charlton comics published a separate "tales of the mysterious traveler" comic book for 13 issues from 1956 to 1959, followed by two more issues in 1985 shortly before the company went under. steve ditko illustrated many stories in this title. stories intended for future issues saw print in renegade press's "murder". in 1990, eclipse comics published a large-format paperback collecting 19 ditko stories from the charlton title. some of those stories were reprinted in pure imagination's "steve ditko reader".