
The Steve Ditko Omnibus Vol. 1: Starring Shade, the Changing Man
Part of the DC Omnibus guide — every release, in reading order
DC collects Steve Ditko's 1970s comics SHADE, THE CHANGING MAN #1-8 and STALKER #1-4, along with stories from STRANGE ADVENTURES, PLOP, HOUSE OF MYSTERY, HOUSE OF SECRETS, WEIRD WAR TALES, SECRETS OF HAUNTED HOUSE, TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED, TIME WARP, GHOSTS and MYSTERY IN SPACE!
1 printing · 1 variant · 2011
DC Legacy Omnibus
This is an early DC omnibus produced in a standard book size (6.99" × 10.49"), smaller than the current oversized DC Omnibus format (7.25" × 10.875"). These were published before DC standardized on the larger format.
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Also collected in
100% of this book is also in other books we catalog.
2 more books share a few stories
The House of Secrets: The Bronze Age Omnibus Vol. 2 · 3% of this book
The Dead Boy Detectives Omnibus · 2% of this book
Creators
click a creator to highlightWriterSteve Ditko +22
PencilerSteve Ditko +14
InkerSteve Ditko +19
ColoristJerry Serpe +10
LettererBen Oda +16
Percentages may exceed 100% when multiple creators share a role on the same issue.
Issues (45)
Unverified order1. #1 Shade, the Changing Man (1977)18pp
🖼️Cover — Steve Ditko · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer,
📋Editorial — 2 credits
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2. #2 Shade, the Changing Man (1977)18pp
🖼️Cover — Steve Ditko · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 3 stories
"Mysterious Messages to the Meta-Zone [Letters]"1pp
"What Does "Showcase" Mean, Anyway? [Column]"1pp
"In Memorium"1pp
3. #3 Shade, the Changing Man (1977)18pp
🖼️Cover — Steve Ditko · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 2 stories
"Mysterious Messages to the Meta-Zone [Letters]"1pp
"Volume 77 Issue 27 - Week of July 4, 1977 [Column]"1pp
4. #4 Shade, the Changing Man (1977)18pp
🖼️Cover — Steve Ditko · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 2 stories
"Mysterious Messages to the Meta-Zone [Letters]"1pp
"The Greatest Superman Story Ever Told [Column]"1pp
5. #5 Shade, the Changing Man (1977)18pp
🖼️Cover — Steve Ditko · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 2 stories
"Mysterious Messages to the Meta-Zone [Letters]"1pp
"Volume 77 Issue 43 - Week of October 24, 1977 [Column]"1pp
6. #6 Shade, the Changing Man (1977)18pp
🖼️Cover — Steve Ditko · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 2 stories
"Mysterious Messages to the Meta-Zone [Letters]"1pp
"A Word About the Fight of the Century [Column]"1pp
7. #7 Shade, the Changing Man (1977)18pp
🖼️Cover — Steve Ditko · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 2 stories
"Mysterious Messages to the Meta-Zone [Letters]"1pp
"Volume 78 Issue 10 - Week of March 6th, 1978 [Column]"1pp
8. #8 Shade, the Changing Man (1977)18pp
🖼️Cover — Steve Ditko · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 3 stories
"Mysterious Messages to the Meta-Zone [Letters]"1pp
"The Answer Man [Column]"1pp
"36 Gerry Conway [Column]"1pp
9. #1 Stalker (1975)19pp
🖼️Cover — Steve Ditko · 1pp
✏️Penciler
🖋️Inker
🎨Colorist
📋Editorial — 5 credits
📋Editor, , ,
📋Asst. Editor
Not included — 2 stories
"The Sword & the Soul [Letters]"1pp
"Map of Stalker's World [Illustration]"1pp
10. #2 Stalker (1975)19pp
🖼️Cover — Steve Ditko · 1pp
✏️Penciler
🖋️Inker
🎨Colorist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor
📋Asst. Editor
Not included — 1 story
"Stalker's World [Letters]"1pp
11. #3 Stalker (1975)19pp
🖼️Cover — Steve Ditko · 1pp
✏️Penciler
🖋️Inker
🎨Colorist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor
📋Asst. Editor
Not included — 1 story
"The Sword & the Soul [Letters]"1pp
12. #4 Stalker (1975)19pp
🖼️Cover — Steve Ditko · 1pp
✏️Penciler
🖋️Inker
🎨Colorist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor
📋Asst. Editor
Not included — 1 story
"The Sword & the Soul [Letters]"1pp
13. #188 Strange Adventures (1950)9pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Sparling · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"I Was the Four Seasons"8pp
"Professor Eureka"1pp
"Cap's Hobby Hints [Activity]"1pp
"Direct Currents [Column]"1pp
"Health Myths Debunked! [PSA]"1pp
"Don't Bring That Monster to Life"9pp
"The Indestructible Urn"1pp
14. #189 Strange Adventures (1950)10pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Sparling · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 6 stories
"Cap's Hobby Hints [Activity]"1pp
"Direct Currents [Column]"1pp
"Your Free Trip Around the World! [PSA]"1pp
"Testing Ground for Terror!"8pp
"The Monster-Go-Round!"8pp
"2,000-Year-Old Electric Batteries"1pp
15. #16 Plop! (1973)7pp
🖼️Cover — Wally Wood · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor
📋Asst. Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"The Make-out Queen of Lord Byron High!"6pp
"Plop Drop [Letters]"1pp
"[Foreword]"1pp
"Whatever happened to Fay Wray? [Cartoon]"1pp
"Lover's Plops [Cartoon]"2pp
"Lady Godiva's Bareback Ride [Cartoon]"1pp
"[Foreword]"1pp
16. #236 House of Mystery (1951)9pp
🖼️Cover — Bernie Wrightson · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🎨Colorist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor
📋Asst. Editor
Not included — 3 stories
"Deep Sleep"9pp
"Cain's Mail Room [Letters]"1pp
"Cain's Game Room [Cartoon]"1pp
17. #247 House of Mystery (1951)11pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Sparling · 1pp
✏️Penciler
🖋️Inker
🎨Colorist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 3 stories
"The Ghost of Deadman's Breach!"7pp
"Cain's Mail Room [Letters]"1pp
"Justice for All Includes Children. 7 [PSA]"1pp
18. #254 House of Mystery (1951)8pp
🖼️Cover — Neal Adams · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🎨Colorist,
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 14 stories
"The Night Job"10pp
"Abel's Fables"1pp
"Dead Man's Bride"7pp
"The Curse of the Sea Monkey!"7pp
"Gregory the Gargoyle"3pp
"Skin Game"6pp
"Trial by Fire"8pp
"Do's and Don'ts for Vampires!"1pp
"The Devil's Plague"7pp
"Cain's Mail Room [Letters]"2pp
"[Foreword]"5pp
"Cain's Game Room [Cartoon]"1pp
"House of Mystery Puzzle [Activity]"1pp
"Swamp Thing from the Beginning [Column]"1pp
19. #258 House of Mystery (1951)7pp
🖼️Cover — Joe Orlando · 1pp
✏️Penciler
🖋️Inker
🎨Colorist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 13 stories
"Cain the Caretaker [Foreword]"5pp
"Blood and Tinsel"8pp
"Gargoyle Twice a Day"6pp
"Cain's Game Room"1pp
"Showdown with Death!"5pp
"Wake Up the Dead"9pp
"Cain the Caretaker [Foreword]"1pp
"The Champ Wouldn't Stay Dead!"7pp
"Cain's Game Room"1pp
"Once a Criminal"10pp
"Street Killer"5pp
"Cain's Mail Room [Letters]"2pp
"Cain's Game Room [Cartoon]"1pp
20. #276 House of Mystery (1951)6pp
🖼️Cover — Michael Wm. Kaluta · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🎨Colorist
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 7 stories
"The Faceless Man"4pp
"Blood of the Twilight Reign"6pp
"Cain's Mail Room [Letters]"1pp
"[Foreword]"1pp
"Cain's Game Room [Cartoon]"1pp
"The Answer Man [Column]"1pp
"Number 55 Lois Barker [Column]"1pp
21. #139 House of Secrets (1956)9pp
🖼️Cover — Bernie Wrightson · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor
📋Asst. Editor
Not included — 4 stories
"The House of Secrets Speaks! [Letters]"1pp
"A Real Crazy Kid"6pp
"Instant Rebirth!"3pp
"Melting Wax Statues; Wrong Man Hanged; Planet Pool [Cartoon]"1pp
22. #148 House of Secrets (1956)9pp
🖼️Cover — Gray Morrow · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 4 stories
"Abel"1pp
"Roman Holiday"8pp
"The House of Secrets Speaks! [Letters]"1pp
"#19 Julius Schwartz [Column]"1pp
23. #46 Weird War Tales (1971)3pp
🖼️Cover — Leo Durañona · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🎨Colorist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor
📋Asst. Editor
Not included — 4 stories
"Kill or Be Killed!"9pp
"The Voodoo Warrior"6pp
"A.P.O. Weird War Tales [Letters]"1pp
"Justice for All Includes Children, 3 [PSA]"1pp
24. #49 Weird War Tales (1971)3pp
🖼️Cover — Jack Sparling · 1pp
✏️Penciler
🖋️Inker
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 5 stories
"The Face of the Enemy"5pp
"A Rite to Die!"3pp
"Mark of the Conqueror"7pp
"A.P.O. Weird War Tales [Letters]"1pp
"Justice for All Includes Children, 7 [PSA]"1pp
25. #95 Weird War Tales (1971)8pp
🖼️Cover — Joe Kubert · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 5 stories
"Introduction [Foreword]"1pp
"Come Play War with Me!"7pp
"The Way of the Horse"3pp
"A.P.O. Weird War Tales [Letters]"1pp
"Between Flesh and Fantasy"7pp
26. #99 Weird War Tales (1971)6pp
🖼️Cover — Dave Cockrum · 1pp
✏️Penciler
🖋️Inker
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 5 stories
"Introduction [Foreword]"1pp
"A Gauntlet of Giants!"8pp
"A Match Made in Hell!"6pp
"A.P.O. Weird War Tales [Letters]"1pp
"Divine Wind"5pp
27. #104 Weird War Tales (1971)7pp
🖼️Cover — Joe Kubert · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 5 credits
📋Editor, , ,
📋Asst. Editor
Not included — 7 stories
"Death Treaty [Foreword]"1pp
"Secret Enemy!"9pp
"Proxy Court-Martial"2pp
"War Games"6pp
"Roll for Your Life!"2pp
"A.P.O. Weird War Tales [Letters]"1pp
"The Monster Marines"1pp
28. #105 Weird War Tales (1971)7pp
🖼️Cover — Jim Aparo · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🎨Colorist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 5 credits
📋Editor, , ,
📋Asst. Editor
Not included — 5 stories
"Introduction [Foreword]"1pp
"The War at Home!"10pp
"A.P.O. Weird War Tales [Letters]"1pp
"Stolen Skin"8pp
"The Last War Game"2pp
29. #106 Weird War Tales (1971)9pp
🖼️Cover — Joe Kubert · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 5 credits
📋Editor, , ,
📋Asst. Editor
Not included — 4 stories
"The Dame or the Dinosaur"10pp
"A.P.O. Weird War Tales [Letters]"1pp
"Old Soldiers Always Die!"7pp
"Ambushed by the Dead"2pp
30. #9 Secrets of Haunted House (1975)6pp
🖼️Cover — Luis Dominguez · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 5 stories
"Great Terror"1pp
"Maid to Order"5pp
"Dig Your Own Grave"6pp
"The Haunted Mailbox [Letters]"1pp
"The Greatest Superman Story Ever Told [Column]"1pp
31. #12 Secrets of Haunted House (1975)4pp
🖼️Cover — Joe Orlando · 1pp
✏️Penciler
🖋️Inker
🎨Colorist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 5 stories
"Secrets of Haunted House [Foreword]"1pp
"Yorick's Skull"8pp
"Life Sentence"5pp
"The Haunted Mailbox [Letters]"1pp
"Volume 78 Issue 10 - Week of March 6th, 1978 [Column]"1pp
32. #41 Secrets of Haunted House (1975)7pp
🖼️Cover — Joe Kubert · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 6 stories
"Secrets of Haunted House"2pp
"Castle in the Attic"6pp
"Canine Conniptions"2pp
"Time Piece!"3pp
"Afflatus"1pp
"The Blood Curse of Maule's Well!"8pp
33. #45 Secrets of Haunted House (1975)9pp
🖼️Cover — Ernie Colón · 1pp
✏️Penciler
🖋️Inker
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 5 stories
"Abel's Thanksgiving Dinner...or Not? [Foreword]"1pp
"The Passing of the Power!"7pp
"The Haunted Mailbox [Letters]"1pp
"The Final Page"3pp
"The Royal House of the Dead"8pp
34. #189 The Unexpected (1968)10pp
🖼️Cover — Luis Dominguez · 2pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 15 stories
"The Unexpected [Illustration]"1pp
"The Haunted Skyscraper"6pp
"Escape from the Grave"7pp
"Death Was in the Driver's Seat!"4pp
"Face of Death"4pp
"Killer Pack"5pp
"Cruise of Corpses"7pp
"The Killing Machine"8pp
"Abel [Foreword]"1pp
"A Deadly Game"3pp
"The Revenge of the Toymaker"8pp
"Unexpected Mail [Letters]"1pp
"Feeble Fables [Cartoon]"1pp
"The Witching Hour [Cartoon]"1pp
"Abel's Fables [Cartoon]"1pp
35. #221 The Unexpected (1968)10pp
🖼️Cover — Joe Kubert · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 4 stories
"The Day after Doomsday"7pp
"Unexpected Mail [Letters]"1pp
"Good Deed"1pp
"Trouble with Air!"8pp
36. #1 Time Warp (1979)10pp
🖼️Cover — Michael Wm. Kaluta · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer, ,
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 7 stories
"If the World Had to End Twice..."8pp
"The Righteous Ones"6pp
"The Survivors"7pp
"Through the... Time Warp [Letters]"2pp
"The Monsters"8pp
"Rescue"6pp
"The Man Who Could See Yesterday!"7pp
37. #2 Time Warp (1979)9pp
🖼️Cover — Michael Wm. Kaluta · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 8 stories
"Return to the Stars"8pp
"The Saviours!"7pp
"Through the... Time Warp [Letters]"2pp
"Metal"3pp
"Energy Source"7pp
"The Truth!"6pp
"Scavengers"6pp
"Cultural Exchange"6pp
38. #3 Time Warp (1979)11pp
🖼️Cover — Michael Wm. Kaluta · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 7 stories
"Time Warp"8pp
"The Stranger from the Edge of Tomorrow"6pp
"Rites of Spring"6pp
"...In Love's Name!"7pp
"Out of Their Heads"6pp
"Plague"8pp
"Through the... Time Warp [Letters]"2pp
39. #4 Time Warp (1979)4pp
🖼️Cover — Michael Wm. Kaluta · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 3 credits
📋Editor, ,
Not included — 8 stories
"Pen Pal"8pp
"I, the Creature"6pp
"Through the... Time Warp [Letters]"2pp
"The Most Special of Effects"4pp
"Asteroid Treachery"7pp
"The Hole in Reality's Heart"7pp
"The Uncommon Cold"9pp
"The Last Megathus"7pp
40. #77 Ghosts (1971)11pp
🖼️Cover — Luis Dominguez · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🎨Colorist
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 6 stories
"Ghosts and the Supernatural"1pp
"Never Taunt a Specter"3pp
"The Phantom Falcon"3pp
"When Johnny Comes Haunting Home"1pp
"Hembeck"1pp
"Volume 79 Issue 10 - Week of March 5, 1979 [Column]"1pp
41. #111 Ghosts (1971)11pp
🖼️Cover — Joe Kubert · 1pp
🖌️Artist
📋Editorial — 1 credit
📋Editor
Not included — 3 stories
"The Burton Method"7pp
"Spirit Writing [Letters]"1pp
"The Last Kung-Fu Movie"8pp
42. #111 Mystery in Space (1951)8pp
🖼️Cover — Joe Kubert · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 5 stories
"Final Warning!"5pp
"Wonders of Space [Letters]"1pp
"Viewpoints"6pp
"Sure Things"1pp
"The Singling"6pp
43. #114 Mystery in Space (1951)5pp
🖼️Cover — Joe Kubert · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 5 stories
"Betrayal on Gamma Nova"7pp
"Via Rocket Mail [Letters]"1pp
"The One That Matters"3pp
"Second Chance"4pp
"Killing Time"7pp
44. #115 Mystery in Space (1951)4pp
🖼️Cover — Joe Kubert · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 2 credits
📋Editor,
Not included — 5 stories
"Ark"7pp
"Via Rocket Mail [Letters]"1pp
"That Which Conquers All"4pp
"Diplomatic Immunity"4pp
"Certified Safe!"7pp
45. #2 Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (1978)27pp
🖼️Cover — Alex Saviuk · 1pp
🖌️Artist
🔤Letterer
📋Editorial — 10 credits
📋Editor, , , , , , , ,
📋Asst. Editor
Not included — 32 stories
"Unpublished Kamandi #60 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"Into the Vortex"17pp
"The Time Capsule [Letters]"1pp
"For This Is the New Origin of OMAC!"8pp
"I'll See You in My Nightmares"7pp
"The Seal Men's War on Santa Claus"18pp
"Unpublished Prez #5 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"The Devil's Exterminator"20pp
"Unpublished Showcase #105 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"Requiem for a Deadman"25pp
"Unpublished Showcase #106 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"Enter Dr. Storme"25pp
"Unpublished Steel, the Indestructible Man #6 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"Super-Soldier"25pp
"Unpublished Secret Society of Super-Villains #16 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"Murder Times Seven"17pp
"Death in Silver!"17pp
"Unpublished Vixen #1 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"The Vixen Is a Lady Fox!"26pp
"Unpublished Army at War #2 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"Unpublished Battle Classics #3 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"Flash of Two Worlds! [Illustration]"1pp
"Unpublished Demand Classics #2 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"Unpublished Dynamic Classics #2 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"Unpublished Mister Miracle #26 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"3 Minus 3 = 1! [Illustration]"1pp
"Unpublished Weird Mystery Tales #25 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"Unpublished Weird Mystery Tales #26 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"Unpublished Western Classics #1 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"Unpublished Western Classics #2 cover [Illustration]"1pp
"A Second Editorial, of Sorts"1pp
"Critic's Corner"1pp
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