Before Mr. A, The Question, Dr. Strange, Spider-Man, or, well, anything, there was Steve Ditko's 1953 debut,
Paper Romance in
Daring Love #1. It was soon followed by creepier fare such as
Ditko's first professional work, 1954's
Stretching Things,
A Hole in His Head, and
Buried Alive! Shortly after, Ditko illustrated the cover for
Space Adventures #10 and the story
Homecoming, which began (
Or didn't, depending on who you believe) a decades-long association with Charlton Comics that would soon yield
Von Mohl Vs. The Ants,
If Looks Could Kill,
You Are the Jury,
Doom in the Air,
The Worm Turns,
Day of Reckoning, and
Car Show, a rare humour piece for Charlton's MAD clone
From Here To Insanity. All these, and many more, courtesy of the
Steve Ditko Comics Weblog's
It Stalks the Public Domain!
posted by Alvy Ampersand
on May 31, 2009 -
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