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| Giordano is now adding more continuity and multi-part stories to perhaps attract the Marvel reader? It must have been an exciting thing to do, knowing you were fighting to just be the #3 comics publisher. Ditko's art seems more hurried than usual, though, and I wonder if there was too much pressure to keep up his output. Still I continue to admire the weird fantasy aspects of this character. The Blue Beetle story adds another side to this new Charlton universe. |
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| [quote] Giordano is now adding more continuity and multi-part stories to perhaps attract the Marvel reader? It must have been an exciting thing to do, knowing you were fighting to just be the #3 comics publisher. Ditko's art seems more hurried than usual, though, and I wonder if there was too much pressure to keep up his output. [/quote]
Well, its a business and in any business you take a look at the opposition, particularly if they are doing well, and see what you can change to keep up with them.
[b]Ditko? [/b]Well, you are right, he was doing a lot of work at that point. He was also doing short pieces for 'The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves' 'Scary Tales' and others. But I wonder if the knowledge of Charlton's lousy production standards made him cut corners at times.
Even [b]Sam Glanzman's Hercules[/b] for Charlton is substandard. I am a huge fan of Sam, but Hercules to me is nearly unreadable because of the low production standard.
cheers! |
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| I don't know at what point Charlton decided that Captain Atom would look better in a bright yellow uniform rather than the old one that looked like gold and bronze. Or at what point they thought Mastroserio inking Ditko's stuff really worked. And Ditko put so much into creating a viable reworking of the Blue Beetle only to blow it all by going all Ayn Rand on our asses...it was probably a weird time to be Steve Ditko... |
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| Publication | November 1966 | Price: 0.12 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
| Notes | Captain Atom portion inked by Mastroserio (signed "Ditko and Mastroserio)". Blue Beetle portion entirely by Ditko (signed "Ditko") |
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| Cover | The Defeats Of Captain Atom! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Atom; Blue Beetle [Ted Kord] |
| Notes | Captain Atom portion inked by Mastroserio (signed "Ditko and Mastroserio)". Blue Beetle portion entirely by Ditko (signed "Ditko") |
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| Comic Story | Finally Falls the Mighty! (18 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Atom loses his powers. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Atom [Allen Adam]; Gunner; General Bibb; Professor Koste; Professor Max Lipati; Iron Arms (villain, cameo, introduction) |
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| Publisher advertisement | The Greatest Action-Heroes of all Time! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Thunderbolt; The Fightin' 5 |
| Notes | Promotional house advertisement showing the covers of Fightin' Five (Charlton, 1964 Series) #40 (November 1966) and Thunderbolt (Charlton, 1966 series) #54 (October 1966).
Appears between pages 4 and 5 of the Captain Atom story. |
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| Featuring | Captain's Column |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Captain Atom |
| Notes | Letters from: Andrew Yanchus, Richard Mills, Mike Robertson, Mark Engstrom, Guy H. Lillian III, and Joe D. Kaposta. Replies by Dick Giordano. |
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| Comic Story | The New Blue Beetle (7 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Blue Beetle [Ted Kord] (introduction); Killer Koke; Killer Koke's Gang |
| Notes | Ditko is credited with concept and art but he also plotted the story. |
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