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As the original artist and co-creator who brought the Amazing Spider-Man to life in 1962, 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 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. 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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Ditko vs The Comics Code, Feb 8 2012
By Hwy61Joe - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Unexplored Worlds: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 2 (Hardcover)
Two interesting things about this volume which continues the representation of the early works of Ditko's career: First, these stories happened after the Comics Code Authority tightened its grip on the comics community forcing a dramatic change in content. Interesting to see the results of Ditko's creativity within these guidelines. Second, this volume presents Ditko's work in the order they were produced, not necessarily the order in which they were published. I wondered about the seemingly random order of the stories in volume one, now it might make a little more sense! Anyone who loves comics SHOULD love Ditko and therefore this collection is must reading!!!
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amazing!!!!!!, Jan 9 2012
By NISAL KARUNARATNE "Sal the seeker" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Unexplored Worlds: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 2 (Hardcover)
the stories are very unique, the artwork will literally take you into another world. I love Steve Ditko, I seriosuly reccomend him to anyone, you'll be treating yourself to a truly unique experience. Get this and volume 1, volume 3 will be released soon. you'll enjoy them!
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It is far better than Volume One., Oct 27 2011
By Red Eyes - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Unexplored Worlds: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 2 (Hardcover)
It is far better than Volume One. Whilst the first volume has consistently great artwork, the stories, narrative and prose styles are really poor for the most part. In the second volume, all the stories are from the stage when comic books were under the thumb of the comics code regulations. Popular wisdom says that when the writers and artists had to give in to these conservative code restrictions, the integrity and value of the work was gone, to be replaced by 'safe', dull stories.There is a lot of truth in that statement of course -- so much of the inventiveness and wit and art disappeared from comics when the new control mechanisms were in place.However, the opposite is true here -- clearly, Ditko did feel restrained -- but he reacts by producing some clever, thoughtful , reflective artwork for the stories here, to compensate for the limitations placed on him by the comics code and the authors,and the art work is astonishing on every page.
One to buy and value and read again and again. Looking forward to Volume Three for sure.
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