Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Ditko Classic Covers - The Mysterious Traveler #4!


Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #4 appeared in April of 1957 and is dated August of that year. You can read this issue at this link. There are four Mysterious Traveler tales in this issue by S. Ditko -- "Escape", "Test of a Man", "The Desert" and "Operation Blacksnake". The story "Mutiny" is not a Traveler tale and is drawn by Charles Nicholas and Sal Trapani. All stories were most likely written by Joe Gill. There are other small features. 

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1 comment:

  1. Pretty good stuff, Senor Rip, thanks very much. Not a lot of Charlton in the backwater of my youth which was a bit later than this. Still, brand new title and stories to me and I am grateful for that. Do you know if these have been collected anywhere?

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