India, March 13 -- Steve Ditko was no ordinary comic book artist; he created Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Marvel, two of the legends. Now, Ditko is featured in Stan Lee: The Final Chapter, a documentary directed by Jon Bolerjack. But would Ditko have wanted this recognition?

Notably, every year, when Ditko visited his hometown, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, from his tiny New York City apartment, there was one rule-no one talked about work. His brother Patrick would remind the kids of this, per a Rolling Stone report. To his nieces and nephews, Ditko wasn't a famous comic book artist. He was simply the funny uncle who took Christmas traditions seriously-especially making bobalki, a Slovak holiday dish.

"We were told not to pester him, s...