June 17, 2010

Unusual Tales - A Strange Kiss


"Unusual Tales" is an on-going presentation of public domain Ditko comics work originally published from 1957 to 1959.

"A Strange Kiss" is a 4-page story that was published in Charlton's UNUSUAL TALES #10 [1958]. It hasn't been reprinted in over 30 years, when Charlton printed it in SPACE ADVENTURES #12 [1979].

Attractively drawn if somewhat enigmatic little fantasy story about a man sent in to find the explanation for some strange happenings in a lead mine.  I think that imbalanced vertigo effect on the bottom of the first page is especially nice.

This story appears in TALES OF THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER #32 [2020] from SD Publishings, so only the first page is previewed below.

Some links:
Buy Ditko's creator-owned work
Mysterious title THE COVER SERIES coming soon
Find out about the fanzine DITKOMANIA
Latest issue on women in Ditko's work
Check out new and upcoming Ditko publications
Various Warren reprints now available
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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