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RIP John Romita. With a background in romance comics, he was my first favorite illustrator of The Amazing Spiderman, mostly because I liked the way he drew Peter Parker's girlfriends. Later I discovered the genius of Ditko, who's squirmy anatomy and noirish locations and inks I originally found offputting. Ditko remains my favorite of that book's artists, but it was Romita who lured me in.