September 2004
whole number 177
2004 pages 065-072 (8 pages)
"The Avenging Mind" was a three part essay by Ditko presented across six consecutive issues of the newsletter in 2004. This issue concludes it, with the third section of part 3, "The Anti-Ditko Mentality".
The series actually began in the March 2003 issue, while Ditko was still in the middle of his "Mini-History" series about Spider-Man, but that first chapter was revised and reprinted in the April 2004 issue after the "Mini-History" wind-up.
"Another part of that question was answered in a letter I received after an early published Mr. A story. The writer said he would be afraid to walk down a dark alley and see Mr. A. What did he reveal, confess?" -- Steve Ditko
Despite the title, this was not included in The Avenging Mind [2008], and the series has not so far been reprinted outside the newsletter.
Also this issue, part 16 of "The Riddle of the Sphinx" bibliography of Robert Kanigher takes a look at his 1979 work, almost all for DC's various war comics (with one mystery story). Two pages of an unpublished Jerry Grandenetti story by RK, a "Force 3" story intended for All-Out War #7 (it was cancelled with #6 in 1980), are also featured.
Under the Gun letters from Daniel Sorenson, Nick Caputo, Tom Gill, Nathan Isaacs, Sharon Levine, Robert Rowe and Jeff Jatras.
Some passings are briefly noted are Bernard Baily, E.E. Hibbard, Chest Jon Koziak, Arthur Peddy, Kin Platt, John Saunders, Marty Taras, James V. Taurasi and George A. Ward.
