Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 1 - preview

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The Steve

Ditko Archives Vol. 1

Edited by Blake Bell Fantagraphics Books


Introduction by Blake Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Fantastic Fears #5 (Jan-Feb ‘54, Ajax/Farrell) “Stretching Things” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Daring Love #1 (Sep ‘53, Gillmor) “Paper Romance” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Crime And Justice #18 (Apr ‘54, Charlton) “Killer On The Loose” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

The Thing #13 (Apr ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Library Of Horror” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Die Laughing” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Avery And The Goblins” . . . . . . . . . . . .

63 64 71 78

Black Magic #27

Space Adventures #10

(Nov-Dec ‘53, Prize) “A Hole In His Head” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

(Spr ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 “Homecoming” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Black Magic #28 (Jan-Feb ‘54, Prize) “Buried Alive” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Blazing Western #1 (Jan ‘54, Timor) “Range War” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Space Adventures #11 (May-Jun ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 “You Are The Jury” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 “Moment Of Decision” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 “Dead Reckoning” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

The Thing #12

This Magazine Is Haunted #17

(Feb ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 “Cinderella” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

(May ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “3-D Disaster, Doom, Death” . . . . . . . . “Triple Header” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “The Night People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

This Magazine Is Haunted #16 (Mar ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

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Strange Suspense Stories #18 (May ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 “What Was In Sam Dora’s Box?” . . . . . . 120 “Dead Right” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127


CONTENTS

Racket Squad In Action #11

Racket Squad In Action #12

(May-Jun ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 “Botticelli Of The Bangtails” . . . . . . . . . 134

(Aug ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

The Thing #14

(Aug ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 “The Payoff” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 “Von Mohl Vs. The Ants” . . . . . . . . . . . 224

(Jun ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Rumpelstiltskin” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “The Evil Eye” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Doom In The Air” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Inheritance” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

142 143 151 158 166

The Thing #15 (Jul-Aug ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “The Worm Turns” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Day Of Reckoning” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Come Back” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “If Looks Could Kill” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Family Mix-up” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Strange Suspense Stories #20

This Magazine Is Haunted #19 (Aug ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Strange Suspense Stories #22 171 172 178 184 189 195

(Nov ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

This Magazine Is Haunted #18

This Magazine Is Haunted #21

(Jul ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 “Bridegroom, Come Back” . . . . . . . . . 201

(Dec ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Strange Suspense Stories #19

(Jun ‘55, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 “Car Show” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

(Jul ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 “A Nice Quiet Place” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Space Adventures #12 (Aug ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

The Thing #17 (Nov ‘54, Charlton) Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

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