Rank the ASM artists 2 2

[grapeape]

21 minutes ago, Mmehdy said:

There is only one original..Steve Dikto.....everybody else bow to the king

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Oh........you meant.....

 

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[bluechip]

1.  Jack Kirby/Steve Ditko (1962 covers)

2. Steve Ditko (1964)

3. John Romita, Sr. (1968)

4. John Romita, Sr. (1967)

5. Steve Ditko (1965)

6. Steve Ditko (1966)

7. John Romita, Sr. (1969)

8. Steve DItko (1963)

9. Steve DItko (1962).

10 John Romita, Sr. (1972)

11. John Buscema (1969)

12. Gil Kane (1970)

13. Todd McFarlane (1993)

14. Ross Andru (1975)

15. Mike Zeck (whatever year that Kraven story was)

15. Larry Lieber/Bill Everett (origin story only, 1968)

 

Edited December 3, 2019 by bluechip

[pemart1966]

1.  Ditko

2.  Romita SR

I stopped reading the title in 1967...

[pemart1966]

1 hour ago, grapeape said:

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Oh........you meant.....

 

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Spider-Man was one character that Kirby could NOT draw...

[revat]

Bottom 3:

1. Later JRJR

2. Humberto Ramos

3.  Kirby the King

 

Top

1.  JRSR

2.  Tood McF

3.  Ditko

4.  Erik Larsen

5. John Byrne

6. Gil Kane

7.  Buscema

8 Ron Frenz

 

Honorable:  Keith Pollard, Mike Zeck, Andru

[Bronty]

Ditko
mcFarlane

Zeck

Byrne

Kane

HM - pollard, romita, andru

 

[trimpehulk]

1)John Romita Sr

2) Steve Ditko

3) Gil Kane

4) K Pollard 

5) Ron Frenz 

6) Mark Bagley

7) John Byrne

8) John Romita Jr

9) Todd McFarlane

10) Sal Buscema 

Edited December 25, 2019 by trimpehulk
Writers and stories do matter.

[exitmusicblue]

When push comes to shove, no Sal Buscema, eh?  Everybody's excommunicated from the cult.

 

 

 

 

Edited December 3, 2019 by exitmusicblue

[Brian Peck]

4 hours ago, grapeape said:

That’s the one I was thinking of

Even though he hated drawing Spider-Man

[Get Marwood & I]

Andru. Old Romita. Ditko. Young Romita. Kane. Garney. 

[grapeape]

4 hours ago, pemart1966 said:

Spider-Man was one character that Kirby could NOT draw...

I’d still take his original AF 15 or Strange Tales Annual 2 cover though.

[grapeape]

2 hours ago, Brian Peck said:

Even though he hated drawing Spider-Man

John gets bored easily. Maybe a blessing in disguise.

[pemart1966]

13 minutes ago, grapeape said:

I’d still take his original AF 15 or Strange Tales Annual 2 cover though.

I'm not sure why the Ditko version to AF 15 was rejected.

[grapeape]

5 minutes ago, pemart1966 said:

I'm not sure why the Ditko version to AF 15 was rejected.

Jacks was the more impressive cover in my opinion. It is fitting that the king of comics introduced the worlds greatest superhero on the debut cover while the perfect Ditko weaved the most incredible interior pages of a debut hero I’ve ever seen. See Library of Congress and drool (not on the pages.)
 

[Infamouspure22]

My top ASM title artists by some combo of volume of work + historical storylines + character creations + unique style imprint;

 

1) Ditko

2) Romita Sr.

3) McFarlane

4) Ramos

5) JRJR

6) Bagley

 

side note: Happy to see Ramos present in others’ lists

[Twanj]

1 Bagley

2 Larsen

3 McFarlane

4 Ditko

5 Zeck

6 Romita Sr

[pemart1966]

3 hours ago, grapeape said:

Jacks was the more impressive cover in my opinion. It is fitting that the king of comics introduced the worlds greatest superhero on the debut cover while the perfect Ditko weaved the most incredible interior pages of a debut hero I’ve ever seen. See Library of Congress and drool (not on the pages.)
 

Not for me.  I prefer the Ditko version.  Likewise for the rejected Ditko #10 cover.

Edited December 4, 2019 by pemart1966

[grapeape]

48 minutes ago, pemart1966 said:

Not for me.  I prefer the Ditko version.  Likewise for the rejected Ditko #10 cover.

They did finally print the Ditko AF cover for ASM 700. I dig it don’t get me wrong. 
Ditko Spidey my favorite all time.

[MyNameIsLegion]

The correct answer is:

Romita Sr.

Andru

Ditko

Kane

Pollard

JRjr

Frenz

 

[The Voord]

7 hours ago, pemart1966 said:

Not for me.  I prefer the Ditko version.  Likewise for the rejected Ditko #10 cover.

I probably lean more towards Kirby's AF cover though the rejected Ditko version looks perfectly acceptable (not much in it for me).  On the other hand, I prefer Ditko's unused ASM # 10 cover over the published Kirby/Ditko version.  Fascinating to discover such things exist years after publication and it makes you wonder (outside of a small number of known rejected versions) how many other covers Lee requested re-dos of?