John Romita Jr. - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:59:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 John Romita Jr. - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 John Romita Jr. is coming to Super Jersey Comic Expo https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/02/john-romita-jr-super-jersey-comic-expo/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53987 My first X-Men comic was 1993’s X-Men Vol. 2 #20, a tale I’ve shared on many a podcast at this point. But my first issue of Uncanny X-Men was #301, which came out just a couple weeks later. As Uncanny issues go, it’s not a load-bearing one. Battle of the Atom hasn’t even ranked it...

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]]> 53987 Pepe Larraz’s art breathes new life into Marvel’s latest relaunch of Amazing Spider-Man https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/20/amazing-spiderman-1-2025/ Sun, 20 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52232 Peter Parker gets a new beginning! Again! But really it’s a pretty fun launch. Amazing Spider-Man #1 is written by Joe Kelly, drawn by Pepe Larraz, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered by Joe Caramagna, with backups written by Kelly, drawn by John Romita Jr., inked by Scott Hanna, colored by Marcio Menyz and lettered...

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]]> 52232 All’s Wells that ends Wells in Amazing Spider-Man #60 https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/05/amazing-spiderman-60/ Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50735 Writer Zeb Wells ends his nearly three-year run on Amazing Spider-Man with a quiet issue #60 alongside artists John Romita Jr., Ed McGuinness, Paolo Rivera, Todd Nauck and Patrick Gleason; inkers Scott Hanna and Mark Farmer; colorists Marcio Menyz, Rachelle Rosenberg and Edgar Delgado; and letterer Joe Caramagna, while Joe Kelly, Mark Buckingham, Delgado and...

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]]> 50735 Diving deep into Spider-Man and his amazing friends in our inaugural Web-Chat https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/06/webchat-amazing-chasm-darkweb/ Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50018 Hello, everyone! Welcome to a new thing here at ComicsXF. I’m Tony Thornley, the curator for our new Spider-column. Rather than a standard discussion piece like our BatChat and X-Chat columns, this is going to be more of a roundup as our team covers the world wide web of Spider-Man. So strap in as we...

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]]> 50018 Krakoa waves goodbye, and all that’s left are Ashes in X-Men #35/Uncanny #700 https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/05/xmen-35/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49150 All good things must come to an end, and as good of a thing as the Krakoan era has been for mutantkind, its time has come at last. The tragedy and triumph of FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X, the madness and mystery of RISE OF THE POWERS OF X, they have all come to...

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]]> 49150 BatChat With Matt & Will: Batman Meets Superman for the First Time! Again. (w/ John Wickham) https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/04/batchat-with-matt-will-batman-meets-superman-for-the-first-time-again-w-john-wickham/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 12:30:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48448 The law of diminishing returns is often true. It’s like that movie with Michael Keaton, Multiplicity (See, already brought it around to Batman!), the more times you tell a story, the more diluted or off it becomes. We have seen this proven wrong a few times: the newest versions of the Monk, the Monster Men,...

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]]> 48448 Amazing Spider-Man #26 Was as Bad as We’d Feared https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/01/amazing-spider-man-26-was-as-bad-as-wed-feared/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45598 The Emissary of a death god crosses dimensions for a ritual sacrifice to gain ultimate power. Chaos erupts — and a hero dies. Amazing Spider-Man #26 is written by Zeb Wells, penciled by John Romita Jr., inked by Scott Hanna, colored by Marcio Menyz and Erick Arciniega, and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Tony Thornley: It’s...

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]]> 45598 BatChat With Matt & Will: Snyder’s Nightmares https://comicsxf.com/2023/02/02/batchat-with-matt-will-snyders-nightmares/ Thu, 02 Feb 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44669 Of the many writers who have written tales of the Dark Knight over the past 15 years, few if any have left their mark as much as Scott Snyder. Creator of the Court of Owls, with an impressive 52 issue run on Batman proper, not counting many other series and mini-series, Snyder explores the fears...

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]]> 44669 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 35: Two Deaths and One Good Day For Jason Todd https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/19/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-35-two-deaths-and-one-good-day-for-jason-todd/ Thu, 19 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40843 Jason Todd is probably the unluckiest Robin (with apologies to Stephanie Brown): seemingly orphaned, lived on the streets, taken in by Batman only to be killed by the Joker only to be resurrected as a homicidal vigilante. But for decades, it was Jason’s death, not his life, that defined him as a character and added...

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]]> 40843 The Amazing Spider-Man Free Comic Book Day Issue Teases a Fiery Spidey Fight https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/10/amazing-spider-man-free-comic-book-day/ Tue, 10 May 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40638 Spider-Man has to face a new foe: a hungry, sentient mailbox! But is there more behind this? Obviously yes. Find out what’s in store for the webslinger in the Amazing Spider-Man Free Comic Book Dat special written by Zeb Wells, pencilled by John Romita Jr., inked by Scott Hanna, colored byMarcio Menyz and lettered by...

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]]> 40638 A New (?) Day Dawns in Amazing Spider-Man #1 https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/29/a-new-day-dawns-in-amazing-spider-man-1/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40408 Peter Parker’s life…changes forever? It’s a brand new Amazing Spider-Man #1, this time from writer Zeb Wells, penciler John Romita Jr., inker Scott Hanna, colorist Marcio Menyz, and letterer Joe Caramagna. The most remarkable thing about Amazing Spider-Man #1, really, is how unremarkable it is. Peter and MJ’s final moments at the conclusion of the...

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]]> 40408 Fantastic Four #35 is a Love Letter to Comics You’d Rather Be Reading https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/15/fantastic-four-35-is-a-love-letter-to-comics-youd-rather-be-reading/ Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33699 Kang throws the FF an anniversary bash from beyond the veil of time in Fantastic Four #35. Written by Dan Slott, Jason Loo, and Mark Waid; Drawn by John Romita Jr, Jason Loo, and Paul Renuad; Inked by JP Mayer, Scott Hanna, Cam Smith, Rafael Fonteriz, and Mark Morales; Colored by Marte Gracia & Erick...

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