Steve Ditko, co-creator with Stan Lee of Spider-Man, wrote and drew this 14-chapter, 140-page graphic novel in the 1980s. It is a self-contained, true graphic novel, in that it has an actual plot, characters that move the storyline and spark the conflict, and a satisfying resolution. As the story develops, ethical themes of substance arise. This work stands proudly at the same level as many other pinnacles of Ditko's long, productive, and inno...
The classic villainy of the God of Mischief is celebrated in an Omnibus full of diabolical deceit! Featuring every Loki appearance from Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's legendary era of THOR - and more - it's a volume full of brotherly rivalry, deadly plots and wicked magic! Across the ages, Loki's tricks on Thor are a treat to read, as he wreaks havoc in Asgard and Midgard - banishing Jane Foster to Limbo, trading spells with Doctor Strange, masterm...
A vain man driven by greed and hubris, Dr. Stephen Strange was a world-renowned surgeon until the night a car accident crippled his hands. Broken and destitute, he journeyed to Tibet to seek a cure from a legendary healer. There he found not a man of medicine, but the venerable Ancient One - and the path to the mystic arts! From Doctor Strange's eerie Greenwich Village home, Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created new dimensions and otherworldly terr...
After several years of illustrating Captain Atom, Spider-Man, Dr. Strange... Mystery, crime, superhero, SF, western for Charlton, Marvel, National... Steve Ditko carved a new trail in the comics landscape. Completely independently, he wrote, illustrated, and in some cases self-published the material in this book. We present The Collected Mr. A., Volume II: Avenging World.
This volume reprints five 32-page comics by Steve Ditko, originally published by Robin Snyder and Steve Ditko from 2009 to 2010: Ditko Presents, Act 2, Act 3, Act 4, Act 5. Steve Ditko started his career in comics in the 1950s, and was actively generating fresh ideas and art for nearly 70 years.
This collection offers a fresh insight into the mind of innovative writer and artist, Steve Ditko. Part I collects all nine issues of The Four-Page Series, a newsletter he originally published between 2012 and 2015. Essay topics include flawed thinking and misbehavior of some comic book fans, choice, rationality, logic, emotion and the nature of artistic creation when more than one person is involved, how he made various decisions regarding hi...
With a new HBO Watchmen series coming soon, DC collects some of the best stories starring the heroes that inspired the cast of the original WATCHMEN comic series.At the height of comics' 1960s Silver Age, artist Steve Ditko was winning praise for his spectacular work on Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man and Dr. Strange. At the same time, Ditko was also creating powerful tales of other heroes: Charlton Comics' Blue Beetle, Captain Atom and the Questi...
Few creators have left their mark like the inimitable Steve Ditko. His unmistakable creative vision brought the world the Amazing Spider-Man, Doctor Strange - and, in 1988, Speedball! Together with writers Roger Stern, Tom DeFalco and Jo Duffy, Ditko crafted the adventures of Robbie Baldwin, a high school student with strange other-dimensional powers that create an energetic kinetic field, transforming him into Speedball! In the classic Ditko ...
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! Ditko's eclectic, sometimes surrealistic work proves both futuristic and retro as he takes us into the cosmos to find star-crossed lovers in the backstab...
X-51: un'arma militare con un'anima, un computer pensante in forma umana... è Machine Man! Abel Stack ha dato a un robot creato dal governo un volto umano, lo ha battezzato Aaron Stack e lo tratta come un figlio. Ma la morte di Abel lascia Machine Man solo, in fuga per la propria vita. La gente non ne capisce la situazione, l'esercito vuole farlo a pezzi e - nelle avventure realizzate da due dei più grandi talenti della storia del fumetto - ri...
Collects tales from "Showcase" numbered 75, "The Hawk and the Dove" numbered 1-2, "Man-Bat" numbered 1, "Detective Comics" numbered 483-485 and 487, "Adventure Comics" numbered 467-468, "Legion of Super-Heroes" numbered 267, 268, 274, 276 and 281, "Outsiders" numbered 13, and "Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant" numbered 1.