Censorship has been around longer than Steve Ditko, and while he has always
been held in the higher regard as an artist, that hasn't placed him above having
his artwork altered. The Comics Code Authority kicked in around 1955, and kicked out
alot of the "filth" (aka anything interesting) that was supposedly perverting young
minds. And while one may be able to make an argument against rampant depictions
and rape and pillage in a children's medium, the Code had set up stringent rules
of conduct to manipulate the reader's thought process, as it related to good and
evil. The Code was to be a moral authority, and the results could be rather
humourous at times...
TALES OF THE MYSTERIOUS TRAVELER #7
STRANGE TALES #83
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #11
FANTASTIC FOUR #20
AMAZING FANTASY #15 cover
STRANGE TALES #100
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Added Saturday May 26, 2001
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #20 Pin-Up
TALES OF SUSPENSE #48 Splash
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF DITKO (or any other Marvel Silver Age
artist) BEING CENSORED OR ALTERED, PLEASE E-MAIL
ME, SO THAT I CAN ADD IT TO THIS SECTION. YOU WILL RECEIVE FULL CREDIT FOR YOUR
CONTRIBUTIONS.
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