Upcoming Ditko - DC's DITKO OMNIBUS v2

Official solicitation for the second DITKO OMNIBUS from DC, a companion to the imminent first volume which will include SHADE, STALKER and Ditko's short non-series bits.

THE STEVE DITKO OMNIBUS VOL. 2 HC
Written by STEVE DITKO, LEN WEIN, PAUL LEVITZ, MARK MILLAR and others • Art by STEVE DITKO and others • Cover by STEVE DITKO
On sale DECEMBER 14 • 384 pg, FC, $59.99 US
Collecting tales by artist Steve Ditko from SHOWCASE #75, THE HAWK AND THE DOVE #1-2, MAN-BAT #1, DETECTIVE COMICS #483-485 and 487, ADVENTURE COMICS #467-468, LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #267, 268, 274, 276 and 281, OUTSIDERS #13, LEGENDS OF THE DC UNIVERSE 80-PAGE GIANT #1 and the TALES OF THE NEW GODS TP.

The issues for ADVENTURE are obviously a typo, it should be #467-478 for the complete run of Starman.  Two Legion stories are missing, #257 and #272, which would be an odd omission, since those are stand-alone stories while a few of the others are chapters of larger stories (and another features Doctor Mayavale).  And not too surprising, but no mention of the Ditko pages from longer stories in DC SPECIAL SERIES #9 [1978] and ACTION COMICS #642 [1989].  And hopefully one or the other of the Omnibus volumes will include stray single pages like Ditko's Superman pin-up and his pages for WHO'S WHO.

Upcoming Ditko - A DITKO #14

Ditko's next original publication looks like it does away with the "Act" numbering he's been using for the last few and just uses the total number since he began publishing in this format in 2008, therefore we get A DITKO #14.  Returning characters are Miss Eerie and The Cape, plus a new feature The Distorter and more. Coming soon, ordering details over here for this and previous Ditko works in print.

New Ditko - ACT 8

Now available, ACT 8, MAKING LUCKY 13, THIRTEEN DITKO'S 32s, the latest Ditko solo release from Ditko and Robin Snyder.

As usual, all the new books and various other Ditko publications are available directly from Robin Snyder, details here, and the new book should be available from retailers who order from Snyder now or in the near future (interested retailers should contact Snyder for terms, which are probably better than you get for similar comics from your main distributor).  For those who usually buy from me, I'll have copies soon, and you'll get the usual e-mail when I do.

New Ditko - Hulk/Torch one-shot available

Now in stores, The Incredible Hulk and The Human Torch From The Marvel Vault #1, the early 1980s inventory story for MARVEL TEAM-UP by Jack C. Harris and Steve Ditko, newly completed with script and inks from Karl Kesel.  Click here to order, or just to see the cover you should look for.

If you're not into buying single issues these days,  there's a collection that will include this one-shot and some other recently completed books from Marvel's inventory coming out in October.

--Link-- Ditko Hulk pages from upcoming book

CBR has a preview of a few inked and coloured but unlettered pages featuring the Hulk from the upcoming Hulk/Torch special, which prints the Jack C. Harris story Ditko illustrated in the early 1980s, now inked and scripted by Karl Kesel.

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And here are those pages scripted, plus Karl Kesel's introduction.

Upcoming Ditko - Avengers Annual reprint

Coming late this year is a reprint of a storyline from the mid-1980s West Coast Avengers, where some story elements carried on into AVENGERS ANNUAL #15 [1986], which featured a 40-page story drawn by Steve Ditko with inks by Klaus Janson.  This will be the first time that story has been reprinted.

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AVENGERS: WEST COAST AVENGERS — SINS OF THE PAST PREMIERE HC
Written by STEVE ENGLEHART, MARK BRIGHT & DANNY FINGEROTH
Penciled by AL MILGROM, MARK BRIGHT & STEVE DITKO
Covers by AL MILGROM & ALEX SAVIUK
It’s the greatest heroes of the left coast! Hawkeye! Mockingbird! Tigra! The Thing! Wonder Man! Iron Man! Hank Pym! Firebird! See these unlikely allies take on the quirky and deadly threats of Graviton, Headlok, the Griffin, Razorfist, Zzzax, Master Pandemonium, Whirlwind and more! Guest-starring Nick Fury and the Cat People!
Collecting WEST COAST AVENGERS (1985) #10-16 and ANNUAL #1, and AVENGERS ANNUAL #15.
248 PGS. $34.99

Unusual Tales - They Must Be Like Us

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

"They Must Be Like Us" is a 5-page story first published in Charlton's UNUSUAL TALES #15 [1959]. Pretty pedestrian story without much of interest in the artwork.  The ending seems to be setting up something, which is pretty unusual in these anthology books and I assume was never followed up on.

But before the story, some links:

Buy Ditko's creator-owned work

ACT 8, the 13th in the modern series of Ditko one-shots, out soon, all previous issues available

Find out about the fanzine DITKOMANIA

Published bi-monthly, lots of little seen Ditko

Check out new and upcoming Ditko publications

Two DC hardcovers coming out this year, including Ditko's SHADE, HAWK&DOVE, STALKER and more

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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Unusual Tales - Fatal Rendezvous

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

"Fatal Rendezvous" is a 5-page story first published in Charlton's BLACK FURY #16 [1958]. It's a well drawn story about a man named Durkin who's out in the wild in the middle of a drought and his encounter with our equine hero. A nicely unusual story.  I especially like the emphasis on the sun to show the heat of the story and the buffalo stampede on page four.

But before the story, some links:

Buy Ditko's creator-owned work

ACT 8 out soon

Find out about the fanzine DITKOMANIA

Published bi-monthly

Check out new and upcoming Ditko publications

Lots of available reprints of material from this era

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

Click to embiggen