The Steve Ditko Archives #2
"Starlight Starbright" from The Steve Ditko Archives #2 delivers a haunting, dreamlike tale of survival and mystery, written by Jack Oleck and brought to life with Ditko’s signature precision and eerie atmosphere. As two men drift in a lifeboat and stumble upon the legendary Flying Dutchman, the line between reality and legend blurs in a story that lingers long after the final page. The cover, also by Steve Ditko, captures the eerie stillness of the moment, perfectly framing the unsettling journey within.
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The American Destroyer Jeffries is torpedoed. Adams and Sawyer float for six days in a lifeboat until they see an old sailing ship. They climb aboard carefully as the ropes and wood are rotten. They walk the decks without the crew seeing them. They find a book written in Dutch - they are on board the Flying Dutchman. They decide to escape and fall in to the sea when a railing breaks away. They float for days clutching the railing. They are picked up by a Navy cruiser. Their papers show they were crew on the Jeffries which sank in WWI! So, where have they been since 1918?
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