Amazing Spider-Man #63 Cover
John Romita Sr. (pencils and inks)
Original Art Record
Characters
Spider-ManVulture
Encyclopedia Capsule
This cover is cataloged as Amazing Spider-Man #63 Cover and credited in the supplied source to John Romita Sr. (pencils and inks). The source associates it with the story “Wings in the Night!” The Romitaman description states: This meticulously detailed 1968 cover features Both the very first Vulture: Adrian Toomes, and the New Vulture: Blackie Drago, who first appeared in ASM #48!
What the Art Shows
What this artwork shows
This great cover was penciled and inked by the great John Romita, from the CLASSIC story titled: "Wings in the Night!" This meticulously detailed 1968 cover features Both the very first Vulture: Adrian Toomes, and the New Vulture: Blackie Drago, who first appeared in ASM #48! John Romita actually redrew both of Adrian Toomes Vulture arms, and Blackie Drago's right arms on new board which were placed perfectly over the art on the original art board. So you get 3 free drawn arms on this great cover!
Story and Issue Context
Publication and story context
This record documents a cover from The Amazing Spider-Man #63, identified as the cover, dated 1968 in the source data. The associated story is listed as “Wings in the Night!” The credited artist information supplied with the collection record is John Romita Sr. (pencils and inks). 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 cover art, the piece served as the issue’s principal sales image and public visual identity. The identified subjects are Spider-Man, Vulture.
Source Significance Excerpt
Check out this HISTORIC 1968 Amazing Spider-Man #63 cover, which is the VERY FIRST COVER when Marvel went to their smaller art size cover stock! This great cover was penciled and inked by the great John Romita, from the CLASSIC story titled: "Wings in the Night!" This meticulously detailed 1968 cover features Both the very first Vulture: Adrian Toomes, and the New Vulture: Blackie Drago, who first appeared in ASM #48! Compare this nice cover art to the published comic book next to art above!
Mike Burkey / Romitaman Notes
Check out this HISTORIC 1968 Amazing Spider-Man #63 cover, which is the VERY FIRST COVER when Marvel went to their smaller art size cover stock! This great cover was penciled and inked by the great John Romita, from the CLASSIC story titled: "Wings in the Night!" This meticulously detailed 1968 cover features Both the very first Vulture: Adrian Toomes, and the New Vulture: Blackie Drago, who first appeared in ASM #48! Compare this nice cover art to the published comic book next to art above!
Open the complete preserved Romitaman description
Check out this HISTORIC 1968 Amazing Spider-Man #63 cover, which is the VERY FIRST COVER when Marvel went to their smaller art size cover stock! This great cover was penciled and inked by the great John Romita, from the CLASSIC story titled: "Wings in the Night!" This meticulously detailed 1968 cover features Both the very first Vulture: Adrian Toomes, and the New Vulture: Blackie Drago, who first appeared in ASM #48! John Romita actually redrew both of Adrian Toomes Vulture arms, and Blackie Drago's right arms on new board which were placed perfectly over the art on the original art board. So you get 3 free drawn arms on this great cover! LOL. Silver Age "AMAZING SPIDER-MAN COVERS are next to IMPOSSIBLE to find in the hobby these days, so don't miss out on a GREAT opportunity RIGHT HERE, to own an EARLY JOHN ROMITA SILVER Age 1968 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN COVER! Compare this nice cover art to the published comic book next to art above! ALL art on our website (including this one) are able to be purchased with VERY fair time payments, and trades are always considered towards "ANY" art on our website! Just send us an email to mikeburkey@aol.com and we can try to work something out.
Source Information
- Primary object source
- Romitaman / Mike Burkey personal-collection listing supplied in the master document