The Steve Ditko Archives
#2 - Unexplored Worlds
(November 2010)
Fantagraphics,
2009 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 39.99 USD
- Pages
- 248
- On-sale Date
- 2010-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books
- Brand
-
FB
- ISBN
-
978-1-60699-166-4
- Barcode
- 9781606991664 53999
- Editing
- Blake Bell; Gary Groth (Editorial Liaison)
[no title indexed]
cover / 2 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #3 (April 1957)
-
Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover.
Introduction
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 13 pages
- Script
- Blake Bell
- Pencils
- ? (photograph); Steve Ditko (illustrations)
- Inks
- ? (photograph); Steve Ditko (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Starlight Starbright
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from From Here to Insanity (Charlton, 1957 series) #v3#1 (April 1957)
-
There'll Be Some Changes Made
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- H 858
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #33 (April 1956)
-
Those Who Vanish!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- J-918
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #38 (September 1956)
-
The Man Who Could Never Be Killed
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S339
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #31 (February 1957)
-
Adrift in Space
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1211
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #8 (June 1958)
-
The King of Planetoid X
comic story / 7 pages
- Job Number
- S1282
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #7 (February 1958)
-
[Strange Suspense Stories #31]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #31 (February 1957)
-
The Gloomy One
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1283
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #31 (February 1957)
-
[Out of This World #5]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Out of This World (Charlton, 1956 series) #5 (September 1957)
-
The Man Who Stepped out of a Cloud
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1284
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Out of This World (Charlton, 1956 series) #5 (September 1957)
-
Stowaway
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1306
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #5 (October 1957)
-
[Out of This World #3]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Out of This World (Charlton, 1956 series) #3 (March 1957)
-
What Happened?
comic story / 3 pages
- Job Number
- S1307
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Out of This World (Charlton, 1956 series) #3 (March 1957)
-
What Wilbur Saw...
Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S1392
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mysterious Traveler (host)
- Synopsis
- Wilbur Dean is given a chance to live life over by an alien arriving on Earth in a wicker basket.
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Charlton, 1956 series) #2 (February 1957)
-
The Supermen
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S1420
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Out of This World (Charlton, 1956 series) #3 (March 1957)
-
[Out of This World #4]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Out of This World (Charlton, 1956 series) #4 (June 1957)
-
Flying Dutchman
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S1421
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Perhaps it was all a dream!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Carl Adams; Frank Sawyer
- Synopsis
- The American Destroyer Jeffries is torpedoed. Adams and Sawyer float for six days in a lifeboat until they see an old sailing ship. They climb aboard carefully as the ropes and wood are rotten. They walk the decks without the crew seeing them. They find a book written in Dutch - they are on board the Flying Dutchman. They decide to escape and fall in to the sea when a railing breaks away. They float for days clutching the railing. They are picked up by a Navy cruiser. Their papers show they were crew on the Jeffries which sank in WWI! So, where have they been since 1918?
- Reprints
- from Out of This World (Charlton, 1956 series) #4 (June 1957)
-
- Keywords
- Flying Dutchman; torpedo
[Strange Suspense Stories #32]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #32 (May 1957)
-
A World of His Own
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S1424
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #32 (May 1957)
-
The Last Laugh
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S1449
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #32 (May 1957)
-
Mystery Planet
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S1490
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #36 (March 1958)
-
The Conquered Earth
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S1495
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Out of This World (Charlton, 1956 series) #4 (June 1957)
-
Assignment Treason
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1498
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Outer Space (Charlton, 1958 series) #18 (August 1958)
-
The Secret of Capt. X
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1500
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Out of This World (Charlton, 1956 series) #8 (May 1958)
-
[Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #3]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #3 (April 1957)
-
The Strange Guests of Tsarus
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S1509
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #3 (April 1957)
-
A World Where I Was King
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1510
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #3 (April 1957)
-
Gavin's Stupid Mule
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1512
- Genre
- war
- Reprints
- from Fightin' Army (Charlton, 1956 series) #20 (May 1957)
-
A Forgotten World
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S1553
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #3 (April 1957)
-
The Cheapest Steak in Nome
comic story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- S1554
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #7 (February 1958)
-
[Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #4]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #4 (July 1957)
-
Valley in the Mist
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S1558
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #4 (July 1957)
-
[Strange Suspense Stories #33]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #33 (August 1957)
-
Director of the Board
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1561
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #33 (August 1957)
-
They Didn't Believe Him
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- S1562
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #3 (April 1957)
-
Forever and Ever
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S1563
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A tramp claims to have taken an immortality serum 400 years ago.
- Reprints
- from Strange Suspense Stories (Charlton, 1955 series) #33 (August 1957)
-
My Secret
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S1564
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Out of This World (Charlton, 1956 series) #3 (March 1957)
-
[Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #5]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #5 (October 1957)
-
A Dreamer's World
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S1573
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #5 (October 1957)
-
The Man Who Could See Tomorrow
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- S1578
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #7 (May 1957)
-
[Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #4]
Mysterious Traveler / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Mysterious Traveler
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Charlton, 1956 series) #4 (August 1957)
-
The Desert
Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1591
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Mysterious Traveler (host)
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Charlton, 1956 series) #4 (August 1957)
-
[Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #3]
Mysterious Traveler / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural; spy
- Characters
- Mysterious Traveler (host)
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Charlton, 1956 series) #3 (May 1957)
-
Secret Mission
Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1602
- Genre
- spy
- Characters
- Mysterious Traveler (host)
- Synopsis
- Painter and spy John Krakma returns to the communist-dominated Czechoslovakia he fled.
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Charlton, 1956 series) #3 (May 1957)
-
Escape
Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1627
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Mysterious Traveler (host)
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Charlton, 1956 series) #4 (August 1957)
-
Test of a Man
Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1628
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Mysterious Traveler (host)
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Charlton, 1956 series) #4 (August 1957)
-
Operation Blacksnake
Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1650
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Mysterious Traveler (host)
- Reprints
- from Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Charlton, 1956 series) #4 (August 1957)
-
The Mirage
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1681
- Genre
- drama
- Reprints
- from Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds (Charlton, 1956 series) #5 (October 1957)
-
The Only One
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- S1812
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Reprints
- from Texas Rangers in Action (Charlton, 1956 series) #8 (July 1957)
-
[Unusual Tales #6]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #6 (February 1957)
-
[Unusual Tales #7]
cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #7 (May 1957)
-
The Man Who Painted on Air
comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- S1827
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- An artist using gas-paint to paint in the air is really taking the first step to world domination by an alien race.
- Reprints
- from Unusual Tales (Charlton, 1955 series) #7 (May 1957)
-
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Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
Contents
-
2.
Introduction
-
3.
Starlight Starbright
-
4.
There'll Be Some Changes Made
-
5.
Those Who Vanish!
-
6.
The Man Who Could Never Be Killed
-
7.
Adrift in Space
-
8.
The King of Planetoid X
-
9.
[Strange Suspense Stories #31]
-
10.
The Gloomy One
-
11.
[Out of This World #5]
-
12.
The Man Who Stepped out of a Cloud
-
13.
Stowaway
-
14.
[Out of This World #3]
-
15.
What Happened?
-
16.
What Wilbur Saw...
Mysterious Traveler -
17.
The Supermen
-
18.
[Out of This World #4]
-
19.
Flying Dutchman
-
20.
[Strange Suspense Stories #32]
-
21.
A World of His Own
-
22.
The Last Laugh
-
23.
Mystery Planet
-
24.
The Conquered Earth
-
25.
Assignment Treason
-
26.
The Secret of Capt. X
-
27.
[Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #3]
-
28.
The Strange Guests of Tsarus
-
29.
A World Where I Was King
-
30.
Gavin's Stupid Mule
-
31.
A Forgotten World
-
32.
The Cheapest Steak in Nome
-
33.
[Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #4]
-
34.
Valley in the Mist
-
35.
[Strange Suspense Stories #33]
-
36.
Director of the Board
-
37.
They Didn't Believe Him
-
38.
Forever and Ever
-
39.
My Secret
-
40.
[Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #5]
-
41.
A Dreamer's World
-
42.
The Man Who Could See Tomorrow
-
43.
[Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #4]
Mysterious Traveler -
44.
The Desert
Mysterious Traveler -
45.
[Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #3]
Mysterious Traveler -
46.
Secret Mission
Mysterious Traveler -
47.
Escape
Mysterious Traveler -
48.
Test of a Man
Mysterious Traveler -
49.
Operation Blacksnake
Mysterious Traveler -
50.
The Mirage
-
51.
The Only One
-
52.
[Unusual Tales #6]
-
53.
[Unusual Tales #7]
-
54.
The Man Who Painted on Air
-
55.
Acknowledgement
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