Saturday, December 13, 2008

Holiday Tales Bonus! Steve Ditko "On the Day of His Return"

Merry Christmas and Yuletide Greetings, Groovesters! Ol' Groove has a tiny bit of spare time on his hands, so I thought I'd share this little Steve Ditko illustrated gem I dug up. This tale is from DC Comics' Time Warp #3 (November/December, 1979) and is written by Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn. Time Warp was DC's attempt to revive the sci-fi anthology, by presenting tons of stories by their best writers and artists in the big 68 page Dollar Comic format. The mag was really far-out, but only lasted five issues (July, 1979-March, 1980). Writers Mishkin and Cohn were just starting out at the time, but went on to be quite a prolific writing team in the late 70s/early 80s. You'll hear more about Time Warp, Mishkin, and Cohn as the Diversions keep on comin'! Meantime, enjoy this little quickie!
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7 comments:

  1. joe ackermanDecember 13, 2008 at 8:14 PM

    sweet.

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  5. ScottDecember 15, 2008 at 1:07 PM

    Groovy agent, I think Susan is a Bot.

    However, I did recently come across your blog and am loving it. Thanks for the Ditko delight!

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  6. The Groovy AgentDecember 15, 2008 at 3:11 PM

    Thanks, Scott. Shows I should be awake when moderating...

    Glad you're digging the Diversions. More Ditko to come!

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  7. Mike MikulovskySeptember 5, 2009 at 5:17 PM

    Hey Groovy one!
    Thanks for sharing this tale from the Time warp Zone! Nice ending also, here I thought Santa was going to turn out to be a android!! Glad he didn't, this would work as a great Captain Marvel/Shazam tale as a special x-Mas/holiday tale. If rewritten, maybe Santa uses the Rock of Eternity as his warp to jump around the globe as well. SHAZAM! Mike

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