John Romita became my first favorite Marvel artist with the first Marvel Comic I bought, Daredevil #19.
Romita wasn’t a flashy artist, and he wasn’t a fast artist. He was a dedicated, hard-working professional whose attractive style greatly expanded the popularity of Spider-Man after the departure of co-creator Steve Ditko.
John Romita passed away in his sleep Monday night at age 93, leaving us with one fewer of the few remaining comic book creators of the Silver Age.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/arts/john-romita-sr-dead.html