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John Salvatore Romita (; born August 17, 1956), known professionally as John Romita Jr., is an American
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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
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 ...
, one of the signature '' Spider-Man'' artists since the 1960s. He studied advertising art and design at
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in
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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'' with writer
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and artist
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which began in 1978. The creative team introduced several supporting characters, including Tony Stark's bodyguard girlfriend
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and rival industrialist Justin Hammer. 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 Chris Claremont and co-created Forge. 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
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and inker
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, which included the creation of long-running Daredevil nemesis Typhoid Mary. 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. Stan Lee 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 '' Iron Man'' for the second "
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" story arc, written by John Byrne; ''
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''; the ''
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'' miniseries; and the ''
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/ Batman'' crossover. Klaus Janson was a frequent inker. Romita collaborated with
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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.
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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 J. Michael Straczynski 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. In 2004, Romita's creator-owned project ''The Gray Area'' was published by Image Comics. He subsequently worked on the Marvel series '' Black Panther'', '' 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 Neil Gaiman 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 '' Superman'', 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 '' All-Star Batman'' 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 '' Detective Comics'' 1027th issue.


Influences and techniques

Romita's art influences include his father
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 ...
, as well as comics artists
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and John Buscema, 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 J. Michael Straczynski and inker Scott Hanna, Romita Jr. won a 2002 Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story: ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #30-35: "Coming Home".


Bibliography


DC Comics

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'' #1017–1028 (2019–2020) *'' All-Star Batman'' #1–5 (2016) *'' Batman'' vol. 3 #80–81 (2019) *''
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'' vol. 5 #6 (among other artists, 2021) *'' Dark Days: The Casting'' #1 (one-shot, with
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and
Andy Kubert Andrew Kubert (; born February 27, 1962) is an American comics artist, letterer and writer. He is the son of Joe Kubert and brother of Adam Kubert, both of whom are also artists, and the uncle of comics editor Katie Kubert. He is a graduate of ...
, 2017) *''Dark Days: The Forge'' #1 (one-shot, with Lee and Kubert, 2017) *'' Dark Knight III: The Master Race'' #3 (backup story, 2016) *'' Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade'' (one-shot, 2016) *'' Detective Comics'' #1027 (among other artists, 2020) *''The Silencer'' #1–3 (2018) *''
Suicide Squad The Suicide Squad is an antihero/supervillain team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first version of the Suicide Squad debuted in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #25 (September 1959) and the second and modern version, cre ...
'' vol. 4 #11–15 (2017) *'' Superman'' vol. 3 #32–44 (2014–2015) *''Superman: Year One'' #1–3 (2019)


Image Comics

*''The Gray Area'' #1–3 (2004) *'' Kick-Ass'' #1–6 (2008)


Marvel Comics

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The Amazing Spider-Man ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its main protagonist. Being in the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a bimonthly per ...
'' #208, 210–218, 223–227, 229–236, 238–250, 290–291, 432, 500–508, 568–573, 584–585, 587–588, 600, 692, ''Annual'' #11, 16 (1980–1984, 1987, 1995, 1998, 2003–2004, 2008–2009, 2012) *''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 2, #22–27, 30–58 (2000–2003) *''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol. 6 #1- (2022-) *'' The Avengers'' vol. 3 #35 (2000) *''The Avengers'' vol. 4 #1–12, 14, 16–17 (2010–2011) *'' Black Panther'' vol. 3, #1–6 (2005) *''
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: Blood and Metal'' #1–2 (miniseries, 1992) *'' Captain America'' vol. 7, #1–10 (2013) *'' Daredevil'' #250–257, 259–263, 265–276, 278–282, ''Annual'' #5 (1988–1990) *'' Daredevil: The Man Without Fear'' #1-5 (1993–1994) *'' Dark Reign: The List – Punisher'' #1 (2009) *'' Dazzler'' #1–3 (1981) *'' Eternals'' vol. 3 #1–7 (2006–2007) *''
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: Gamma'' #1 (2010) *'' Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America'' #4 (2007) *'' Fantastic Four'' vol. 6 #35 (2021) *''Free Comic Book Day 2010: Iron Man/Thor'' #1 (2010) *''
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/Wolverine/Punisher: Hearts of Darkness'' #1 (1991) *'' Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men'' #1 (1985) *''
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'' vol. 3 #24–25, 27–28, 34–39 (2001–2002) *'' Iron Man'' #115–117, 119–121, 123–128, 141–150, 152–156, 256, 258–266 (1978–1982, 1990–1991) *'' The Last Fantastic Four Story'' (2007) *''
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'' #1-3 (1982) *''
Marvel Super Special ''Marvel Comics Super Special'' was a 41-issue series of one-shot comic-magazines published by Marvel Comics from 1977 to 1986. They were cover-priced $1.50 to $2.50, while regular color comics were priced 30 cents to 60 cents, Beginning with issue ...
'' #5 (
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) (1978) *''
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'' #15 (2008) *'' Peter Parker: Spider-Man'' #57, 64–76, 78–84, 86–92, 94–95, 97–98 (1995–1998) *''Peter Parker: Spider-Man'' vol. 2, #1–3, 6–12, 14–17, 19 (1999–2000) *''
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 ...
'' #1–8 (1992) *''
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'' #2 (1995) *''
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'' vol. 2 #1–8 (miniseries, 2005–2006) *''
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'' #50, 121 (1981, 1986) *'' Spider-Man: The Lost Years'' #0, 1–3 (miniseries, 1995) *''
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'' #1–2, 4–7 (1986–1987) *''
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'' vol. 2, #1–8, 10–13, 16–18, 21–25 (1998–2000) *''
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'' #0 (2007) *''
Uncanny X-Men ''Uncanny X-Men'', originally published as ''The X-Men'', is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics since 1963, and is the longest-running series in the X-Men comics franchise. It features a team of superheroes called the X- ...
'' #175–185, 187–197, 199–200, 202–203, 206–211, 287, 300–302, 304, 306–311, ''Annual'' #4 (1980–1986, 1992–1994) *''
Wolverine The wolverine (), (''Gulo gulo''; ''Gulo'' is Latin for " glutton"), also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, or quickhatch (from East Cree, ''kwiihkwahaacheew''), is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae. It is a muscul ...
'' vol. 3, #20–31 (2004–2005) *''
World War Hulk "World War Hulk" is a comic book crossover storyline that ran through a self-titled limited series and various titles published by Marvel Comics in 2007, featuring the Hulk. The series consists of five main issues titled ''World War Hulk'', wi ...
'' #1–5 (2007–2008) *'' X-Men: Legacy'' #208 (2008) *''
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'' #7 (1994)


Icon Comics

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Hit-Girl Hit-Girl (Mindy McCreadySpelled Macready in the films.) is a fictional antihero appearing in the comic series '' Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years'' series, published by Marvel Comics under the company's imprint Icon Comics and later Image Com ...
'' #1–5 (2012–2013) *'' Kick-Ass'' #1–8 (with writer Mark Millar 2008–2010) *'' Kick-Ass 2'' #1–7 (2010–2012) *'' Kick-Ass 3'' #1–8 (2013–2014)


Marvel Comics/DC Comics

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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 ...
/ Batman: Deadly Knights'' (
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, 1994) *'' Thorion of the New Asgods'' #1 (1997)


References


Further reading

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External links

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