Steve Ditko’s comic book career officially began in the back pages of a romance title. Daring Love # 1 was dated September-October 1953 and likely appeared on newsstands in June or July. Ditko reportedly sold his first story earlier in the year, but that would not see publication until three to four months later ("Stretching Things", Fantastic Fears # 5, dated January 1954). Other work that preceded "Stretching Things" included stories in Black Magic Vol 4, No 3, Strange Fantasy # 9 and background inks over Simon and Kirby in Captain 3-D # 1 (the primary inker, Mort Meskin, was an artist Ditko greatly admired and learned from). Three of those jobs were horror tales, a genre Ditko would become particularly suited to. The cover to Daring Love # 1 was illustrated by someone Ditko was likely familiar with, Bernard Baily, a distinctive and versatile artist whose work dated back to the early days of comics. He drew stories for a variety of companies, often in horror-
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