It’s the first day of October, time to kick things
in to high gear!
I was trying
like crazy to get reviews done of DC’s Mysteries
in Space Fireside anthology and Rocket Raccoon’s 1985 mini-series before
September ended, but everything just kept holding me back. Rest assured though,
unlike last year, November and December will be very busy months (especially
the former). Besides, after covering Green Lantern, Captain Mar-Vell, Guardians
of the Galaxy and Fantastic Four, it’ll be nice to post something not related to space for the first time
in months!
Here’s a
moody little Ditko yarn filled with all the perfect ingredients for this month;
a grimy old castle, a genius tampering with forces man must leave alone,
lightning, dark shadows and things that live but should not. It’s also
interesting how this story, credited only to Ditko (although the dialogue is
obviously not by him) reflects his Objectivist themes of absolute Good and
absolute Evil in its two opposing sculptures; themes he would beat to death in
Blue Beetle and Mr. A, and in one Blue Beetle story that featured sculptures
(and a cameo by the Question!):
From 1959, here’s “I Spent Midnight with the
Monster on Bald Mountain” from Tales to
Astonish #7 (originally entitled “I Spent Midnight with the Thing on Bald
Mountain”). All © Marvel. Enjoy! This isn’t the last of Ditko we’ll see this
month.
Off-topic, but will you be doing another How'd It Get Burned anytime soon?
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I can work it into that format, but I will be doing a review of the 1999 movie Virus in comparison to the Dark Horse limited series that inspired it.
DeleteRest assured that the next time I do a How'd It Get Burned, it will be BIG. And may possibly involve pictures of the blue, disembodied plastic head of Jamie Foxx, in the most precarious of public locations.