Marvel Tales #34 Cover (1 Of The Earliest Kane / Romita Spider-Man Covers!) 1971)
Gil Kane (penciller); John Romita Sr. (inker)
Original Art Record
Characters
Spider-ManVulture
Encyclopedia Capsule
This cover is cataloged as Marvel Tales #34 Cover (1 Of The Earliest Kane / Romita Spider-Man Covers!) 1971) and credited in the supplied source to Gil Kane (penciller); John Romita Sr. (inker). The source associates it with the story “The Wings of the Vulture!” The Romitaman description states: Cover features Spider-Man battling The Vulture!
What the Art Shows
What this artwork shows
Gil Kane, and inked by the great JOHN ROMITA SR. This great cover is from the classic story titled: "The Wings of the Vulture!" Cover features Spider-Man battling The Vulture! The vulture's wing art is drawn all of the way to the top of the art board under the logo area, and the Spider-Man corner box art has partially drawn areas on it as well.
Story and Issue Context
Publication and story context
This record documents a cover from The Amazing Spider-Man #34, identified as the cover, dated 1971 in the source data. The associated story is listed as “The Wings of the Vulture!” The credited artist information supplied with the collection record is Gil Kane (penciller); John Romita Sr. (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 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
This great cover is SIGNED by the great John Romita at the bottom, and was only the 3rd time that the iconic Gil Kane and John Romita drew a Spider-Man cover together! Their first 2 covers were the ever classic ASM #90 cover (death of Captain Stacy issue) and ASM #101, (The VERY FIRST MORBIUS cover) Don't miss out on this GREAT 1971 Spidey cover, drawn by 2 of the greatest Spider-Man cover artist's, very EARLY in their art team-up careers! Compare this great cover art to the published comic book in the red link above!
Mike Burkey / Romitaman Notes
This great cover is SIGNED by the great John Romita at the bottom, and was only the 3rd time that the iconic Gil Kane and John Romita drew a Spider-Man cover together! Their first 2 covers were the ever classic ASM #90 cover (death of Captain Stacy issue) and ASM #101, (The VERY FIRST MORBIUS cover) Don't miss out on this GREAT 1971 Spidey cover, drawn by 2 of the greatest Spider-Man cover artist's, very EARLY in their art team-up careers! Compare this great cover art to the published comic book in the red link above!
Open the complete preserved Romitaman description
Check out this very nice 1971 Spider-Man BATTLE cover, which was penciled by the great Gil Kane, and inked by the great JOHN ROMITA SR! This great cover is from the classic story titled: "The Wings of the Vulture!" Cover features Spider-Man battling The Vulture! The vulture's wing art is drawn all of the way to the top of the art board under the logo area, and the Spider-Man corner box art has partially drawn areas on it as well. There was magic taped used in spots on the cover that are barely visible to the naked eye on Spider-Man's elbow, hand, and very top of head at bottom of cover. This great cover is SIGNED by the great John Romita at the bottom, and was only the 3rd time that the iconic Gil Kane and John Romita drew a Spider-Man cover together! Their first 2 covers were the ever classic ASM #90 cover (death of Captain Stacy issue) and ASM #101, (The VERY FIRST MORBIUS cover) Don't miss out on this GREAT 1971 Spidey cover, drawn by 2 of the greatest Spider-Man cover artist's, very EARLY in their art team-up careers! The VULTURE was a Great Spidey Villain in the 2017 Spider-Man movie! Compare this great cover art to the published comic book in the red link 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