Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man #1 Cover (1998)
John Romita Sr. (pencils and inks)
Original Art Record
Characters
Spider-ManPeter ParkerGwen Stacy
Encyclopedia Capsule
This cover is cataloged as Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man #1 Cover (1998) and credited in the supplied source to John Romita Sr. (pencils and inks). The source associates it with the story “THE KISS!” The Romitaman description states: This nice cover features John Romita doing a homage to his ever classic AMAZING SPIDERMAN #50 cover, with Spider_man walking away form a happy peter Parker and Gwen Stacy because this story just happens to be the VERY LAST DATE that Pete and Gwen had before the unfortunate happenings in Amazing Spider-Man #121!
What the Art Shows
What this artwork shows
John Romita, from the story aptly titled: "THE KISS!" This nice cover features John Romita doing a homage to his ever classic AMAZING SPIDERMAN #50 cover, with Spider_man walking away form a happy peter Parker and Gwen Stacy because this story just happens to be the VERY LAST DATE that Pete and Gwen had before the unfortunate happe. Just a great cover..penciled and inked by...THE MASTER! Compare this nice cover art to the published comic book in the red link above!
Story and Issue Context
Publication and story context
This record documents a cover from The Amazing Spider-Man #1, identified as the cover, dated 1998 in the source data. The associated story is listed as “THE KISS!” The credited artist information supplied with the collection record is John Romita Sr. (pencils and inks). Within Amazing Spider-Man history, this issue launches the ongoing series and introduces J. Jonah Jameson as a central supporting character.
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 issue is historically notable because it launches the ongoing series and introduces J. Jonah Jameson as a central supporting character. The identified subjects are Spider-Man, Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy.
Source Significance Excerpt
Check out this stunning FIRST ISSUE SPIDER-MAN cover which was penciled and inked by the great John Romita, from the story aptly titled: "THE KISS!" This nice cover features John Romita doing a homage to his ever classic AMAZING SPIDERMAN #50 cover, with Spider_man walking away form a happy peter Parker and Gwen Stacy because this story just happens to be the VERY LAST DATE that Pete and Gwen had before the unfortunate happenings in Amazing Spider-Man #121! Compare this nice cover art to the published comic book in the red link above!
Mike Burkey / Romitaman Notes
Check out this stunning FIRST ISSUE SPIDER-MAN cover which was penciled and inked by the great John Romita, from the story aptly titled: "THE KISS!" This nice cover features John Romita doing a homage to his ever classic AMAZING SPIDERMAN #50 cover, with Spider_man walking away form a happy peter Parker and Gwen Stacy because this story just happens to be the VERY LAST DATE that Pete and Gwen had before the unfortunate happenings in Amazing Spider-Man #121! Compare this nice cover art to the published comic book in the red link above!
Open the complete preserved Romitaman description
Check out this stunning FIRST ISSUE SPIDER-MAN cover which was penciled and inked by the great John Romita, from the story aptly titled: "THE KISS!" This nice cover features John Romita doing a homage to his ever classic AMAZING SPIDERMAN #50 cover, with Spider_man walking away form a happy peter Parker and Gwen Stacy because this story just happens to be the VERY LAST DATE that Pete and Gwen had before the unfortunate happenings in Amazing Spider-Man #121! Just a great cover..penciled and inked by...THE MASTER! Compare this nice cover art to the published comic book in the red link above! 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" 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