This is the earliest #comic ft #JohnRomitaSr's art I owned. By the mid-'80s this look grew creaky: #ToddMcFarland would soon utterly revamp #SpiderMan. #Romita didn't invent Spider-Man: #SteveDitko did (w/debatable input by #JackKirby & #StanLee).

But we all think of this version of Spider-Man 1st, the #TomBaker #DoctorWho. #Ditko may have been satisfied w/his own work, Romita LOVED drawing it: the audience felt that, and ❤️ed it back.

Vale, #JazzyJohn. Your place in eternity is secure.