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Unlike Kirby, whose work is like a grand symphony of grandiose spectacle and mythic archetypes, Ditko's work at its prime is more like a bluesy soloist, determined to follow his own vision to create his own path. As such, he took to Stan Lee's ideas for deeper characterization much more easily than Kirby did and carved out his own special niche into Marvel.
That means while Ditko was not as dominant in the company's work, his work stood out as something special, such as his original take on Spider-Man being so distinctively him that he was among the first to share official writing credits with Stan Lee on the comic as a plotter. Likewise, his surreal imagery of his ''[[Doctor Strange]]'' stories have set the tone for the supernatural in the [[Marvel Universe]] for decades. In addition, it was his [[
Unfortunately, Ditko had a falling-out with Lee, possibly over the revelation of [[Norman Osborn]] being Green Goblin (supposedly, the Objectivist Ditko thought that criminals were pathetic losers and that the idea of a supervillain turning out to be a successful businessman was politically offensive); another explanation suggests that [http://enterthestory.com/comics/marvel_realism.html#ditko Ditko was unwilling to compromise on realism] while Lee pushed for a move towards "Marvel time". He defected back to [[Charlton Comics]] where he would work on some of his classic secondary creations like designing [[Captain Atom]], revamping the [[Blue Beetle]] and creating [[The Question]]. Ditko would later move to DC to create characters like [[The Creeper]], [[Birds of Prey|Hawk and Dove]], and [[Shade the Changing Man]].
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