John Romita Sr.

John Romita Sr.

Known for: Writing
Biography: 1930-01-24
Deathday: 2023-06-13 (93 years old)

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Biography

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.


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Average 6.35
Based on 2.44 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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Known For
Writing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1930-01-24

Deathday
2023-06-13 (93 years old)

Birth Place
Brooklyn, United States of America

Children
John Romita, Jr.

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
John Victor Romita, John Victor Romita Sr., John Romita Sr.

Awards
The Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame, The Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award, Will Eisner Hall of Fame, Inkpot Award


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