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In this episode of Comics Odyssey we celebrate Steve Ditko’s Mysterious Suspense from 1968. Which means wrestling with what makes it brilliant and what makes it kind of a slog. We dig into Ditko’s unfiltered vision of The Question at Charlton - rigid, abrasive moral absolutism and all. Along the way we talk Ditko and Stan Lee’s storytelling chemistry, why this comic reads more like a dense noir essay than a breezy Marvel romp, how experimental lettering affects the reading experience, and what modern creators can learn from Ditko’s draftsmanship, panel density, and “too many word balloons” problem. It’s part appreciation and part craft lesson.
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