Posted on 5/28/2009

Great page by the first and best Spidey artist/co-creator.

Posted on 6/1/2009

You are right, it's masterful. The window as the framing device is brilliant. It starts out with a tight closeup and then pulls further back until the fourth panel which switches the angle to the Crime Master and then, there's the window again, only now from the inside looking out. It's fascinating how he manages to move the story along both inside and outside the building.

Posted on 8/28/2011

caramba carambita,fantastic,bombastic,a real GEM.........

Posted on 3/11/2012

This page deserves more than 3 comments. I especially enjoy your write up and musings on Ditko's approach. He did more with/within panels than any artist I can think of. Congratulations on a wonderful page.

Posted on 8/26/2014

("What a perfect opportunity for me to have my revenge!") - This Ditko PAGE is all the RAGE!!!

Posted on 7/20/2020

Such a great, lovely page from Ditko! 

Posted on 4/2/2021

Simply spectacular.  One of the things I think makes this one so special is the 'presence' of the artist on this page; personality, politics, and sheer artistic prowess.  Far more here than on an action splash, honestly.  Obviously Mr. Ditko was at the peak of his powers in this period (I think even moreso than the end of his ASM run), and to have the cojones to allow the police to get the collar while all the main players of this 'flagship' book are conversing and observing is downright shocking, and unmistakably Ditko (thanks for pointing out the 'Strange and Stranger' passage; that's a REALLY great point!)

The craft present on this page (from the Crime Master's shadow on the bricks to the right angles everywhere, with the window panes and roof ledges) is dizzying.  What a glorious example, and a wondrous piece in your stunning collection!