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John Romita Sr.

John Romita Sr.
  • Name: John Romita Sr.
  • Birthday: 1930-01-24
  • Also known as: John Victor Romita,John Victor Romita Sr.,John Romita Sr.
  • Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
  • Popularity: 3.676
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

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Title Release date
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