Amazing Spider-Man #85 Cover
John Romita Sr. (pencils and inks)
Original Art Record
Characters
Spider-ManKingpin
Encyclopedia Capsule
This cover is cataloged as Amazing Spider-Man #85 Cover and credited in the supplied source to John Romita Sr. (pencils and inks). The Romitaman description states: This GREAT John Romita cover features Spiderman Battling and finally caught in a metal net from John Romita's most FAMOUS villain: THE KINGPIN!
What the Art Shows
What this artwork shows
John Romita AMAZING Spider-Man pre-100 cover for sale?. A CHARACTER page from one of Steve Ditko's or John Romita's Spidey books was as important to the story, and sometimes even MORE IMPORTANT than the action pages! NO WHERE ELSE in comic books was this more apparent than in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!
Story and Issue Context
Publication and story context
This record documents a cover from The Amazing Spider-Man #85, identified as the cover, dated 1970 in the source data. 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, Kingpin.
Source Significance Excerpt
A CHARACTER page from one of Steve Ditko's or John Romita's Spidey books was as important to the story, and sometimes even MORE IMPORTANT than the action pages! None of these corrections detract a bit from the visual beauty of this important classic cover. PLEASE click on the RED LINK ABOVE to Compare this "AMAZING" cover art to the published comic book above!
Mike Burkey / Romitaman Notes
A CHARACTER page from one of Steve Ditko's or John Romita's Spidey books was as important to the story, and sometimes even MORE IMPORTANT than the action pages! None of these corrections detract a bit from the visual beauty of this important classic cover. PLEASE click on the RED LINK ABOVE to Compare this "AMAZING" cover art to the published comic book above!
Open the complete preserved Romitaman description
When was the last time you saw a VINTAGE John Romita AMAZING Spider-Man pre-100 cover for sale? Check out this "AMAZING" 1970 Spider-Man cover which was penciled AND INKED by the great JOHN ROMITA! This incredible cover has all of the elements that made THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN comic book so...AMAZING! SPIDER-MAN was the GREATEST soap Opera EVER in comics! A CHARACTER page from one of Steve Ditko's or John Romita's Spidey books was as important to the story, and sometimes even MORE IMPORTANT than the action pages! NO WHERE ELSE in comic books was this more apparent than in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN! Stan Lee turned comics into REAL LIFE for us comic book fans, in these 1960's and 1970's AMAZING SPIDER-MAN COMICS! This GREAT John Romita cover features Spiderman Battling and finally caught in a metal net from John Romita's most FAMOUS villain: THE KINGPIN! This brilliant cover also features the evil Schemer (The Kingpin's Son) as well as Vanessa! (The Kingpin's wife) There is white paint (not whiteout) used on the background areas covering up great action liones, as well as some white paint (which is permanent and much better than white out) used on the Kingpin's and Spider-Man's body and ropes surrounding Spider-Man. None of these corrections detract a bit from the visual beauty of this important classic cover. PLEASE click on the RED LINK ABOVE to Compare this "AMAZING" cover art to the published comic book above! John Romita's super signature is also there in the art! ALL HIGH end pieces of art, including this one, are able to be purchased with VERY fair time payment plan options, and trades are always considered towards this and any other pieces of art on my site here! Just send me an email and we can try to work something out.
Source Information
- Primary object source
- Romitaman / Mike Burkey personal-collection listing supplied in the master document