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Micronauts Annual Issue 2 pg 08 inked by STEVE DITKO

Artists: Rich Buckler (Penciller) , Steve Ditko (Inker)

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Micronauts Annual Issue 2 pg 08 inked by STEVE DITKO Comic Art

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Title:	Micronauts Annual Issue 2 pg 08 inked by STEVE DITKO
Artist:	Rich Buckler (Penciller)
Artist:	Steve Ditko (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	472
Likes on CAF:	6 7
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	3/25/2023
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The beginning of this issue always felt a little 'off' to me, even when reading it as a child. It seemed that Buckler certainly did a good job of aping Ditko's style.

It was only after a conversation with editor Al Milgrom that I thought to take a close look at the book's credits and grokked that Rich Buckler only penciled the first few pages, and Ditko inked them before proceeding to finish the rest of the issue. Ditko inking someone else? THAT must be fairly unusual.

Wonder why Buckler left the book?

The credits would suggest that Ditko did all the art duties on this page, but I am very doubtful. There are certainly Ditko touches, but overall this feels like someone else. Further evidence that Buckler probably penciled the page? The doodles on the reverse. Not sure that Ditko was much of a doodler-on-the-reverse kind of guy.

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 3/25/2023

Well anything touched by Ditko is amazing in itself. This certainly has an old vintage look by those old police uniforms and faces. The cars and city also look like silver age as well. The only things that don't look entirely Ditko would be the panel that Micronauts fans care about the most. You don't usually see his figures breaking out of panels.

Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008

Posted on 3/25/2023

What a fun page. I love Rich as an artist. The touches by the legend Steve Ditko are obvious and thrilling!

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