Showing posts with label Joe Gill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joe Gill. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Reading Room OUT OF THIS WORLD "Man Who Stepped Out of a Cloud"

Let's have a look at a Steve Ditko story...
...that shows both his storytelling and rendering talents at their best.
Written by Joe Gill and illustrated by Steve Ditko, this tale from Charlton's Out of This World #5 (1957) is a superb example of how to tell a complete story in just five pages.
While the script isn't the greatest, Ditko tells the story effectively with both "talking heads" (and very distinctive, individualistic talking heads, at that), and kool graphics showing things impossible to portray convincingly with the SFX technology of the 1950s.
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Thursday, September 19, 2024

Reading Room OUTER SPACE "Repair Stop"

Today's comics creators have lost the ability to tell a straightforward story...
...in a short story format!
It wasn't always this way....
Written by Joe Gill and illustrated by Steve Ditko, this efficent, effective tale from Charlton's Outer Space #18 (1958) sets up the minimal plot, conveys multiple points of view, and delivers a satisfying ending...all within four pages!
If it was done today, it'd be a book-length tale!
You'll note Ditko's heavy use of pen, rather than brush for inking, resulting in a less-lush, less organic "feel" and a lot more cross-hatching instead of feathering than his work only a year later, when he was transitioning from Charlton over to Atlas/Marvel.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Reading Room SPACE ADVENTURES "Last Ship from Earth"

Ever hear the phrase "Damned if you do, damned if you don't"?

Well, Commander MacKenzie Smith is about to live it!
This never-reprinted tale from Charlton's Space Adventures V2N32 (1960) asks the questions: "What happens if the cure is worse than the disease?" and "Do you blame the person who found/brought you the cure?"
Sadly, even the Grand Comics Database isn't sure who created this story, though they propose two prolific Charlton contributors, writer Joe Gill and artist Bill Montes as the creatives.
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Reading Room SPACE WAR "Comeback"

What's cooler than re-presenting an over six decade-old never-reprinted Steve Ditko story?
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
I love what I do!
And, as they say, if you love what you do, it ain't work!





Written by Joe Gill and illustrated by Steve Ditko, this story from Charlton's Space War #10 (1961) has some weird "echoes" of the origin of Captain Atom II in Charlton's Space Adventures #33 (1960)...by the same creatives!
(We showed it HERE!)
Could this story have been created before "Introducing Captain Atom" and held in inventory until a slot opened up?
We'll never know...

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

Reading Room OUT OF THIS WORLD "Conquered Earth"

Ever wonder if Steve Ditko could do Jack Kirby-style epic star-spanning storytelling?
Well, wonder no more, True Believer!
Illustrated by Ditko, written, most likely, by Joe Gill, this tale was tucked in the back of Charlton's Out of This World #4 (1957), which featured three Ditko-rendered stories out of four tales!
Ah, those were the days...
When the story was reprinted in Charlton's Space War #31 (1978), it was finally cover-featured, with the cover for a different (and still never-reprinted) Ditko-illustrated tale...
...which we re-presented a couple of days ago, as shown HERE!
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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder SPACE MAN "Out Into Space" Conclusion

Returing to Earth after successfully breaching the Anti-Force that kept humans from leaving Earth orbit, Ian and Johnny must keep from the public that they are now part of a secret interplanetary defense force operated by a (dare I say) federation of planets to protect the galaxy.
The series would run another seven issues that got even weirder and wilder than this premiere from Dell's Four Color #1253.
We'll be presenting those tales in the future.
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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder SPACE MAN "Out Into Space" Part 3

Hey, we're in the middle of a war here!
Check out Part 1 and Part 2, when you have a chance.
In the meantime, dive in...
Think this is the end of the story?
Heck, it's not even the end of the issue!
Be here next Wednesday...
...when our heroes face the world, and lie through their teeth to almost everyone!
Illustrated by Jack Sparling, and probably written by Joe Gill, this story from Dell's Four Color #1253 (1962) was the kickoff to a series that would continue for seven more issues in the early 1960s, then disappear from view...until now!
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