Published Cover
Location: Steve Ditko
Artists:
Steve Ditko
(Penciller)
,
Keith Wilson
(Inker)
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Congrats on the pick up.
What a great find! I'm pretty sure the freedom Shooter gave Ditko at Marvel wasn't going to be the same when it came to Defiant as this would be a core book and things had to be Shooter's vision.
Wow a Ditko cover is special! I wasn't aware of this trading card + comic hybrid experience, sounds interesting - and very 90s. congrats on the cover art and the complete set
At this point in his life, perhaps Ditko was insisting on injecting his love of Objectivism into any project he was asked to do, and Shooter wasn't having it.
I found a blog posting from Jim Shooter where he talks about this and apparently it was a philisophical issue where the story was Platonic and Ditko's beliefs were Aristotelian:
https://jimshooter.com/2011/11/ditko-at-valiant-and-defiant-part-3.html/
Definitely a unique reason for leaving a comic book series!
Holy shit, that IS a unique reason! Thanks for that and the link, Ted.
Beautiful!
Not too many people in the world can say they have a published Ditko cover! Congratulations on a great piece!
A really unusual piece to have - both artistically and in terms of the backstory. The 'creative differences' is probably the least surprising aspect. The mutliple levels in the piece and the staircases that seem to go nowhere give it a feel of a meeting of Escher and Mr A. Congrats on finding this one!
Very cool! I remember working at my local comic book store when Defiant Comics hit the scene, and there was quite a strong buzz around Dark Dominion, although I think some fans were turned off by the trading cards. It was disappointing that the company didn't last long.
