Spider-Man Book Cover 1980s
John Romita Sr. (pencils and inks)
Original Art Record
Characters
Spider-Man
Encyclopedia Capsule
This cover is cataloged as Spider-Man Book Cover 1980s and credited in the supplied source to John Romita Sr. (pencils and inks). The Romitaman description states: This nice cover features Spider-Man sitting at a tree reading a Spider-Man comic book!
What the Art Shows
What this artwork shows
This nice cover features Spider-Man sitting at a tree reading a Spider-Man comic book! Just a great ALL ROMITA DRAWN COVER! (if anyone reading this has an image of the published book they can email to me it will be greatly appreciated!) 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!
Story and Issue Context
Publication and story context
This record documents a cover from The Amazing Spider-Man, identified as the cover. 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.
Source Significance Excerpt
(if anyone reading this has an image of the published book they can email to me it will be greatly appreciated!) 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!
Mike Burkey / Romitaman Notes
(if anyone reading this has an image of the published book they can email to me it will be greatly appreciated!) 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!
Open the complete preserved Romitaman description
Check out this very nice cover, which was penciled, inked, and signed in the art at the bottom in ink, by the great John Romita! This nice cover features Spider-Man sitting at a tree reading a Spider-Man comic book! Just a great ALL ROMITA DRAWN COVER! A funny anecdote about the gold signature at the bottom.....John Romita signed the art' "BEST WISHES JOHN -" and then he started writing the "R" from Romita and caught his mistake and fixed his error, changing the started "R" into a "J" to write John Romita.... (if anyone reading this has an image of the published book they can email to me it will be greatly appreciated!) 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