Ditko's Shorts

Ditko's Shorts
Author:
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-12-23
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 163140153X

Ditko's Shorts is a fun and incredibly fascinating compilation of short comics one, two and three pages in length. Only a brilliant master could tell a dramatic, compelling tale in such compact form. You'll thrill as Ditko walks this exciting high-wire act without a net! The many stories contained in this hardcover are fast-paced and sport terrific, compelling artwork as only Steve Ditko can draw it! The genres show the artist's great range. There's horror, fantasy, science fiction, western, and even humorous stories. Taken from rare comic books from a who's who of publishers, all the comics are meticulously restored and printed in a beautiful, large-format book. Also includes insightful introductions by punk-rocker and comics historian Fester Faceplant and Eisner Award-winner Craig Yoe.

Mysterious Travelers

Mysterious Travelers
Author: Zack Kruse
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2021-02-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1496830571

Steve Ditko (1927–2018) is one of the most important contributors to American comic books. As the cocreator of Spider-Man and sole creator of Doctor Strange, Ditko made an indelible mark on American popular culture. Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity resets the conversation about his heady and powerful work. Always inward facing, Ditko’s narratives employed superhero and supernatural fantasy in the service of self-examination, and with characters like the Question, Mr. A, and Static, Ditko turned ordinary superhero comics into philosophic treatises. Many of Ditko’s philosophy-driven comics show a clear debt to ideas found in Ayn Rand’s Objectivism. Unfortunately, readers often reduce Ditko’s work to a mouthpiece for Rand’s vision. Mysterious Travelers unsettles this notion. In this book, Zack Kruse argues that Ditko’s philosophy draws on a complicated network of ideas that is best understood as mystic liberalism. Although Ditko is not the originator of mystic liberalism, his comics provide a unique window into how such an ideology operates in popular media. Examining selections of Ditko’s output from 1953 to 1986, Kruse demonstrates how Ditko’s comics provide insight into a unique strand of American thought that has had a lasting impact.

Strange and Stranger

Strange and Stranger
Author: Blake Bell
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2008-07-17
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1560979216

Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko is an art book tracing Ditko's life and career, his unparalleled stylistic innovations, his strict adherence to his own (and Randian) principles, with lush displays of obscure and popular art from the thousands of pages of comics he's drawn over the last 55 years.

The Steve Ditko Omnibus

The Steve Ditko Omnibus
Author: Steve Ditko
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Comic books, strips, etc
ISBN: 9781401231118

"All covers and stories written, pencilled and inked by Steve Ditko, unless otherwise noted."--T.p. verso.

Strange Suspense

Strange Suspense
Author: Steve Ditko
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2014-07-05
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1606997394

Before Spider-Man and Dr. Strange, the legendary comic book artist Steve Ditko was conjuring all manners of horrors at his drawing table. In his first two years in the industry (1953 and 1954), Ditko drew tales of macabre suspense that were not yet hobbled by the imminent Comics Code Authority (adopted in October 1954). These stories featured graphic bloodshed, dismemberment and blood-curdling acid baths as the ugly end to the lives of the dark and twisted inhabitants of Steve Ditko’s imagination. Strange Suspense features spectacular full-color reprints of every story from those first two years of his career.

Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus Vol. 1

Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus Vol. 1
Author:
Publisher: Marvel
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-08-27
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781302918750

Before Steve Ditko revolutionized comic book super-heroes with the Amazing Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, he applied his incomparable storytelling mastery to taught suspense-thrillers. These chilling stories were cast with nervous-eyed dreamers and sweaty-palmed schemers, none of whom make it out with getting theirs. They were parables of wrenching psychological tension, expressed by one of comic book's most unique creative minds, and they will leave you curled up and screaming for more-whether you like it or not! Marvel is honored to collect Ditko's complete stories of suspense in two beautifully restored Omnibus volumes. From his very fi rst Marvel work in 1956 through to his last five-page masterpiece, every iconic Silver Age Ditko short is collected in these incomparable Omnibus editions. COLLECTING: JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (1952) 33, 38, 50-73, STRANGE TALES (1951) 46, 50, 67-91, TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) 1-26, TALES OF SUSPENSE (1959) 1-15, 17-24, STRANGE WORLDS (1958) 1-5, WORLD OF FANTASY(1956) 16-19, AMAZING ADVENTURES (1961) 1-6, JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS (1950) 45, 51, MYSTERY TALES (1950) 40, 45, 47, TWO-GUN WESTERN (1956) 4, WORLD OF SUSPENSE (1956) 2, MARVEL TALES (1949) 147, SPELLBOUND (1952) 29, STRANGE TALES OF THE UNUSUAL (1955) 5, ASTONISHING (1951) 53, WORLD OF MYSTERY (1956) 3, 6, BATTLE (1951) 63, GUNSMOKE WESTERN (1955) 66

The Art of Ditko

The Art of Ditko
Author: Steve Ditko
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Cartoonists
ISBN: 9781613776315

"Steve Ditko, the co-creator of Spiderman and Dr. Strange, remains an enigma, though this book draws us closer to the artist and gives us a better understanding of his amazing work. Introducing the very best of rare and striking Steve Ditko comic book stories and original art, this large format beautifully showcases Ditko's work, with many reproductions of original art pieces by the master comic book artist. -

Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus Hc Javier Rodriguez Cover

Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus Hc Javier Rodriguez Cover
Author: MARVEL COMICS.
Publisher: Marvel
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2021-08-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9781302930486

In August 1961, FANTASTIC FOUR #1 hit newsstands, heralding a new take on super hero stories and the birth of the Silver Age Marvel Universe! But Marvel Comics had been around for years before that, publishing Western, romance, comedy, monster and science fiction titles...and in August 1961, FANTASTIC FOUR was just one of over a dozen very different Marvel books! Now, sixty years later, experience the excitement of being a comic book fan in that momentous month -- with a complete collection of every issue that shared the shelves with FF #1, many never before reprinted! COLLECTING: Journey Into Mystery (1952) 73-74; Kathy (1959) 13; Life with Millie (1960) 13; Patsy Walker (1945) 97; Amazing Adventures (1961) 6; Fantastic Four (1961) 1; Kid Colt, Outlaw (1949) 101; Linda Carter, Student Nurse (1961) 2; Millie the Model (1945) 105; Strange Tales (1951) 90; Tales of Suspense (1959) 23; Tales to Astonish (1959) 25; Gunsmoke Western (1955) 67; Love Romances (1949) 96; Teen-Age Romance (1960) 84; Amazing Adult Fantasy (1961) 7; Patsy and Hedy (1952) 79; Rawhide Kid (1960) 25

Mysterious Traveler

Mysterious Traveler
Author: Steve Ditko
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2012-05-28
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1606994980

Over 210 full-color pages of Ditko in his early prime that have never been properly reprinted until now - thrilling stories of suspense, mystery, haunted houses, and unsuspecting victims.

The Creativity of Ditko

The Creativity of Ditko
Author: Steve Ditko
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-08-28
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1613772769

Steve Ditko's most creative comics are lovingly reproduced in a beautiful large format hardback book, The Creativity of Steve Ditko, a companion to Craig Yoe's previous The Art of Ditko. Featuring a Foreword by Paul Levitz with revealing essays by Mike Gold, Jack Harris, Mikal Banta, and Amber Stanton, The Creativity of Steve Ditko showcases a plethora of unpublished art, sketches, and many never previously printed photos of Ditko.