Steve Ditko RIP

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Did Ditko destroy a comic over a lettering dispute?

https://www.cbr.com/steve-ditko-atlas-seaboard-wrecage/

CBR says probably not but it's an interesting read.

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Damn.

[Andrew Monroe Pallid Hands Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew Monroe]

Damn.

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That's amazing.

[Scott Intellectual Carrot Find all posts View Profile Close Scott]

I love that stuff! Ditko's DR STRANGE is my favorite early Marvel book.

[Newt Cox Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Newt Cox]

Ditko's DR Strange and Spidey work are the only SIlver Age Marvel I can read and actually enjoy.

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Ditko fans might be interested in this kickstarter campaign.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...1wmSSXoXxk6ZNk

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Some sweet deals on a few entries in the Ditko Archives series at Hamilton Books. My copies shipped this afternoon.

https://www.hamiltonbook.com/strange...ves-paperbound

https://www.hamiltonbook.com/drippin...ives-hardbound

https://www.hamiltonbook.com/outer-l...ives-hardbound

My nerd OCD isn't going to like having one in paperback and the others in HC but at those prices, basically 75% off, I'm sure I'll survive.

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$85 isn't cheap but this looks bad ass.

https://www.budsartbooks.com/product...nge-king-size/

"Collects the Dr. Strange stories from Strange Tales #110-111, 114-146, 1963-66. Highly Recommended. By Stan Lee, Roy Thomas et al. Art by Steve Ditko. Steve Ditko and Stan Lee's complete “Doctor Strange” stories at a massive size, so big that each page is like falling into another dimension. Lose yourself in the first appearances of such iconic characters as Baron Mordo, Wong, Eternity, beautiful Clea, Dormammu, the Mindless Ones and more. Ditko is an inimitable talent dedicated to a singular vision — one of the greatest storytellers of all time — a visual master who created other dimensions beyond imagining and eerie worlds beyond compare. Marvel, 2020."

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So I read Silver Star #2 and the backup story was... The Mocker! It was a really weird little short that Ditko did that was apparently published there without his permission.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mocker_(comics)

I guess it was meant to be black and white, magazine sized - which makes sense given how many panels are on each page. Anyway, it's nutty. It's about a district attorney with the powers to kinda-sorta turn invisible and once he does, he just kind of mocks bad guys.

I'm kind of obsessing over it and need to find the full length graphic novel version that came out in 1990.

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You can have a lot of fun if you start searching the web for letters that Ditko wrote to people.

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I picked this up for $3 a few months ago, it's a pretty fun read. Didn't realize it was the only time that Ditko drew Batman, but I guess I'd never thought about it before.

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Fantastic issue, good to see it gettin' some love...

[Newt Cox Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Newt Cox]

Had no clue Ditko drew Batman until I watched that vid today. Gonna track down a copy before the Kayfabe effect raises the price too much.

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Yeah, grab it fast. They're still around cheap!