Comic Book Cartography

Source: "Worlds Finest" #223 - Dick Sprang

Source: "Strange Tales" #102. Jack Kirby.

Sean Howe is posting vintage comic frames that include The Gem Theater, central location of Marvel's "Luke Cage, Powerman" in the early to mid-1970s. This is an excellent window into the "socially relevant" trend in comics from that period.

See the whole gallery here: http://gemtheater.posterous.com/

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Scanned from the original printings. These images are much larger than the Posterous enlargements. Click to download and see them huge.

Images 1 & 2: "Strange Tales" #138, 1965. Steve Ditko, pencils and inks. Stan Lee, words.
Images 2 & 3: "Strange Tales" #146, 1966. Steve Ditko, pencils and inks. Dennis O'Neil, words.
Color designs likely by Stan Goldberg or Marie Severin.

Source: "Strange Tales" #144

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"Santa Claus Funnies" #254, 1949.

Illustration by Steve Ditko, "Tales of Suspense" #20, 1961.

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