![]() Although Ditko is not the originator of mystic liberalism, his comics provide a unique window into how such an ideology operates in popular media. In this book, Zack Kruse argues that Ditko’s philosophy draws on a complicated network of ideas that is best understood as mystic liberalism. Mysterious Travelers unsettles this notion. ![]() Unfortunately, readers often reduce Ditko’s work to a mouthpiece for Rand’s vision. Many of Ditko’s philosophy-driven comics show a clear debt to ideas found in Ayn Rand’s Objectivism. A, and Static, Ditko turned ordinary superhero comics into philosophic treatises. Always inward facing, Ditko’s narratives employed superhero and supernatural fantasy in the service of self-examination, and with characters like the Question, Mr. Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity resets the conversation about his heady and powerful work. ![]() As the cocreator of Spider-Man and sole creator of Doctor Strange, Ditko made an indelible mark on American popular culture. Steve Ditko (1927–2018) is one of the most important contributors to American comic books.
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