Ditko Cover Classics - Out Of This World #11!

Out of This World #11 from 1959 is one of my all-time favorite Steve Ditko images. It features a delicacy that is sometimes missing from his more robust work. You can read this comic in full at this link. Ditko drew three stories in this issue -- "The Time Chamber", "The Hammer of Thor" and "The Careless Man". 

Here's a look at the black and white version of his awesome cover. 

When I first encountered this artwork reprinted on an issue of Space War in 1978 I at first thought it was the work of Joe Staton. The explosions look just like the bubbly style Staton had used in his earliest days with Charlton. But the signature of "J. Kodti" soon taught me the error of my ways. 

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