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John Victor Romita, John Victor Romita Sr., John Romita Sr.
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John Victor Romita Sr. (January 24, 1930 – June 12, 2023) was an American comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and for co-creating characters including Mary Jane Watson, the Punisher, and Wolverine. Romita is the father of John Romita Jr., also a comic book artist and husband of Virginia Romita, for many years Marvel's traffic manager. His first comics work was in 1949 as a ghost artist for Timely Comics, the precursor to Marvel, through which Romita met editor-in-chief Stan Lee. In 1951, Romita began drawing horror, war, and romance comics for Atlas Comics (previously Timely), and also drew his first superhero work, a 1950s revival of Captain America. He began working exclusively for DC Comics from 1958–1965 and was the artist for many of their romance comics. During these years, Romita further developed his ability to draw beautiful women, which he later became well-known for. Romita joined Marvel in 1965, initially drawing Daredevil comics. In 1966, Spider-Man artist and co-creator Steve Ditko left Marvel, and Romita was chosen by writer Lee as the new artist for The Amazing Spider-Man title. Within a year of Romita becoming the Spider-Man artist, The Amazing Spider-Man rose from Marvel's second-best-selling title to the company's top-seller. Romita brought a new romance style to Spider-Man comics that soon became the new house style for the character. In June 1973, Romita was promoted to Marvel's art director and heavily influenced the look of Marvel comics throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2002. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Romita Sr., licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1930-01-24
- event Death Date 2023-06-13
- school Known for: Writing
- star Popularity: 3.5
- info Birth Place Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by John Romita Sr.
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Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine
2007-06-05
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The Comic Book Greats: The Romitas
1992-12-31
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The Comic Book Greats: Compendium
1992-12-31
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Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001-12-23
6.5
Jack Kirby: Story Teller
2007-06-05
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The Legends Behind the Comic Books
2008-04-05
6.8
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
2010-07-24
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In Search of Steve Ditko
2007-09-16
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Logan
2017-02-28
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
2022-05-04
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Black Widow
2021-01-01
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Truth in Journalism
2013-07-20
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Deadpool & Wolverine
2024-07-24
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The Punisher
1989-10-05
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Helstrom
2020-10-16
7
Hawkeye
2021-11-24
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Marvel's The Punisher
2017-11-17
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Echo
2024-01-09
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What If...?
2021-08-11
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X-Men '97
2024-03-20