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Monday, December 15, 2025
The Groovy 1970's Christmas Countdown: Spider-Man the Newspaper strip -Stan Lee & John Romita Snr
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The Groovy 1970's Christmas Countdown: Spider-Man the Newspaper strip -Stan Lee & John Romita Snr
I don't recall ever reading the Spider-Man newspaper strip in my local/national papers but I did read them when I picked up vol 1 of t...
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As mentioned in my previous post I have been on a bit of a back-issue comic buying spree recently picking up some of the comics I eithe... -
In 1978 DC began a marketing campaign that would introduce a wave of new comics in an attempt to gain ground on the the publishing jugge... -
I was probably about seven years old when I walked into my local newsagents in Cambuslang (near Glasgow) with my pocket money firmly he...
There's a rumour I read somewhere (I say 'rumour', though it might well be true) that Stan's brother Larry ghost-wrote a lot of the newspaper strip, but as to whether he wrote it from the beginning or took over later, I couldn't say. Romita was a great artist and brilliant visual storyteller.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't aware of that Kid . I only bought this a few years ago in a Forbidden Planet sale for Romita's lovely art.
ReplyDeleteActually, as the mists of memory's maze dissipate, I think it might've been Roy Thomas who ghost-wrote the strip for Stan. Larry started drawing it at some point (under his own name), but I can't remember whether he wrote it as well. Somebody's bound to know for sure.
DeleteThats a good point as Larry Leiber is noted as the artist for several episodes in volume 2 of the series , so it may have been Roy
DeleteJohn Romita's artwork fairly glistens. He was a rock-solid storyteller, and that's especially crucial in a Sunday page. Thanks for the look.
ReplyDeleteHe was a wonderful artist and the more I see of his work the more I appreciate and miss his input.
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