Amazing Spider-Man #117, Page 5
John Romita Sr. (penciller); Jim Mooney (inker)
Original Art Record
Characters
Spider-ManPeter ParkerMary Jane WatsonGwen Stacy
Encyclopedia Capsule
This interior page is cataloged as Amazing Spider-Man #117, Page 5 and credited in the supplied source to John Romita Sr. (penciller); Jim Mooney (inker). The Romitaman description states: The top 2 tiers on this page were originally drawn in 1968 in The SPECTACULAR SPIDERMAN #1 magazine marvel put out, and then Marvel decided to use this story again for Amazing Spiderman #116-118 and it was touched up and new word bubbles put on to make the storyline work for the 3 ASM books!
What the Art Shows
What this artwork shows
1968 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN page! The top 2 tiers on this page were originally drawn in 1968 in The SPECTACULAR SPIDERMAN #1 magazine marvel put out, and then Marvel decided to use this story again for Amazing Spiderman #116-118 and it was touched up and new word bubbles put on to make the storyline work for the 3 ASM books! The nicely detailed BOTTOM spread featuring the evil DISRUPTER was drawn in 1972.
Story and Issue Context
Publication and story context
This record documents an interior page from The Amazing Spider-Man #117, identified as page 5, dated 1968 in the source data. The credited artist information supplied with the collection record is John Romita Sr. (penciller); Jim Mooney (inker). Its place in the series is best understood as part of the continuing Peter Parker narrative and the creative period represented by the credited artists.
Why This Piece Matters
Why this piece matters
As an interior page, the piece preserves the sequential storytelling decisions—panel arrangement, pacing, acting, and action—used to build the issue. The identified subjects are Spider-Man, Peter Parker, Mary Jane Watson, Gwen Stacy.
Source Significance Excerpt
Check out this stunning and rare penciled John Romita Sr. As most people know, John Romita drawn AMAZING Spider-Man pages are EXTREMELY RARE to find for sale on the open market! Check out this great page featuring not only Peter Parker, but also GWEN STACY and MARY JANE WATSON on each of Pete's arms!
Mike Burkey / Romitaman Notes
Check out this stunning and rare penciled John Romita Sr. As most people know, John Romita drawn AMAZING Spider-Man pages are EXTREMELY RARE to find for sale on the open market! Check out this great page featuring not only Peter Parker, but also GWEN STACY and MARY JANE WATSON on each of Pete's arms!
Open the complete preserved Romitaman description
Check out this stunning and rare penciled John Romita Sr. 1968 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN page! As most people know, John Romita drawn AMAZING Spider-Man pages are EXTREMELY RARE to find for sale on the open market! Check out this great page featuring not only Peter Parker, but also GWEN STACY and MARY JANE WATSON on each of Pete's arms! The top 2 tiers on this page were originally drawn in 1968 in The SPECTACULAR SPIDERMAN #1 magazine marvel put out, and then Marvel decided to use this story again for Amazing Spiderman #116-118 and it was touched up and new word bubbles put on to make the storyline work for the 3 ASM books! The nicely detailed BOTTOM spread featuring the evil DISRUPTER was drawn in 1972. Don't miss out on an opportunity to own a piece of Silver Age history with John Romita drawing not Only Peter Parker, but also drawing Gwen Stacy AND Mary Jane Watson with Peter on a date! WOW! There is slight white out touch ups on the top 4 panels but the panels all look great!
Source Information
- Primary object source
- Romitaman / Mike Burkey personal-collection listing supplied in the master document