(August 1957)
Charlton,
1955 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Charlton Comics Group
- Brand
-
A Charlton Publication
- Editing
- Al Fago (Executive Editor)
The Menace of the Maple Leaves!
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
-
in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #43, #193 ([circa 1980 - 1981]) -
in The Art of Ditko (IDW, 2009 series) (November 2009) [cover] - in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 - Unexplored Worlds (November 2010)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2429-A - A Steve Ditko Readers Treasury: 1955-1957 (2019), #2429-A - A Steve Ditko Readers Treasury: 1955-1957 (2019)
-
The Menace of the Maple Leaves
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Job Number
- S1843
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Long ago a witch put a spell on maple trees and to this day the trees have the means to protect themselves.
- Reprints
- in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #43
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #3 - Mysterious Traveler (April 2012)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #4 - Impossible Tales (November 2013) which is reprinted
-
in Steve Ditko - Les archives des années 50 (Neofelis, 2017 series) #[1] - Histoires improbables [1957/1958] (octobre 2017) - in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2429-A - A Steve Ditko Readers Treasury: 1955-1957 (2019)
-
Director of the Board
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Job Number
- S1561
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- An executive's dream comes back to haunt him.
- Reprints
- in Out of This World (Alan Class, 1963 series) #6
- in Out of This World (Alan Class, 1981 ? series) #6 ([circa 1981 - 1982])
- in Steve Ditko Reader (Pure Imagination, 2002 series) #3 (2005)
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 - Unexplored Worlds (November 2010)
- in The Creativity of Ditko (IDW, 2012 series) #[nn] (July 2012)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2429-A - A Steve Ditko Readers Treasury: 1955-1957 (2019)
- in Mr. A (Robin Snyder and Steve Ditko, 2014 series) #8 (Spring 2019)
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Indexer Notes
The distinctive Norman Osborn hair style and corporate suit motif is first seen here before Ditko co-created the sinister Marvel villain in The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #23 (1965) as seen in Comic Book Historians article researched by Alex Grand.
Forever and Ever
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Gill ?
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Job Number
- S1563
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A tramp claims to have taken an immortality serum 400 years ago.
- Reprints
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #48
- in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #13
- in The Steve Ditko Archives (Fantagraphics, 2009 series) #2 - Unexplored Worlds (November 2010)
- in Gwandanaland Comics (Gwandanaland Comics, 2016 series) #2429-A - A Steve Ditko Readers Treasury: 1955-1957 (2019)
-
The Gift
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S338
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Violinist Marko Orlatti needs brain surgery, but while under anesthesia he receives a ghostly visit from a friend and emerges completely cured...without surgery!
- Reprints
- in Out of This World (Alan Class, 1963 series) #13 (1963 ?)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Menace of the Maple Leaves!
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1.
The Menace of the Maple Leaves
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2.
Director of the Board
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3.
Ted Visits Nomo
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4.
Forever and Ever
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5.
The Gift
This issue was modified by, among others
- Nick Caputo
- Alex Grand
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Q
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Smith
- Richard Thomson
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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