Creepy Presents Steve Ditko by Steve DitkoMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Creepy Presents Steve Ditko collects the sixteen stories Steve Ditko illustrated for the Warren magazines, Creepy and Eerie.
After reading Creepy Presents Alex Toth last year, I kept my eye on this one. When the price dipped below my cheapness threshold, I finally pulled the trigger on it.
Drawn after Steve left Marvel in 1965, this collection of tales shows what Steve Ditko could do in the black and white format and without the restraints of the comics code. The stories are primarily horror but there are some sword and sorcery tales in the mix as well. Archie Goodwin wrote all but one of the stories.
News to no one, the real attraction of this volume is Steve Ditko's art. Steve takes advantage of the black and white medium in various ways in each story, from more intricate pencils to ink washes to various shading techniques. While Ditko knows his way around a sword fight or rotting corpse, the other worldly dimensions are what he does best and the ones presented here would not be out of place in a Doctor Strange story. I don't want to exaggerate the quality of the art here but it might be my favorite post-Doctor Strange Ditko work.
Creepy Presents Steve Ditko shows the master at his peak, without the shackles of Marvel or the comics code. 4.5 out of 5 stars.
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