THE DITKO COLLECTION


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THE DITKO COLLECTION VOLUME I (1966-1973 )XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
published by FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS, INC., feb 1985
edited by robin snyder

ditko cover (from interior art)
frontispiece
(from interior art)
2-page INTRODUCTION by robin snyder
XXXXXseveral of the sources for original material that snyder cites are factually inaccurate

PART ONE: 1960s
reprints
(in black & white, uncropped) art from the cover of ALL STARS! #1, summer 1965
reprints "midnight special" from WITZEND
#2, 1967
reprints "MR. A "angel" from WITZEND
#3, 1967
reprints "MR. A. "money" from WITZEND
#4, 1968
reprints "MR. A. "the polluters" from CHRONICLE
#3, mar 1973
reprints
(in black & white) "MR. A. "the choice" from the cover of SENSE OF WONDER #6, dec 1968
reprints "MR. A. "he is waiting" from THE COLLECTOR
#19, may 1970
reprints "MR. A. "it is either one or the other!" from unknown source, 1968
reprints "MR. A. "over the edge" from ALLSTARS
#2, 1968
reprints "MR. A. "they never learn" from unknown source, 1968
reprints "MR. A. "debaters" from THE COMIC CRUSADER
#4, dec 1968
reprints "MR. A. "too late!" from THE COMIC CRUSADER
#5, mar 1969
reprints "MR. A. "what happens to a man when he refuses to uphold the good?" from
XXXIXXXTHE COMIC CRUSADER #6, summer 1969 and #7, fall 1969
reprints "MR. A. "the defenders" from SENSE OF WONDER
#11, spring 1972
reprints "MR. A. "violence, the phoney issue!" from GUTS
#5, summer 1969
prints unpublished MR. A. illustration, 1969
reprints MR. A. illustration from GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS
#3, 1969
reprints MR. A. illustration from QUINTESSENCE
#22, may 1973
reprints "MR. A. "middle of the road" and back cover from GRAPHIC ILLUSIONS
#1, summer 1971

PART TWO: 1970s
reprints "the break-out!!" from WITZEND
#8, summer 1971
reprints "MR. A. "chapterplay" from THE COMIC CRUSADER
#13, 1972
reprints MR. A. illustration from EPOCH
#4, 1972
reprints wraparound cover from THE COLLECTOR
#26, summer 1972
reprints "MR. A. "when is a man to be judged evil?" from THE COLLECTOR
#26, summer 1972
reprints MR. A. illustration from 1972 SAN DIEGO COMIC CONVENTION PROGRAM BOOK
reprints "DITKO'S H SERIES PART I: "qualities under attack!" from
XXXIXXXTHE COMIC CRUSADER #14, 1972
reprints "DITKO'S H SERIES PART II: "the logic of justice -
XXXIXXXfitting ends to chosen means" from THE COMIC CRUSADER #15, 1973
reprints
(in black & white) the cover, "...right to kill!" and (in black & white) the back cover from
XXXIXXXMR. A., 1973
reprints "DITKO'S J SERIES: "a view of justice!" from THE COLLECTOR
#27, winter 1973

THE DITKO COLLECTION VOLUME II ( 1973-1976 )
published by FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS, INC., aug 1986
edited by robin snyder

ditko cover (from interior art)
frontispiece (originally intended for use as the cover, but rejected by the publisher)
1-page INTRODUCTION "ideas have consequences" by robin snyder

reprints "the avenging world", "the avenging world part 2.", wraparound cover and
XXXIXXX"the deadly alien" from AVENGING WORLD #2, 1973
reprints "libage vs. chain" from THE COLLECTOR #29, 1974
reprints "who owns original art?" from INSIDE COMICS #2, summer 1974
reprints "the screamer" from THE COMIC CRUSADER #17, 1976
reprints back cover, "case of the silent voice", "premise to consequence", "the void",
XXXIXXX"the captive spark" and "masquerade" from ..WHA..!? #3, 1975
reprints cover, "count rogue", "the brotherhood of the collective" and back cover
XXXIXXXfrom MR. A. #4, 1975
reprints "death vs. love-song" from COMIC CRUSADER STORYBOOK, 1978

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