Title Along came a radioactive spider : strange Steve Ditko and the creation of Spider-Man, an unauthorized biography / Annie Hunter Eriksen ; illustrated by Lee Gatlin.

Publication Info.	Salem, MA : Page Street Kids, 2023
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Location	Call No.	Status
Bloomfield at the Atrium	NEW J-B DITKO, S.	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Children's Department	JB DITKO	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - New Children's Books	J 741.5 DITKO	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department	J741.5 ERIKSEN	Check Shelf
Wethersfield Public Library - Children's Department	J BIOG DITKO, STEVE	DUE 02-24-24 Billed
Windsor, Main Library - Children’s New Materials	JB-DITKO, S.	DUE 04-23-24
Windsor, Wilson Branch - New Children's Materials	JB-DITKO, S.	Check Shelf

Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Summary	Spider-Man's web of stories began far before the first drawing of nerdy teenager Peter Parker. They started with Steve Ditko, a kid who loved comics so much that he would brave blizzards to get new issues. Steve was strange -- he was introverted, his art was shadowy, and his characters didn't fit the mold of handsome heroes like those crafted by Marvel legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. But it's not so strange that the traits that made Steve different were what made his characters stand out. Swing into the life of Steve Ditko and discover how he transformed a brawny, super-powered Spiderman into the perpetually awkward teenager who we know and love: Spider-Man, a character who relies on his inner strength more than super strength, who got his powers not through magic but through the bite of a radioactive spider...This biography takes the mask off the famously reclusive artist and shares the story of how his wall-crawling hero became a friendly neighborhood icon.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Subject	Ditko, Steve -- Juvenile literature.
	Spider-Man (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile literature.
	Cartoonists -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Comic strip characters -- Juvenile literature.
	Ditko, Steve.
	Cartoonists.
	Spider-Man (Fictitious character)
	Comic strip characters.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Art.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Art -- Cartooning.
Genre/Form	Biographies.
	Picture books.
	Creative nonfiction.
Added Author	Gatlin, Lee, illustrator.
	Page Street Kids, publisher.
ISBN	9781645677109 (hardcover)
	1645677109 (hardcover)

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