Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (Super-Size hardcover; Tales to Astonish 26, 42; Strange Tales 94, 97, 110, 115, 126-127, 146; Amazing Adult Fantasy 7, 10, 12-14; Amazing Spider-Man 1, 31-33 and Annual 1; Hulk 6, 249; Tales of Suspense 48; Daredevil 162; Marvel Super-Heroes Special; and Speedball 1.) [From Marvel Comics: In celebration of its 65th anniversary, the House of Ideas proudly presents a timeless testament to another true Marvel visionary! Best known as the first artist to bring Spider-Man to life in the pages of AMAZING FANTASY, Steve Ditko illustrated AMAZING SPIDER-MAN for four years helping create characters such as Doctor Octopus, the Lizard, the Vulture and dozens more of Spider-Mans classic villains. In contrast to the grounded realism of Spider-Man, Ditko also drew the adventures of Doctor Strange, a master of the mystic arts who defended Earths citizens from bizarre otherworldly threats.] Book of the Week 4/20/05: [Of the three founding father of Marvel, Steve Ditko gets the least respect (Lee and Kirbyand oh yeah, Ditko), but hes my favorite. Bizarre politics aside, when working with a writer his trippy, other-worldly style was something completely different; its hard to imagine the characters of Spider-Man or Dr. Strange working nearly as well with a more traditional super-hero artist. Now Marvel is celebrating Ditko with an oversized hardcover collecting a wide range of his work, from his pre-Spidey monster stories to Speedball. The book is dominated by the sci-fi and Spidey stuff, but theres a nice selection of other work. This series is a wonder stroll through Marvels glorious past, and this volume is a worthy addition.] |
The Ditko Collection 1 (Fantagraphics; Witzend 3-4; Comic Crusader
6-7, 13-15; Sense of Wonder 11; Guts 5; The Collector 27; Mr. A 1; numerous
pin-ups and illos from various sources). |
The Ditko Collection 2 (Fantagraphics; Ditko's World 1; unpublished stories; numerous pin-ups and illos from various sources). |
The Steve Ditko Reader (Pure Imagination; The Thing 13-14, Space
Adventures 11, Mystic Tales 45, Out of This World 4, 6 This Magazine is
Haunted 12, 14, Unusual Tales 9, 15, Strange Suspense Stories 34, 48, ,
Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds 7, Tales of the Mysterious Traveler 7, Outer
Spa). [From Pure Imagination: While best known for
his work on Spider-Man and Dr. Strange, Ditko produced hundreds of pages
of comic art for a decade before his amazing success on those characters.
Much of the work in volume has never been reprinted before, and offers a
wonderful view of Ditko's non-superhero work. Also included in this volume
is an extensive article on Ditko's life and the events which lead to his
creating and abandoning his greatest creation: Spider-Man!] |
The Steve Ditko Reader Volume 2 (Pure Imagination; Space Adventures
27, Out of This World 3, 4, 5, 9, 12, This Magazine Is Haunted vol. 2 12,
14, Unusual Tales 9, 11, Strange Suspense Stories 34, Mysteries of Unexplored
Worlds 9, Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds 9, Black Fury 16, Konga 6). |
The Steve Ditko Reader Volume 3 (Pure Imagination; Black Fury 7, Fantastic Giants, Mysteries of Unknown Worlds 3, 5, 6,
Out of This World 3, 4, 6, Space Adventures 27, Strange Suspense
Stories 20, 33, 35, 36, Tales of the Mysterious Traveler 5, 6, 9, The
Thing 13, Unusual Tales 7, 9
). |
Steve Ditko: Space Wars (Series Charlton; collection Vanguard;
stories from Space Adventures 11, 27, 31-32; Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds
3, 7; Strange Suspense Stories 31, 35-36; Out of This World 4, 6, 8-9;
Unusual Tales 8-9, 15, 23, 29; Space War 6). [From Vanguard:
Forbidden Planet, The Twilight Zone, The Blob, The Outer Limits, The Day
the Earth Stood Still: The 1950s spawned the greatest sci-fi stories ever!
Bug-eyed monsters from other worlds invaded our movies, literature, television,
and comic books. The young cartoonist, Steve Ditko, honed his storytelling
skills throughout the '50s on mystery, horror, and some of the farthest-out
sci-fi comics of all time. Steve Ditko: Space Wars collects a wealth of
the artist's finest work prior to his world-shaking creation with Stan Lee,
Spider-Man! Ditkos eclectic, sometimes surrealistic work proves both
futuristic and retro as he takes us into the cosmos to find star-crossed
lovers in the backstabbing debacle, "Dead Reckoning." Then, the
deadliest space ship in the galaxy hovers menacingly over us while the invader
demands complete surrender and our military warns it's useless to resist
in The Conquered Earth! These plus The Creature from Corpus III, The King
of Planetoid X, and The Juggernauts of Jupiter are just a sampling of the
pulse-pounding tales featured in Steve Ditko: Space Wars.] |
Steve Ditko's The Thing and Other Stories (Series Charlton, trade Pure Imagination; The Thing! 12-25). [From Pure Imagination: The Thing! is one of the most sought-after series by Ditko and pre-Code fans alike. Packed with wild ideas and wilder images, The Thing! #12-15 feature some of Steve Diitko's earliest work in the field of comics. It's almost 100 pages of the kind of comics your parents didn't want you to see. Also included in this volume are some of Ditko's best work for the Charlton horror books. Save yourself hundreds of dollars and years of search for some of Ditko's most sensational work!] |
| Beginning in 1989, Robin Snyder and Steve Ditko began a program
of reprint and original material. |
The Ditko Package (Ditko's World 1-3; E-Man 2, 4; Charlton Action
11; Static 1). |
The Lonely One (96 pp. Konga 8, 11-13). |
Out of this World (65 pp. Out of this World 3-7, 9, 12). |
| Static 1 (96 pp. All-new material?) |
Static 2 (60 pp. Charlton Action Featuring Static 11-12, Ditko's
World Featuring Static 1-3, Murder 3). |
Mocker (107 pp. Silver Star 2, Murder 3, new material). |
Steve Ditko Public Service Package (112 pp. All new material). |
Static (Everything in Static 1 and 2 above). |
1 Steve Ditko's 160-Page Package (All new material). |
2 Steve Ditko's 80-Page Package: The Missing Man (Captain Victory
5-6, Pacific Presents 1-3). |
3 Steve Ditko's 160-Page Package: From Charlton Press (Many Ghosts
of Dr. Graves 20, 26, 31, 38, 47-48; Ghostly Tales 69, 85-87, 106, 110;
Ghostly Haunts 23, 25, 29, 31, 46). |
4 Steve Ditko's 176-Page Package: Heroes (All new material). |
5 Steve Ditko's 32-Page Package: Tsk! Tsk! (Robin Snyder's The
Comics v10 7-8, 10-12; v11 1-3). |