John Salvatore Romita (; born August 17, 1956), known professionally as John Romita Jr., is an American

comics artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and g ...

best known for his extensive work for

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from the 1970s to the 2010s. He is the son of artist

John Romita Sr. John V. Romita (; born January 24, 1930) is an American comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and for co-creating characters including the Punisher and Wolverine. He was inducted into the Will Eis ...

Early life

John Romita Jr. is the son of Virginia (Bruno) and comic book artist

, one of the signature ''

Spider-Man Spider-Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko, he first appeared in the anthology comic book '' Amazing Fantasy'' #15 (August 1962) in the ...

'' artists since the 1960s. He studied advertising art and design at

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, graduating in 1976.

Career

Romita Jr.'s first contribution to Marvel Comics was at the age of 13 with the creation of the

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in ''

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'' #78 (Nov. 1969). Romita Jr. began his career at

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, doing sketches for covers of reprints. His American debut was with a six-page story entitled "Chaos at the Coffee Bean!" in ''The Amazing Spider-Man Annual'' #11 (1977). Romita's early popularity began with his run on ''

Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The charact ...

'' with writer

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and artist

Bob Layton Bob Layton (born 1953) is an American comic book artist, writer, and editor. He is best known for his work on Marvel Comics titles such as '' Iron Man'' and ''Hercules'', and for co-founding Valiant Comics with Jim Shooter. Early life Bob Layton ...

which began in 1978. The creative team introduced several supporting characters, including Tony Stark's bodyguard girlfriend

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and rival industrialist

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. In the early 1980s, he had his first regular run on the series ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and also was the artist for the launch of the '' Dazzler'' series. He and writer

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introduced

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in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #210 (Nov. 1980) and

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in issue #212 (Jan. 1981). In 1982, Romita Jr. drew ''

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'' the first

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published by Marvel Comics. Working with writer

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on ''The Amazing Spider-Man'', he co-created the character

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. From 1983 to 1986 he had a run on the ''

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'' with Dan Green and author

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and co-created

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. Romita has downplayed the significance of his run, saying that few of the characters introduced during this time were co-created by him and that his style has had no discernible influence on succeeding X-Men artists. His relationship with Claremont was rather cool at the time, as Claremont did not like his work as much as the artists he had previously worked with. He would return for a second run on ''Uncanny X-Men ''in 1993, which he said he liked better "because of getting to work with riter

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." From 1988 to 1990, Romita had an extended stint on '' Daredevil'' with writer

Ann Nocenti Ann "Annie" Nocenti (; born January 17, 1957) is an American journalist, filmmaker, teacher, comic book writer and editor. She is best known for her work at Marvel in the late 1980s, particularly the four-year stint as the editor of ''Uncanny X-Me ...

and inker

Al Williamson Alfonso Williamson (March 21, 1931 – June 12, 2010) was an American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure, Western, science fiction and fantasy. Born in New York City, he spent much of his early childhood in ...

, which included the creation of long-running Daredevil nemesis

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. For Romita himself, his stint on ''Daredevil'' was most significant for being both the first time he was allowed to do full pencils instead of just breakdowns, and the first time he had a working relationship with the writer on a series. He later remarked that "I finally felt like I was part of the creation process for the first time while I was on DD." After ''Daredevil'' #282, Romita left the series to pursue other projects.

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interviewed Romita and his father in Episode 8 of the 1991–1992 documentary series ''

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''. He worked on a host of Marvel titles during the 1990s, including a return to ''

'' for the second "

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" story arc, written by John Byrne; ''

The Punisher War Zone ''The Punisher War Zone'' or ''Punisher War Zone'' is a comic book spin-off title featuring the Punisher, a fictional character published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The first installment of the series ran for 41 issues and two 64-pa ...

''; the ''

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'' miniseries; and the ''

Punisher The Punisher (Francis "Frank" Castle, born Castiglione) is an antihero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Gerry Conway and artists John Romita Sr. and Ross Andru. The Punisher made ...

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'' crossover.

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was a frequent inker. Romita collaborated with

Frank Miller Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957) is an American comic book writer, penciller and inker, novelist, screenwriter, film director, and producer known for his comic book stories and graphic novels such as his run on Daredevil (Marvel Comics ser ...

on a Daredevil origin story entitled ''Daredevil: The Man Without Fear'' in 1993, a revisiting of the character's origin, with Williamson again on inks. Romita had to draw new transitional pages as the story changed formats from a 64-page graphic novel to a 144-page graphic novel to a five-issue limited series.

Dan Jurgens Dan Jurgens (; born June 27, 1959) is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for his work on the DC comic book storyline "The Death of Superman" and for creating characters such as Doomsday, Hank Henshaw and Booster Gold. Jurgens ...

and Romita Jr. relaunched the ''

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'' series in July 1998 while a January 1999 reboot of '' Peter Parker: Spider-Man'' was handled by

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and Romita Jr. In 2001, Romita returned to Spider-Man for a collaboration with writer

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beginning with ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 2 #30 (June 2001). The creative team produced a story for issue #36 (Dec. 2001) that served as memorial to the victims of the

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. He drew Marvel's ''

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'' with author

Mark Millar Mark Millar (; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer and television producer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series '' The Authority'', published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Millar has written ex ...

. In 2004, Romita's creator-owned project ''The Gray Area'' was published by

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. He subsequently worked on the Marvel series ''

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'', '' The Sentry'' and "

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", a backup feature in the

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line, written by Mark Millar. In 2006, Romita collaborated with writer

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on a seven-issue miniseries reinterpretation of

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's characters the Eternals. Romita worked with Greg Pak on the five-issue central miniseries of Marvel's 2007

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, "

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". In 2008, Romita again returned to ''The Amazing Spider-Man''. He also collaborated once more with Millar, for a creator-owned series, '' Kick-Ass'', published by Marvel's Icon imprint. This was later adapted into the 2010 film ''Kick-Ass''. Romita, one of the producers, directed an animated flashback sequence in the film. On April 9, 2011, Romita was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the

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stage at the Kapow! convention in London to set two

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, the "Fastest Production of a Comic Book" and "Most Contributors to a Comic Book". With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer Millar began work at 9 a.m. scripting a 20-page black-and-white comic book of his character Superior, with Romita and the other artists appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering, each drawing a panel. The book was completed in 11 hours, 19 minutes, and 38 seconds, and was published through Icon on November 23, 2011, with all royalties being donated to Yorkhill Children's Foundation. On May 4, 2012, Romita set out to break his own record for continuous cartooning, to support the charity Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada. He attempted to continuously sketch characters and sign comics for 50 hours straight. In 2014, Romita Jr. became the penciller of the DC Comics flagship title ''

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'', starting with issue #32, in collaboration with writer

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. Romita Jr.'s ''Superman'' pencils have been inked by Klaus Janson. In 2016, Romita Jr. and writer

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collaborated on the ''

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'' series as part of the

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relaunch. Romita Jr. and writer

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created ''The Silencer'' series as part of DC's "Dark Metal" line. In addition, Romita worked with Frank Miller on the Superman: Year One mini-series. In 2020, Romita drew Kelly Sue DeConnick's story "Fore" for ''

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'' 1027th issue.

Influences and techniques

Romita's art influences include his father

, as well as comics artists

and

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, the

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of painters, and illustrator

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. Having illustrated both gritty street-level stories of characters such as Spider-Man and Daredevil and cosmic stories such as those starring Thor, Romita says he prefers the former, because "that is where I grew up. I use the same approach to each of the different story types – the story tells me what to do." He prefers to work in the Marvel Method. He considers ''The Man Without Fear'' to be his best work, due to the strong storytelling and the quality of the story.

Awards

John Romita Jr. received an

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in 1994. With writer

and inker Scott Hanna, Romita Jr. won a 2002

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for Best Serialized Story: ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #30-35: "Coming Home".

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intercompany crossover In comic books, an intercompany crossover (also called cross-company or company crossover) is a comic or series of comics in which characters, that at the time of publication are the property or licensed property of one publisher, meet character ...

, 1994) *'' Thorion of the New Asgods'' #1 (1997)

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John Romita Jr.
on Marvel.com
John Romita Jr.
at Mike's Amazing World of Comics

at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators {{DEFAULTSORT:Romita, John Jr. 1956 births Living people American comics artists Artists from New York City American people of Italian descent Farmingdale State College alumni Inkpot Award winners Marvel Comics people