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Steve Ditko's lengthy career extended from visionary science fiction, causality-flaunting fantasy, and heinously hideous horror...-to a superabundance of superheroes: Captain Atom, Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, The Incredible Hulk, The Creeper, Hawk and Dove, The Question, Blue Beetle, Shade the Changing Man, Superboy, Indiana Jones, Rom, Machine Man...-to conceiving, creating, and publishing a galaxy of his own material: The Missing Man, Mr. A., The Mocker, Static, The Void, The Cape, The P Masks, The Madman, Miss Eerie, The Hero...Fans, critics, and readers have had their say about Ditko's work. His creations. His viewpoints. His personal life. Now, Ditko speaks for himself, does it very well, and does not need any help from others.A volume of the "Ditko Complains" series.

This collection offers a fresh insight into the mind of innovative writer and artist, Steve Ditko. Part I collects all nine issues of The Four-Page Series, a newsletter he originally published between 2012 and 2015. Essay topics include flawed thinking and misbehavior of some comic book fans; choice, rationality, logic, emotion and the nature of artistic creation when more than one person is involved; how he made various decisions regarding his work; his thoughts and actions in developing prominent comics characters such as Spider-Man and Dr. Strange. The latter has been the subject of speculation (and outright fabrication) among fans in the decades since, but Ditko gives his first-hand accounts here. Part II includes over 20 additional essays in which Ditko explores history, philosophy, uncommon sense, the Law of Identity, the Founding Fathers, nature, comics and the creation of other characters he wrote and drew. Robin Snyder provides an introduction and other essays. Rodney Schroeter offers his thoughts in "Metaphysics and Fantasy." This book is part of a new, ongoing series: Ditko Complains.