January 13, 1990

It Stalks the Public Domain - Ditko 1953-1955 index

An index to all the entries in the series of posts containing the Ditko stories from his professional comics debut in 1953 to 1955. Order is approximately chronological by publication.

(if you believe any of the stories listed are not public domain, please don't hesitate to inform me)

Paper Romance - Daring Love #1 [1953, Gillmor] 6 pages

A Hole in His Head - Black Magic #27 [v4n3] [1953, Prize] 6 pages

Buried Alive - Black Magic #28 [v4n4] [1954, Prize] 6 pages

Range War - Blazing Western #1 [1954, Timor] 8 pages

Stretching Things - Fantastic Fears #5 [1954, Ajax-Farrell] 5 pages

Madame Cyanide and Mister Tricks - Black Magic #29 [v4n5] [1953, Prize] 5 pages
***not public domain, low resolution sample images only***

Cinderella - The Thing #12 [1954, Charlton] 8 pages

Homecoming
- Space Adventures #10 [1954, Charlton] 5 pages

Killer on the Loose - Crime And Justice #18 [1954, Charlton] 7 pages

Library of Horror - The Thing #13 [1954, Charlton] 7 pages

Die Laughing - The Thing #13 [1954, Charlton] 7 pages

Avery and the Goblins
- The Thing #13 [1954, Charlton] 8 pages

Botticelli of the Bangtails - Racket Squad in Action #11 [1954, Charlton] 8 pages

You Are the Jury - Space Adventures #11 [1954, Charlton] 4 pages

Moment of Decision - Space Adventures #11 [1954, Charlton] 1 page

Dead Reckoning - Space Adventures #11 [1954, Charlton] 7 pages

What Was In Sam Dora's Box?
- Strange Suspense Stories #18 [1954, Charlton] 7 pages

Dead Right - Strange Suspense Stories #18 [1954, Charlton] 6 pages

3-D Disaster Doom Death - This Magazine Is Haunted #17 [1954, Charlton] 7 pages

Triple-Header - This Magazine Is Haunted #17 [1954, Charlton] 2 pages

The Night People - This Magazine Is Haunted #17 [1954, Charlton] 4 pages

Rumpelstiltskin - The Thing #14 [1954, Charlton] 8 pages

The Evil Eye - The Thing #14 [1954, Charlton] 7 pages

Doom in the Air - The Thing #14 [1954, Charlton] 8 pages

Inheritance - The Thing #14 [1954, Charlton] 5 pages

A Nice Quiet Place - Strange Suspense Stories #19 [1954, Charlton] 6 pages

The Worm Turns
- The Thing #15 [1954, Charlton] 6 pages

Day of Reckoning - The Thing #15 [1954, Charlton] 6 pages

Comeback - The Thing #15 [1954, Charlton] 5 pages

If Looks Could Kill - The Thing #15 [1954, Charlton] 6 pages

Family Mixup - The Thing #15 [1954, Charlton] 5 pages

Bridegroom, Come Back - This Magazine Is Haunted #18 [1954, Charlton] 6 pages

The Payoff
- Strange Suspense Stories #20 [1954, Charlton] 7 pages

Von Mohl Vs. The Ants
- Strange Suspense Stories #20 [1954, Charlton] 7 pages

Car Show - From Here To Insanity #10 [1955, Charlton] 3 pages




Also in that era, 20 covers, all for Charlton

From Here To Insanity #10
Racket Squad in Action #11
Racket Squad in Action #12
Space Adventures #10
Space Adventures #11
Space Adventures #12
Strange Suspense Stories #18
Strange Suspense Stories #19
Strange Suspense Stories #20
Strange Suspense Stories #22
The Thing #12
The Thing #13
The Thing #14
The Thing #15
The Thing #17
This Magazine Is Haunted #16
This Magazine Is Haunted #17
This Magazine Is Haunted #18
This Magazine Is Haunted #19
This Magazine Is Haunted #21




Notes on other possible Ditko work of the era

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