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Steve Ditko

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Journey into Mystery #33

There’ll Be Some Changes Made

by Carl Wessler and Steve Ditko

Paul Haines spends his days stewing over the money his 18th-centery ancestor wasted, until he realizes that there’s a way he can get it. I found the story oddly disquieting in that Paul never really faced punishment for his crime and he got the girl too boot—definitely not the usual weird fiction pattern, although I’ll still tag it that way.
— Michael Main
Change the past! Why haven’t I thought of this before? It can be done!

“There’ll Be Some Changes Made” by Carl Wessler and Steve Ditko, in Journey into Mystery #33 (Atlas Comics, April 1956).

Journey into Mystery #38

Those Who Vanish!

by Carl Wessler and Steve Ditko

Conman Pete Arlen buys a magic spring that purportedly makes people twenty years younger, and then he unloads it before knowing all the particulars of its magic.
— Michael Main
You mean to tell me that the waters of Chi-Na-Nichi actually makes people twenty years younger!

“Those Who Vanish!” by Carl Wessler and Steve Ditko, in Journey into Mystery #38 (Atlas Comics, September 1956).

Unusual Tales #7

The Man Who Could See Tomorrow

by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko

A plain Joe just wants to get rid of the scarey power he has to see tomorrow’s events today.
— Michael Main
I heard that story you just told . . . and I believe you!

“The Man Who Could See Tomorrow” by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko, Unusual Tales #7 (Charlton Comics, May 1957).

Unusual Tales #9

Clairvoyance

by Joe Gill [?] and [?Steve Ditko[/exn]

Young David Fenner just wants to play baseball, but when an electric charge zaps him with the power of clairvoyance, researchers at the local university have other plans for the boy.
— Michael Main
There were no ill effects from the shock! But some days later, the first signs of his hunusual new power appeared . . .

“Clairvoyance” by Joe Gill [?] and [?Steve Ditko[/exn], Unusual Tales #9 (Charlton Comics, November 1957).

Unusual Tales #11

Second Chance

by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko

After Dr. Paul Faine accomplishes his life’s work, he begins to reflect on the past and whether the world is ready for limitless power.
— Michael Main
Now we will see into the coree of the atom . . . the core which is the basis of all things! We will be able to produce life in the test tube, blow up the world with the touch of a finger!

“Second Chance” by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko, Unusual Tales #11 (Charlton Comics, March 1958).

Unusual Tales #14

Giant from the Unknown

by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko

While digging a well, farmer John Grainey stumbles upon a buried giant.
— Michael Main
I believe your giant was in some scientific vault from another age [. . .]

“Giant from the Unknown” by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko, Unusual Tales #14 (Charlton Comics, December 1958).

Unusual Tales #25

The Confederate Girl

by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko

Civil War mythbuster Hiram White moves to a small Georgia town where the townspeople believe that Confederate ghosts still ride through the dusk.
— Michael Main
Miss Belle Herbert once lived here! During the Civil War she was a southern spy and captured by Major Joshua White!

“The Confederate Girl” by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko, Unusual Tales #25 (Charlton Comics, December 1960).

Unusual Tales #27

Look into the Future

by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko

Decades ago, a prescient dream gave a young man confidence to ruthlessly pursue his ambitions.
— Michael Main
The mine did cave later . . . but mining is a dangerous business and some always die! The important thing is, I got production!

“Look into the Future” by Joe Gill [?] and Steve Ditko, Unusual Tales #27 (Charlton Comics, April 1961).

Strange Tales #111

Face-to-Face with the Magic of Baron Mordo!

by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko

Steve Ditko’s second-ever story of the master of the mystic arts includes one panel that, based on Stan Lee’s caption, involves time travel. Even though it was just one panel, it got me wondering whether the phrase race through time could possibly have a meaning. What would it mean for one time traveler to arrive at the final destination before another? Isn't the whole set up kind of like Doc Strange saying to Baron Mordo, “I’ll bet I can think of a number bigger than you can.”
— Michael Main
Unseen by human eyes, the two mighty spirit images race thru time and space . . .

“Face-to-Face with the Magic of Baron Mordo!” by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, in Strange Tales 111 (Marvel Comics, August 1963).

Strange Tales #123

The Challenge of Loki!

by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko


“The Challenge of Loki!” by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, in Strange Tales 123 (Marvel Comics, August 1964).

Strange Tales #124

The Lady from Nowhere!

by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko


“The Lady from Nowhere!” by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, in Strange Tales 124 (Marvel Comics, September 1964).

Strange Tales #129

Beware . . . Tiboro! The Tyrant of the Sixth Dimension!

by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko


“Beware . . . Tiboro! The Tyrant of the Sixth Dimension!” by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, in Strange Tales 129 (Marvel Comics, February 1965).

Marvel Cinematic Universe 14

Doctor Strange

by Jon Spaihts, Scott Derrickson, and C. Robert Cargill, directed by Scott Derrickson

After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
— from publicity material
Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain.

Doctor Strange by Jon Spaihts, Scott Derrickson, and C. Robert Cargill, directed by Scott Derrickson (premiered at an unknown movie theater, Hong Kong, 13 October 2016).

What If . . . ? [s1e04]

What If . . . Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?

by A. C. Bradley, directed by Bryan Andrews

As we all know, when the world’s formost surgeon, Doctor Strange, lost the use of his hands in a car wreck, it prompted him to search out mystic treatments and eventually become the Master of the Mystic Arts. But what if he had lost something else in that wreck?
— Michael Main
The Ancient One: Her death is an Absolute Point in time.
Dr. Strange: Absolute?
A.O.: Unchangable. Unmovable. Without her death, you would never have defeated Dormamu and become the Sorcerer Supreme—and the guardian of the Eye of Agamotto. If you erase her death, you never start your journey.

“What If . . . Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?” by A. C. Bradley, directed by Bryan Andrews, What If . . . ? [s01e04] (Disney+, worldwide, 1 September 2021).

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