Post by vintagecomics on Jul 4, 2024 6:06:42 GMT -8
The Secret Life of Steve Ditko: Spider-Man Co-Creator’s Family Opens Up
He helped create the web-slinging hero in his own image — but who was the man behind the mask?
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EVERY YEAR, WHEN Uncle Steve went back home to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, from New York City, there was a strict rule: No one talks to him about work. He’s not here on business, his brother, Patrick, would tell the kids.
The adults, at least, knew about his profession as a comic-book creator, but to his nieces and nephews, he was simply the funny uncle who scientifically manufactured bobalki balls, the traditional Slovak Christmas dish. “We were told not to pester him, so we didn’t,” his niece Joanna Opela tells Rolling Stone, in an exclusive interview. “The things that he wanted to share with us he did.”
He helped create the web-slinging hero in his own image — but who was the man behind the mask?
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EVERY YEAR, WHEN Uncle Steve went back home to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, from New York City, there was a strict rule: No one talks to him about work. He’s not here on business, his brother, Patrick, would tell the kids.
The adults, at least, knew about his profession as a comic-book creator, but to his nieces and nephews, he was simply the funny uncle who scientifically manufactured bobalki balls, the traditional Slovak Christmas dish. “We were told not to pester him, so we didn’t,” his niece Joanna Opela tells Rolling Stone, in an exclusive interview. “The things that he wanted to share with us he did.”