It’s maybe difficult to believe looking back on events from fifty years on, but the title above was one of the best-selling series of the 1960s. It handily outsold even the most popular Marvel books by far, and left more storied titles such as JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA and GREEN LANTERN in the dust. Such was the overwhelming popularity of Superman in that time, and the omnipresence of the 1950s…
RIP John Romita, who passed away this week at the age of 93. Romita Sr. was a pillar of the Marvel Universe as an artist and art director whose talent defined decades of Marvel’s most well-known storytelling. His work spans hundreds of unforgettable comics that brought to life iconic characters like Wolverine, Black Widow, the Punisher, Kingpin, Luke Cage, Spider-Man and Mary Jane.
