Daring Love #1 - 1st Steve Ditko art + 1st issue

Daring Love #1

Daring Love v1 #1, 1953 - Published by Gilmore Magazines, this series was retitled Radiant Love after this first issue. The cover seems boldly implicit in its sexuality, similar to pulp paperbacks targeted toward male audiences of the era. Yet the interior stories are typically standard (and mild) romantic fare for teenage girls. The farmer's daughter theme is repeated in the Steve Ditko tale, but his version is more tastefully done by comparison. An abundance of text crowds most of his panels, but even then his artwork is clearly unpolished and far from memorable. The first and last panels reveal the couple through an open trapdoor from above, giving the scenes a slightly voyeuristic intimacy. This story is commonly credited as Ditko's first start in comics, although Fantastic Fears #5 is his first professionally drawn story. This is 1 of 1 Daring Love issues by Ditko. /// key 1st issue / 1st start Steve Ditko
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"Paper Romance" Ditko story pencils and inks 6 pages = **

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