Need help identifying this Romita Spidey art 2 2

[kav]

@TellshiarMarvelmaniaCollector is a valuable Marvel ephemera board resource!  I knew he'd know.  Hopefully he will one day write a book containing all his knowledge for future historians.  Met him when I sold him a No Prize on ebay and stayed in touch due to his vast knowledge.

Edited October 28, 2019 by kav

[MGsimba77]

3 hours ago, kav said:

@TellshiarMarvelmaniaCollector is a valuable Marvel ephemera board resource!  I knew he'd know.  Hopefully he will one day write a book containing all his knowledge for future historians.  Met him when I sold him a No Prize on ebay and stayed in touch due to his vast knowledge.

Chalk another one up for the cgc chat boards 🤟

 

[kav]

Just now, MGsimba77 said:

Chalk another one up for the cgc chat boards 🤟

 

Right?

[kav]

Ps i suspected that image was from some kind of letterhead due to the extreme horizontal design.  Not a pose that would be common in an actual comic.

[silversurfer275]

I think that’s the cover art of Spider-Man 100

[XxSpideyxX]

On 10/28/2019 at 1:45 AM, TellshiarMarvelmaniaCollector said:

This image was first used for the 1975 Marvel Convention but the artwork created in late 1974. It became the iconic image we know today from then on.

Interesting enough, I was reading this today:

 

[XxSpideyxX]

On the second page, I saw this:

 

[XxSpideyxX]

That book apparently came out on June 18th, 1974, which predates the convention.   Could the Marvel Treasury then be the original appearance of this drawing?

Any idea who may be in possession of the original (or redesigned) artwork?

[ADAMANTIUM]

7 minutes ago, XxSpideyxX said:

On the second page, I saw this:

 

Interesting read! Thanks

 

[Uatu023]

Could the image be from the unpublished strip (1970)? Romita pulled a few very similar poses in that one. Has it ever been reprinted anywhere? Back Issue #44 says a part was published in Mighty Marvel Comic Convention program (1975). Is there more online?

[kav]

On 10/27/2019 at 10:45 PM, TellshiarMarvelmaniaCollector said:

This image was first used for the 1975 Marvel Convention but the artwork created in late 1974. It became the iconic image we know today from then on.

here it is @Uatu023 from page 1.

Edited March 24, 2021 by kav

[kav]

On 12/13/2019 at 7:20 PM, XxSpideyxX said:

That book apparently came out on June 18th, 1974, which predates the convention.   Could the Marvel Treasury then be the original appearance of this drawing?

Any idea who may be in possession of the original (or redesigned) artwork?

@TellshiarMarvelmaniaCollector

[Uatu023]

Yeah, I've read the entire topic, but it could have been lifted from actual comics, just like the rest you posted.

[kav]

1 minute ago, Uatu023 said:

Yeah, I've read the entire topic, but it could have been lifted from actual comics, just like the rest you posted.

Knowing the boards, people would have examined every romita Spider Man comic and we would have heard about it.

[Uatu023]

Thanks, I thought as much. It's just that only recently did I find about the unpublished strips like this sample below (from the aforementioned TwoMorrows publication). I was hoping someone would be able to unearth more.

[littledoom]

On 10/27/2019 at 4:05 PM, XxSpideyxX said:

This is my single favorite Spider-Man art of all time.  However, I don’t know where this image originally appeared!  I am fairly certain it was never on a comic cover and also pretty sure it never appeared within any comic pages, either.

I know Romita worked as an art director at Marvel for a while where he created promotional material.  I imagine the artwork was originally used in this way, but does anyone know the source or first appearance?

Thank you! 

That was on a wallet I used to have. Bought from Marvel Mania gift store in Universal Studios. Early 2000s! Back when Spidey was the most popular superhero 

Edited March 24, 2021 by littledoom