Steve Ditko Worth $1.3 Million At Time of Death

Spider-Man has created billions of dollars of revenue in his 50+ year history. His co-creater had only a small fraction of that at the time of his death. The New York Post is reporting that Steve Dikto died with an estimated $1.3 million dollars in his estate. His lawyer Howard Borkan, who didn’t know about his clients fame says he isn’t sure if that number is totally accurate. According to the article Ditko left his estate to his 83 year old brother Patrick Ditko and his 87 year old sister Elizabeth Russak.
The article has  a few interesting facts in it.

• Ditko didn’t leave a will.
• His hearing was going and it was hard to contact him by phone.
• Ditko didn’t have an answering machine.
• Ditko didn’t have any children and was never married.
• Ditko visited his hometown of Johnstown, PA a few years ago to visit family.
• Ditko’s dad was a steel-mill worker who introduced his son to newspaper comics.
• Ditko had been hospitalized for a few months leading up to his death.
• Ditko was six months behind on his $2,000-a-month rent for his West 51st street apartment.
• He was behind on his bills due to his hospital stay.
• Ditko was released from the hospital and died in his apartment.
• His body was found by the NYPD who had to gain access to the apartment.