Journey Into Unknown Worlds #45 - Al Williamson, Steve Ditko art

Journey Into Unknown Worlds #45

Journey Into Unknown Worlds v1 #45, 1957 - Are there civilizations living at the bottom of the ocean? Al Williamson opens with a serene image of a sailboat on the open sea. Despite the tranquility, this and other panels could have benefited from additional details. In general, the artist does merely an adequate job with the illustrations. Steve Ditko's tale of a flying saucer sighting shows more effort and distinctiveness. His close-ups of the UFO (see interior page below) have an appealing geometry. Ditko mostly inked his own work, but the sharpness and clarity of this work makes me wonder. Other artists in this golden age science fiction comic include John Forte, Robert McCarty, George Roussos and Ed Winiarski. Cover by Sol Brodsky. This is 1 of 2 Journey Into Unknown Worlds issues by Ditko and 1 of 3 Journey Into Unknown Worlds issues by Williamson. 
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"The World Beneath the Sea" Williamson story pencils (Gray Morrow? inks) 4 pages = ***
"The Night Visitor" Ditko story pencils (and inks?) 4 pages = ***

Al Williamson

Steve Ditko

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