The Steve Ditko Omnibus #1

In "The Deadly Ally," Shade finds himself trapped in the Zero-Zone after a failed mission to capture Dr. Z. Z., only to be captured alongside his rival Xexlo. Forced into an uneasy alliance, the two must navigate the dangers of the Klugs and the shifting realities of the Zero-Zone, each seeking their own path to power and escape.

In "The Pharaoh and the Mummies!", the Odd Man races to stop a string of jewel thefts tied to mysterious mummified victims wrapped in strange plastic. As he uncovers a trail of Nile stones leading to the museum’s Egyptian wing, he suspects the administrator, Mrs. Nyla, and her companion, Ike Loges, drawing him into a deadly trap. When the Pharaoh and his accomplices seal him in a sarcophagus, the Odd Man uses his foresight and a clever countermeasure to turn the tomb against them.

Bertram Tilley stumbles upon three glowing discs that seem to spark his imagination—until they pull him into vivid, otherworldly adventures where he’s suddenly a hero, from battling crooks in his own town to facing strange alien threats. With Maude Tilley and Mrs. Culver as his only anchors to reality, Bertram finds himself caught between dreams and danger, guided only by a toy dragon and the mystery of the discs.

In a realm of shadows and ancient power, the demon Dxyp finds himself adrift in boredom—until a careless summoning pulls a young boy into his domain. Now, trapped together in a world of strange magic and looming dread, the demon and the boy must navigate a fragile, uneasy coexistence, each shaped by forces beyond their understanding.

In the quiet aftermath of a world-shattering event, a bored boy named Johnny stumbles upon a haunting melody drifting through the ruins. Drawn by the music, he follows it to a strange, glowing trio of musicians—mutated figures whose performance carries a deadly, unseen cost. As the final notes echo, Johnny’s fate is sealed in a moment of eerie wonder and sudden, irreversible consequence.

In "Star-Trakker," an enigmatic android driven by its programming prowls the Louisiana swamps, gathering biological samples with eerie precision. Agent Stone is sent undercover to intercept the machine, but his mission becomes complicated when he encounters Jewel, Jessie Stroud, Sara Parker, and Bannon—each with their own hidden ties to the creature’s strange journey.