Daredevil
John Romita Sr. (pencils and inks)
Original Art Record
Characters
Spider-ManDaredevil
Encyclopedia Capsule
This cover is cataloged as Daredevil and credited in the supplied source to John Romita Sr. (pencils and inks). The source associates it with the story “Alone--Against the Underworld!” The Romitaman description states: This splendid cover features Daredevil battling "The Mob" as he leaps and beats up 8 gun-toting mob members at the same time!
What the Art Shows
What this artwork shows
There are only a handful or large art John Romita super hero covers in existence, and only a very few surviving DAREDEVIL COVERS from his 9 issue run, which were all drawn a year before John Romita took over the drawing chores for Amazing Spider-Man #39! This INCREDIBLY detailed 1966 LARGE ART Daredevil cover which was penciled and inked by the great JOHN ROMITA SR. from the story titled: "Alone--Against the Underworld!" This splendid cover features Daredevil battling "The Mob" as he leaps and beats up 8 gun-toting mob members at the same time!
Story and Issue Context
Publication and story context
This record documents a cover from The Amazing Spider-Man #19, identified as the cover, dated 1966 in the source data. The associated story is listed as “Alone--Against the Underworld!” 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, Daredevil.
Source Significance Excerpt
There are only a handful or large art John Romita super hero covers in existence, and only a very few surviving DAREDEVIL COVERS from his 9 issue run, which were all drawn a year before John Romita took over the drawing chores for Amazing Spider-Man #39! Compare this nice cover art to the published comic book in the red link above, COOL!
Mike Burkey / Romitaman Notes
There are only a handful or large art John Romita super hero covers in existence, and only a very few surviving DAREDEVIL COVERS from his 9 issue run, which were all drawn a year before John Romita took over the drawing chores for Amazing Spider-Man #39! Compare this nice cover art to the published comic book in the red link above, COOL!
Open the complete preserved Romitaman description
There are only a handful or large art John Romita super hero covers in existence, and only a very few surviving DAREDEVIL COVERS from his 9 issue run, which were all drawn a year before John Romita took over the drawing chores for Amazing Spider-Man #39! This INCREDIBLY detailed 1966 LARGE ART Daredevil cover which was penciled and inked by the great JOHN ROMITA SR. from the story titled: "Alone--Against the Underworld!" This splendid cover features Daredevil battling "The Mob" as he leaps and beats up 8 gun-toting mob members at the same time! This LARGE cover has an actual drawn art image measuring 13.25 by 20.25 inches on a much larger board! The art was initially trimmed just outside of the drawn art area but the art has been placed onto a new board showing the registry marks, and it looks great! Compare this nice cover art to the published comic book in the red link above, COOL! 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