{"product_id":"impossible-tales","title":"Impossible Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eFive years before Steve Ditko began work on his now legendary co-creations for Marvel Comics, the Amazing Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, he was pro- ducing some of his best work in near anonymity for Charlton Comics. Like its predecessors, \u003cem\u003eImpossible Tales: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 4\u003c\/em\u003e features over 200 meticulously restored full-color pages of Ditko in his early prime-stories that have never seen a proper reprinting until now, thrilling stories of suspense, mystery, haunted houses, and unsuspecting victims all delineated in Ditko's wildly idiosyncratic, masterful style. This fourth volume ranks as the best in the Archives series to date thanks in large part to the inspiration Ditko took from comics derived from the classic host-narrated radio shows, which gave an extra oomph to his creepy yarns. Moreover, comics such as \u003cem\u003eThis Magazine is Haunted\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTales of The Mysterious Traveler\u003c\/em\u003e bore witness to a veritable explosion in Ditko's ingenuity in terms of manipulating the traditional comic-book page layout. This new level of excellence also manifested itself in his work on other books, such \u003cem\u003eMysteries of Unexplored Worlds\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOut of This World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStrange Suspense Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eUnusual Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, all of which are amply represented in this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steve Ditko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42850305343549,"sku":"9781606996409","price":59.36,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9781606996409_8206a413-69a7-4ec9-899a-8459decb8966.jpg?v=1767072152","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/impossible-tales","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}