Tag Steve Ditko

Web Arted #324

Scott VanderPloeg
August 31, 2018

A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Salinas, Giffen, Hunt, Ditko, Heck, Williamson, Frazetta.

Steve Ditko-Another Architect of the Silver Age is Gone

It is really hard to write about an artist that means so much to this hobby and who has lived his life as a virtual recluse. Steve Ditko passed away in his 90th year. To say he was an amazing…

Web Arted #303

Scott VanderPloeg
April 6, 2018

A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Byrne, Garcia-Lopez, Ditko, Cooke, Colan, Ayers.

We’ll start 2018 off with another segment of Jack Kirby/Stan Lee’s terrific run of Fantastic Four #1-67. Although I have always personally thought “peak time” for this run was #44-60, you can make a pretty good case for the ten-issue…

Steve Ditko at 90!

Dennis De Pues
November 6, 2017
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On November 2nd, Steve Ditko turned ninety! The rather reclusive Ditko, in his usual fashion, kept out of the spotlight altogether. If you are reading this column, you are likely well aware of the incredible amount of work that Mr.…

Undervalued Spotlight #366

Walter Durajlija
October 31, 2017
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Ghost Manor #13, Charlton Comics, July 1970 Happy Halloween everybody, please remember to dress warmly if you’re out trick or treating and if you’re driving around please take extra care and watch for all the little goblins and ghosts running…

Web Arted #279

Scott VanderPloeg
October 20, 2017

A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Pope, Kirby, Royer, Ditko, Bellamy, Manning.

Arcs & Runs | #50: Amazing Spider-Man 1-6

This month we feature the beginnings of the most popular new super-hero of the Silver age of comics The Amazing Spider-Man. I can say that just about as brashly as Stan Lee did calling The Fantastic Four The World’s Greatest…

Amazing Fantasy #15 Original Art

My comments here are going to be short but sweet. I did not know that the Original Art to Amazing Fantasy#15 was donated to the U.S. Library of Congress in 2008 by an anonymous donor. The story goes that the…

Overvalued Overstreet | Tales Of Suspense 49

Today’s Overvalued Overstreet spotlight features one of my favourite comics of all time: Tales of Suspense #49. I still own a beautiful copy of the book, and it will probably be one of those books that goes to the people…

Dennis De Pues
January 19, 2017
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You know, I realize that I am just a single comic book fan, who is fortunate enough to have a forum like Comic Book Daily, to blab on about what is on my mind regarding comic books in general. I…

Undervalued Spotlight #320

Mike Huddleston
December 6, 2016
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Amazing Spider-Man #3, Marvel, July 1963. Every now and again I’m lucky enough to have Mike Huddleston come to the shop for a nice visit. I’m not sure what I enjoy more, catching up with Mike or the coffee and…

Arcs & Runs | Incredible Hulk 1-6

Mike Huddleston
September 8, 2016
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We continue our series on the “First Six” this month featuring the first six issues of the Incredible Hulk. This series is unique in that it was cancelled after issue #6. Commercially it might have failed, or it could have…

Web Arted Aug 26th

Scott VanderPloeg
August 26, 2016

A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Cassaday, Ditko, Colan, Palmer, Adkins, Frank.

Web Arted Jun 10th

Scott VanderPloeg
June 10, 2016

A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Gulacy, Herriman, Cardy, Ditko, Kirby, Ayers.

Amazing Spider-Man 31-33

This month’s Arcs & Runs looks at a famous Spider-Man versus Doctor Octopus story that ranks amongst Spidey’s best. This fan favourite has been on my “to do” list for some time. It has been covered already in part by…