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Unusual Tales", a series presenting Steve Ditko's comics from 1957 to 1959 that are in the public domain.
"Second Chance" is a 5-page story from Charlton's UNUSUAL TALES #11 [1958] (not to be confused with the Ditko stories of the same title from Warren's CREEPY #13 [1967] or Marvel's THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #25 [1991]). In this one, a scientist has a breakthrough after years on a project that he hopes could be used for good, but fears could be used to destroy, and we follow his thoughts on his walk home. Couple of nice bits in the art, the use of the close-ups on the glasses provides a unifying visual motif and and clothing in the wind-swept streets are a Ditko specialty from the era.
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Scans in this series generally adapted to my personal tastes from those copies
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