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Face front, true believers! Here’s an interesting lil’ tidbit about the current cinema landscape. Just who has been the major part of several huge box office hits over the last fifteen years? Well, we’re not talking about an actor, or a filmmaker, or a studio exec. Oh, and he left the planet almost five years ago. Okay, you got it, I’m talking about the comic book writing superstar who co-created almost the entire staple of Marvel superheroes. And he became a fun bit of business in the screen adaptations of those characters by popping up in brief cameo roles (I made it a game with my nephews to nudge me when he flashed that big grin). He’s been profiled by several TV newsmagazine shows and mini-bios, but now he’s getting the full feature-length documentary treatment with the simply titled Stan Lee. Excelsior!

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One of the most influential artists in Marvel and comic books history, John Romita, has passed away at the age of 93, as announced on Twitter by his son and fellow comics superstar artist, John Romita Jr. Romita Sr.'s legacy is simply monumental, as the man who redefined the imagery and style of Marvel's flagship character, Spider-Man, between the 1960s and the 1970s. Romita would later serve as Marvel's Art Director - a position created specifically for him - until the early 2000s, thus making him an essential part of the House of Ideas' cultural success. John Romita Sr. was inducted in the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 2002.

A native of Brooklyn, John Romita Sr. attended Manhattan's School of Industrial Art in 1947, before he started working for Martin Goodman's comic book company (then known as Timely Comics), helping his high school friend Lester Zakarin with his drawing assignments.