Unusual Tales - Glow Of Woe

"Unusual Tales", a series presenting Steve Ditko's comics from 1957 to 1959 that are in the public domain.

"Glow Of Woe" is a 5-page story from Charlton's STRANGE SUSPENSE STORIES #39 [1958].  Genies are another common theme in these stories, so here's a variation on that.  An above average story with a bit of verve in the scripting and definitely an ending you can't see coming.

The long vertical panel on page 3 is pretty decent, and the balance of light and dark on that page overall works really well.

Some links to check out:
Buy Ditko's creator-owned work
Find out about the fanzine DITKOMANIA
Check out new and upcoming Ditko publications
Download public domain comics, likely including the one this story is from
(scans in this series generally adapted to my personal tastes from those copies)

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