Sunday, March 1, 2026

Angry Apes 'N' Leapin' Lizards!


This month is all about giant monsters, especially those illustrated in strong style by "Sturdy" Steve Ditko. I've had the above Paragon collection titled Steve Ditko -- Angry Apes 'N' Leapin' Lizards in my collection for many years. It's a dandy gathering of some of Ditko's strongest monster material for Charlton in the early 1960's, produced at the same time he was cranking out mystery yarns for Stan Lee at Marvel. Ditko worked in tandem with the indefatigable Joe Gill on these monster stories. 




In addition to stories about Konga and Gorgo, look for Reptilicus as well. Ditko never drew any of that less successful series, but it's a lot of fun anyway. Other artists aside from Ditko drew Konga and Gorgo stories and I'll get into that a bit as the month rumbles along. All monsters all month. 

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