John Romita Jr.
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John Romita Jr. is an American comic book artist born in 1956 in New York City, the son of legendary Spider-Man artist John Romita Sr. He made his first contribution to Marvel at age 13 with a sketch that helped inspire the Prowler's design in Amazing Spider-Man #78 (1969).
Romita Jr. gained prominence with his run on Iron Man (1978) alongside writer David Michelinie, co-creating Justin Hammer and Bethany Cabe. He co-created the Hobgoblin during his Amazing Spider-Man run with Roger Stern, drew Uncanny X-Men with Chris Claremont (1983-1986, co-creating Forge), and created Typhoid Mary during his Daredevil run (1988-1990). He collaborated with Frank Miller on Daredevil: The Man Without Fear (1993), elements of which were adapted into the Netflix series.
His later work includes a celebrated Amazing Spider-Man run with J. Michael Straczynski (winning a 2002 Eisner Award) and co-creating the creator-owned series Kick-Ass with Mark Millar, which was adapted into the 2010 film. Romita received an Inkpot Award in 1994.
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