[The Australian Panther]

[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!

Link to the book: Captain Atom 83