I revere Ditko — and have written at length about his storytelling and characterization — but there’s no question that Romita was the guy who unlocked the full potential of Spider-Man, particularly in the way he drew Peter Parker and the women in his life. Spider-Man was the perfect storm in that it was a fresh and imaginative concept that benefitted from two of the field’s pencilling masters, one after another, in those critical early years as the book was gaining its footing.

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