John Romita, Sr.

John V. Romita Sr. (born January 24, 1930) is a writer who famously worked on The Amazing Spider-Man for Marvel Comics. He is credited as a character creator on, , , , , , , , , , and ; story and art consultant on ; and illustrator for the comics seen during the credits on.

He is the father of fellow comic book writer John Romita, Jr..

Biography
For DC Comics he worked on Falling in Love, Girls' Romances, Heart Throbs, and Young Romance. For Marvel he worked on The Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Black Knight, Captain America, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Kid Colt Outlaw, Kingpin, Marvel Tales, Six-Gun Western, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Tales of Suspense, Tales to Astonish, The Tomb of Dracula, Ultimate Spider-Man, Uncanny X-Men, Web of Spider-Man, and World of Mystery.