The Steve Ditko Archives, Volume 2: Unexplored Worlds (The Steve Ditko Archives #2)

Steve Ditko

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The Steve Ditko Archives, Volume 2: Unexplored Worlds by Steve Ditko

More great crime, horror and sci-fi work by one of comics� greatest stylists.

As the original artist and co-creator who brought the Amazing Spider-Man to life in 1962, and established the look of Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk as we know them today, artist Steve Ditko�s talents varied far beyond the realm of the superhero genre. Tales of unexplored worlds, of spine-chilling suspense, mystery, and horror dripped hauntingly from the pen of Steve Ditko over half a decade before he would bring to the world famous wall-crawler to life.

Unexplored Worlds: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 2 continues the showcase of the artist�s 1950s work that began with editor Blake Bell�s 2009 best-selling Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 1, both following up on Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko, Bell�s 2008 critically-acclaimed retrospective of Ditko�s career. For the first time, spectacular full-color reprints of stories are on display from the peak period of his career as an artist. After a bout of illness forced Ditko to disappear from comics in 1955, the artist came back with a vengeance, marking 1956 as his first stint at Marvel Comics with his Spider-Man co-creator, Stan Lee. And in 1957, Ditko renewed his association with Charlton Comics, a partnership that would see Ditko produce almost 500 pages of completed artwork in that year alone. The leap in the quality of the legendary artist�s work during this period is stunning. A few scant years into his career and Ditko was already the most unique artist in comic-book history and one of its most prolific. The book also features editor Bell�s insightful introduction, providing historical background and speaking to Ditko�s influence and his unique craft.

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