Ditko's second story for the Simon&Kirby edited anthology published by Prize is "Buried Alive", a 6-page story from BLACK MAGIC #28 [v4n4], dated January-February 1954 (probably on sale around October 16, 1953, according to the pencil notation on my copy). I wrote about the story previously over here. I really like this story, it probably contends with only "Stretching Things" as my favourite of the six known stories Ditko did for publishers other than Charlton in the 1953-1954 era.As I said before, Ditko really does wear some of his influences on his sleeve with this early work, in particular Eisner in this story. He was also really into including a level of detail which you don't see as often in his work after a few years, and probably more detail that suited the level of printing of comics from the era. Anyway, enjoy.
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Sure i'm readin' and diggin' them. I love Ditko
ReplyDeleteBob, you didn't mention this in your previous post about "Buried Alive", but this story draws a lot of its plot from Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher". If you're going to crib, crib from the best! Gorgeous art. Look at all that yellow!
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