This is Steve Ditko's first published cover art. It's for the twelfth issue of Charlton's horror comic The Thing. It illustrates the story "Cinderella", which was also drawn by Ditko. There is also early work in this Pre-Code comic by Dick Ayers, John Belfi, and Tony Tallarico. Check it out at this link.
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A pretty nice comic. Although I can see Ditko's style here , you can see some similarities to early Joe Kubert art as well in some panels
ReplyDeleteDitko is truly evoking Kubert, a young talent like himself he really admired. These early Ditko's are really instructive.
DeleteUpon close examination, what's going on with the image on this cover is alternately disturbing and frightening.
ReplyDeleteIt has an almost hypnotic effect with its composition. It just draws you in, no pun intended.
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