Here's something else I posted over on the JB board, that seems more appropriate here.

The current run of Steve Ditko’s Mini-History so far.

Vol. 12, No.5 - May 2001 – Some Background
Vol. 12, No.7 – July 2001 – 1. the Green Goblin
Vol. 12, No. 10 – Oct. 2001 – 2. Amazing Fantasy #15
Vol. 12, No. 11 – Nov. 2001 – 3. The Amazing S-M #1
Vol. 13, No. 1 – Jan. 2002 – 4. The Amazing S-M #2
Vol. 13, No. 4 – April 2002 – 5. The Amazing S-M #3
Vol. 13, No. 5 – May 2002 – 6. Spider-woman/Spider-girl
Vol. 13, No. 8 – Aug. 2002 – 7. The Amazing S-M #4
Vol. 14, No. 2 – Feb. 2003 – 8. Others, Outsiders: Complaints Against Betty Brant
Vol. 14, No. 4 – April 2003 – 9. The OO’s and Aunt May
Vol. 14, No. 5 – May 2003 – 10. The OO’s and JJJ
Vol.14, No. 6 – June 2003 – 11. Further complaints and influence of the OO’s
Vol.14, No. 7 – July 2003 – 12. Guest Stars: Heroes and Villains
Vol. 14, No. 8 – August 2003 – 13. Speculation
Vol. 14, No. 9 - Sept. 2003 - 14. the Mistrial
Vol. 14, No. 11 - Nov. 2003 - Wind-up

other recent Ditko essays in "the Comics"
Vol. 13, No. 11 – Nov. 2002 – The Tsk!Tsk! Forum: …On an Unresolved Issue
Vol. 14, No. 3 – March 2003 – The Avenging Mind (Part 1 of 3)

Contact:
Robin Snyder
2284 Yew St. Rd. #B6
Bellingham, WA 98229-8899 USA

12 issue (1 year) subscription:
$28 US
$35 Foreign

Rscomics@aol.com

I can't recommend Mr. Snyders publication enough. Very unique and very inspired.

****Edited to update the list****

12/4/03 - The November 2003 issue marks the end of MINI-HISTORY. (Still hoping these may be collected one day).

Thank you.


DADDIO

Wonderful!...thanks so much for the info.My subscription order will be in the mail tomorrow:)....handy checklist as well.I'd love to see all these marvel history essays collected one day....now any word on the Ditko coffee table book?

http://www.ditko.comics.org/ditko/newSDMTa.html

DAD

I just received the September issue of "the Comics", and it appears that Ditko's "Mini-History" series is almost complete. Hopefully Robin and Steve consider collecting this interesting series of essay's under one cover some day.
Has anyone else been following these?

Just updated the list.
Mini-History ends with "Wind-up".
No one does it like Steve Ditko. Worth checking out.

I've found those series of essays by Ditko very informative and am disappointed that he is ending them with so much more to discuss, clarify and illuminate. I've learned much about his contributions to the strip, his working relationship with Stan Lee, and, specifically, how his inventive mind works. Ditko occasionally veers off into other directions, but despite any faults, these essays are invaluable and need to reach a wider audience in either a book collection or reprinted in Alter Ego.