There are few greater myths - few events that
beg more questions - in the legend of Steve Ditko than what the heck happened
at the 1964 New York City Comic Convention. This was to be the only convention
Ditko would ever attend. SOMETHING happened there that so turned Ditko off
of public appearances, but what? From that point on, Ditko's connection
(and it was a prolific one) to fandom would be through the mail. A post-convention
program was issued containing pin-ups by various artists such as Ditko and Kirby.
Ditko contributed two pieces, the cover featuring Spider-Man and a Dr. Strange
pin-up; both shown here.
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