Amazing Spider-man #4 - Steve Ditko art & cover + 1st Sandman

Steve Ditko

Amazing Spider-man v1 #4, 1963 -  An escaped convict gets caught in a nuclear explosion, where he gains the ability to turn to sand. His subsequent crime spree leads him to hide out at the local high school. Steve Ditko's cover demonstrates the villain's amorphous powers, but the overall design seems a tad anti-climactic. The opening splash elicits more excitement, displaying a split-screen portrait of the Sandman (his first appearance) in two separate settings. The different forms his body takes is imaginatively drawn throughout the story. Ditko even takes extra care with the villain's face, rendering it in a gritty and granular style. Written by Stan Lee, this is 4 of 38 Amazing Spider-Man issues by Ditko. /// key 1st appearance, 1st cover, 1st origin silver age Sandman 
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Ditko cover pencils and inks = ***
"Nothing Can Stop...The Sandman" Ditko story pencils and inks 21 pages = ***

Steve Ditko

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