Upcoming Ditko - The DC Universe by Steve Ditko Omnibus

 

Currently scheduled for June 2025, THE DC UNIVERSE BY STEVE DITKO OMNIBUS is a large format hardcover that will bring together the contents of the previous two volume THE STEVE DITKO OMNIBUS series and THE CREEPER BY STEVE DITKO.

The preliminary contents list is 

Detective Comics #483-485; Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #1; Tales of the New Gods #1; House of Secrets #139 and #148; World's Finest Comics #249-255; Adventure Comics #467-478; Showcase #73 and #75; Superman #400; House of Mystery #236, #247, #254, #258, #276; 1st Issue Special #7; Beware the Creeper #1-6; Cancelled Comics Cavalcade #1-2; Strange Adventures #188-189; The Legion of Super-Heroes#267-268, #272, #274, #276, #281; Shade, the Changing Man #1-8; Plop! #16; Weird War Tales#46, #49, #95, #99, #104-106; Secrets of Haunted House #9, #12, #41, #45; The Unexpected#189, #221; Ghosts #77, #111; Mystery in Space #111, #114-116; Time Warp #1-4; Stalker #1-4; Amazing World of DC Comics #13; The Outsiders #13; The Hawk and the Dove #1-2; Man-Bat#1, plus behind-the-scenes extras!

This would appear to address only one of the omissions previously noted from the previous three books, the Ditko/Wood/Skeates PLOP remnant that appeared in AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS #13 [1976].  

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1799501736

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1799501732

Ghostly Tales #70 [1968]

GHOSTLY TALES #70 [1968] from Charlton features the 8-page Ditko story "Finders Keepers...Losers Dead!", with host Mr. Dedd hanging around on a quiet beach as the despondent Simon Randall takes a stroll hoping to take mind off his business troubles, only to find an ancient locked chest washed ashore.  Of course this leads to a story involving Spanish conquistadors, betrayal, revenge and ghosts.

A nice story with some interesting twists and good designs by Ditko.  This is also in the brief period where he was often experimenting with layouts outside the standard rectangular grid.  It feels a bit disconcerting at times, but there are a few points where Ditko uses it imaginatively to get some interesting storytelling effects.  Someone should do an examination of that period (which includes the last few issues of BEWARE THE CREEPER).  Not sure if he ever returned to that kind of thing for a full story, but there are a few short scenes where he does, along with other storytelling flourishes in the 1970s especially.

New Ditko - MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE (1974 Charlton reprints)

The library of print-on-demand books from SD Comics expands with Ditko's work 50 years ago with MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE, a collection of his 1974 published work for Charlton, primarily written by Joe Gill, stories like "The Ancient Mine". 

Also included is the second (and best) Killjoy story written and drawn by Ditko and a Blue Beetle story drawn years earlier, "A Specter Is Haunting Hub City".

Freshly printed copies are available from various booksellers, use the ISBN 978-1945307409.