Marvel Visionaries: John Romita Sr.

The Amazing Spider-Man (1963-1998) #39-40, 42, 50, 108-109, 365

by John Romita Sr. (Illustrator), Roy Thomas, Tom DeFalco

Jazzy John and Marvel's Mightiest together in stories that made them both famous From the fabulous fifties to the future of the Femizons The coming of the communist-hunting Captain America Peter Parker's parents in perilous predicaments The first of the final face-offs between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin The debut of the Devil's Daughter Also featuring the Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Nick Fury, Wolverine, the Kingpin, and more Includes rarely seen horror tales from the pre-Marvel era Collects Strange Tales #4; Menace #11; Young Men #24, 26; Tales to Astonish #77; Tales of Suspense #77; Daredevil #16 and 17; Amazing Spider-Man #39, #40, #42, #50, #108, #109 and #365; Fantastic Four #105 and 106; Vampire Tales #2; and Untold Tales of Spider-Man Minus 1.

Genres: Comics, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Graphic Novels

336 pages, Hardcover

First published August 31, 2005

About the author

John Romita, Sr. (often known as simply John Romita) was an Italian-American comic-book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man. He was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2002.

Romita was the father of John Romita, Jr., also a comic-book artist, and husband of Virginia Romita, for many years Marvel's traffic manager.

Reviews

[Stan Kutcher · Rating 4 out of 5]

John Romita Sr. is a Marvel Master and this book pays tribute to that. The book collects and reprints some of the comic books Romita has done throughout his career (some books which may be very hard to find). The artwork may seem a little dated to some, but arguably appreciated more by the more experienced artists and readers. I love the hardcover image, which shows one of my most favorite visuals of Spider-man.

[Liam Coyne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book shows John Romita Sr was an awesome Marvel Comic Artist especially for Spider-Man

[Leo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing art by Romita. However, paired with mostly writing by Stan Lee, it was a slog to get through. Instead of reading this book, just go onto google and look up his art, and get the experience without the boring scripts.

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Retrospective of the senior Romita's Marvel Comics work from 1951 through 1997, beginning with some horror, SF & western, early Captain America (featuring a very different Red Skull), Hulk, on through Daredevil, Fantastic Four, more Captain America, a brief Satana vignette, and a whole lot of Spider-Man, the character Romita is most associated with. The art is good; the stories are okay. Enjoyment will largely depend on how well you can tolerate Stan Lee's manic scripting. I was never a big Spidey fan, to be honest - found him talky and annoying, and the subplots repetitive (Aunt May on the verge of death again...) Out of these, I liked the FF two-parter the best. The early genre stories (writers unknown) are kind of cute.