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(CNN)Stephen Ditko, co-creator of Marvel Comics superheroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, has died at 90 years old.

Spider-Man: Homecoming" sees one of the most successful superheroes in movie history return to his comic book roots but the film's release is a landmark Hollywood event for a different reason.

The $175 million blockbuster brings together two corporate leviathans, Disney-owned Marvel and Sony, in a rare example of cooperation between rival studios on a major film.

Spider-Man: Homecoming" sees one of the most successful superheroes in movie history return to his comic book roots but the film's release is a landmark Hollywood event for a different reason.

The $175 million blockbuster brings together two corporate leviathans, Disney-owned Marvel and Sony, in a rare example of cooperation between rival studios on a major film.

He likes to describe himself as a "comics artist and beast wrangler." It makes sense if you know that he lives with six cats (only partly because his mother is an animal rights activist): "Shiro, which means white in Japanese, Oliver Twist, whom I rescued from a gutter, Easy, a gentle giant, Shadow, always hiding in the shadows, Scampy, the lady of the house, and Little Miss Scrumptious Swagger