Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Steve Ditko from “The Man Who Saw Again” in Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #8, July 1958. Charlton Comics. Curious to see more? Click the link to read the entire vintage comic book.
Transcript:
SCENE: Man with eyes very wide open and hand (with fingers apart) reaching towards readers.
MAN: See? I told you! marijuana doesn’t affect me at all! Hey, look! My fingers are naked! Wow! so sexy! I wonder if I can date them!
CAPTION: 1958 Art: Steve Ditko New Dialogue: John Lustig
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↓ Transcript
SCENE: Man with eyes very wide open and hand (with fingers apart) reaching towards readers.
MAN: See? I told you! marijuana doesn’t affect me at all! Hey, look! My fingers are naked! Wow! so sexy! I wonder if I can date them!
CAPTION: 1958 Art: Steve Ditko New Dialogue: John Lustig
Tales of the Mysterious Traveler 8_9_3
MAN: See? I told you! marijuana doesn’t affect me at all! Hey, look! My fingers are naked! Wow! so sexy! I wonder if I can date them!
CAPTION: 1958 Art: Steve Ditko New Dialogue: John Lustig
Tales of the Mysterious Traveler 8_9_3
Ditko! I love that Jokerish/horror film close up first panel. One of the greats.
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“The blind man fell…and all of a sudden his sight’s been restored!”
“Really? I got jock itch. Quick! Someone knee me in the crotch!”
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“The blind man fell…and all of a sudden his sight’s been restored!”
“Really? Quick hold him down! We need to remove his eyeballs and dissect them for the advancement of science!”
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“The blind man fell…and all of a sudden his sight’s been restored!”
“Damn! And all this time I’ve been telling him I’m just a really flat chested girl!”
Yup. I love Ditko too. So expressive and oddly surreal!
Hey look! My fingers are naked! Wow! So sexy! I wonder if I can date them!
Son, we’re worried you already have…
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