MARVEL COMICS: THE UNTOLD STORY
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"A WILD-RIDE ACCOUNT" —The Hollywood Reporter
"EPIC" —The New York Times
"INDISPENSABLE" —Los Angeles Times
"DEFINITIVE" —The Wall Street Journal
"SCINTILLATING" —Publishers Weekly
“FASCINATING” —GQ
"AUTHORITATIVE" —Kirkus Reviews
"GRIPPING" —Rolling Stone
"PRICELESS" —Booklist
"A MUST FOR ANY SUPERHERO OR POP-CULTURE FAN" —NY Post
"ESSENTIAL" —The Daily Beast
"A SUPERPOWERED MUST-READ" —USA Today
"REVELATORY" —The Miami Herald
"AS FULL OF COLORFUL CHARACTERS, TRAGIC REVERSALS AND UNLIKELY PLOT TWISTS AS ANY BOOK IN THE MARVEL CANON" —Newsday
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Steve Ditko’s pencils from a page in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #31. Ditko did most of his detail work while inking.
Gwen Stacy and Peter Parker, 1966. Art by Steve Ditko.
A page from the first Spider-Man story, from AMAZING FANTASY #15 by Steve Ditko.
In the up-close, you can see where Ditko signed the upper left of the board, and also the roughed-in PART 2 copy.
From Marvel Age #102, 1991. Art and words by Fred Hembeck.
Amazing Spider-Man #35. Art by Steve Ditko. Words by Stan Lee.
Original art for The Amazing Spider-Man #27 by Steve Ditko, 1965. Click to enlarge.
A recent letter from Steve Ditko to one of our customers. He asked Steve what he remembered about designing Spidey’s costume. #ditko #spiderman (at Midtown Comics)
Steve Ditko on Spider-Man: “It was just another comic book art job.”
These aren’t necessarily my “favorite” ones, but I made a list for THE WEEK of five excellent collections of Marvel material I’d recommend to a curious newcomer.
http://theweek.com/article/index/236996/sean-howes-6-favorite-marvel-comics
A page from the Doctor Strange story in STRANGE TALES #131 by Steve Ditko.
