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Dikomania No. 96

Ditkomania No. 96The first issue of Ditkomania since its namesake’s passing in June 2018, opens with Editor Rob Imes Editkorial. “Despite the chatter about Ditko that goes on these days on the internet, I find that the pages of a zine like this can contain more thoughtful and knowledgeable insights.”

Contents
Rob Imes: Editkorial
Sam Gafford: Steve Ditko Owed You Nothing
Bryan Stroud: Ditko in Space: The 1980’s Starman Series, art by Fred Grivaud
Jason Sacks: Uneasy Lies the Crown: Steve Ditko on Starman
Rob Imes: Questar Warriors, Cosage the Cosmic Agent
Rob Imes: “Doctor Who” and Ditko
Larry Johnson: Ditko’s Horror Hosts
Joshua Warren: Ditko’s The Grey Negotiator (comic)
Letters: Dave Sim, Nick Caputo, Bob Jennings

Diktomania No. 96 July 2018
Editor/Publisher: Rob Imes
Cover: Darren Goodhart
Back cover & inside front cover: Jim McPherson
Inside back cover: Tom Ahearn
40 pages (w/covers), $3.00 postage paid from Rob Imes
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Opening Lines

Opening Lines

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Opening Lines

Opening Lines

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