Stephen "Steve" Ditko was born on November 2, 1927. He is a well-known American comic book artist and writer. He is most probably best known as the co-creator of Spider-Man and Doctor Strage. Steve Ditko was eventually inducted into the comic industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame way back in 1990.

As sort of a recluse, Steve Ditko lives in his New York residence and has consistently refused to give interviews or conduct any public appearances since the 1960s. His reason for doing so was summed up in his statement in 1969 wherein he said: "When I do a job, it's not my personality that I'm offering the readers but my artwork. It's not what I'm like that counts; it's what I did and how well it was done.... I produce a product, a comic art story. Steve Ditko is the brand name." Even though he does not like to be seen by the public, he still contributes a lot to the Synder's fanzine, The Comics.

His most powerful work will probably live on as the co-creator of Spider-Man. Stan Lee, who was the other co-creator of Spider-Man, turned to Ditko for an illustration assignment for the webslinger. He helped flesh out the character by instilling in the character, some of the characteristics that Spidey has today.

Steve Ditko said that the hero should have a clinging power so that he wouldn't have any hard shoes or boots. Steve also liked the idea that a hidden wrist-shooter would be much better as opposed to what Jack Kirby conceived which was the superhero with a web gun. Ditko also liked the fact that Spider-Man had to wear a mask since it would be able to hide the obviously boyish face of a teenager since it was what Stan Lee wanted. The mask that Spidey wears today also added a little mystery to the character of Spider-Man which eventually trickled down up until this day.

Some of the credits that were given to Ditko were that in the feature film series, Peter Parker's landlord was named Mr. Ditkovich. In September 2007, Jonathan Ross, of the arts channel BBC Four hosted a 1-hour documentary of Steve Ditko. He noted that there are only four or five photographs of Ditko in existence. There is however one voice recording. Ross was able to meet Ditko during the documentary but he declined to be interviewed on camera or even photographed.