Spotlight issues as well.
Iirc
Kirby had a similar relationship with him.
I had that first Marvel Spotlight Captain Universe issue as a kid (got it at a used bookstore) and I remember it being pretty good with its use of shadows and such.
The Chuck Norris comics often came packaged with Marvel's Star line of books like Care Bears and Peter Porker.
Great video. Should mention, though, that Ditko never even mentioned ever discussing credits with Lee. Nor did he mention credits as a reason for his departure from Marvel in his 'Why I Quit Spider-Man/Marvel' essay. It may be true that Ditko never liked the credits (even when he got plotting credit) but the idea that this was his reason for leaving came about due to speculation by others, something that has been repeated so often that it tends to be taken as fact.
For those interested in seeing what Ditko' actually said about his time at Marvel in the 1960s (including his reasons for quitting) I recommend going to the 'Comic Book Historians' website and reading 'The Ditko Version' in the article section. This goes through Ditko's accounts and provides key quotes (along with the references for those who want to look at the original sources).
Those Captain Universe women remind me of Hawk and Dove from DC comics in which Steve Ditko also created.
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I have a little theory about The Proletariat.
Steve Ditko lived and worked during the active phase of the Cold War, but what is not often mentioned is that he is a Ukrainian-American. His parents migrated to the United States from the ussr (or earlier, before this prison of nations was founded). And first of all, as a Ukrainian, I am very proud of the fact that the creator of one of the most popular superheroes in the world is a Ukrainian (it's really very special). Secondly, Ukrainians did not live very well under the occupation of the ussr. I can cite the Holodomors as the most striking example. So my guess is that Ditko was influenced by two factors at once: living in the United States and the constant feeling of the “red threat” and perhaps some connections in his homeland or stories from his family about communists that could have had a strong influence on him.
@@Morlen22 I would also believe Rand being opposed to the USSR and being of Russian decent whose family was displaced by the Bolshevik Revolution partly played into that as well. He wasn't just subscribing to a philosophy that he believed in, but written by someone that had first hand been affected by the Russian Revolution.
It’s crazy to me that speedballs most interesting storylines happened post Ditko leaving
I remember reading a story with Chance written by Micheline and drawn by ditko
I believe that would be in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #25, released in June of 1991.
Has machine man ever been collected in whole?
There is a trade that collects the Kirby and Ditko series as well as Machine Man's appearances in Hulk which bridges both, but it's probably not in print anymore. You should be able to find it where older trades are sold, though.
I love Machine Man
second! thanks for the great video.