People
John Romita Sr.
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story as Self | 2010-07-24 |
The Legends Behind the Comic Books as Himself | 2008-04-05 |
In Search of Steve Ditko as Self | 2007-09-16 |
Jack Kirby: Story Teller as Self | 2007-06-05 |
Fantastic Four: The World's Greatest Comic Magazine as Self | 2007-06-05 |
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Himself | 2001-12-23 |
The Comic Book Greats: Compendium as Self | 1992-12-31 |
The Comic Book Greats: The Romitas as Self | 1992-12-31 |