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Sunday, July 19, 2026
HELLO AGAIN FELLOW ART COLLECTORS IN THIS GREAT HOBBY OF OURS!

 This email is only going out tonight to all who are signed up for our art mailing list before this goes out publicly tomorrow to everyone else!

Any art can be hand delivered in San Diego also if anyone is attending!
just let me know via text at 330-221-5655 or email me at [email protected]

All art piece can be seen by clicking this simple link:

'THE OZONE GANG' Large Art Peak Era Pinup
(DISMEMBERMENT BY MULTIPLE HEADED CREATURE DRAWN DURING SWAMP THING #1!) 1972
NEW 7/18
Bernie Wrightson (pencils and inks)


Action Comics #316 Splash
(RARE JIM MOONEY DRAWN LARGE ART SUPERMAN SPLASH!) 1964
NEW 7/18
Jim Mooney (pencils and inks)


Action Comics #450 Cover
(FULL BODY SUPERMAN LAUGHING SO LOUD THAT METROPOLIS IS COLLAPSING AROUND HIM!) 1975
NEW 7/18
Bob Oksner (pencils and inks)


Action Comics #451 Cover
(A vengeful gangster switches faces with Clark Kent to kill Superman!) 1975
NEW 7/18
Bob Oksner (pencils and inks)


Action Comics #600 Cover!
(HISTORIC 50th ANNIVERSARY COVER WITH SUPERMAN DRAWN AS AN OSCAR STATUE!) 1988
NEW 7/18
John Byrne (all)


All-Out War #2 Cover
(The Viking Commando & 3 Other Great Scenes All Fully Drawn!) 1979
NEW 7/18
Joe Kubert (pencils and inks)


Amazing Spider-Man #309 p 8
(Spider-Man Swings into His Home, Takes Off Costume & Finds MJ Gone, Hostage To Jonathon Caesar!) 1988
NEW 7/18
Todd McFarlane (pencils and inks)


Amazing Spider-Man #324 Semi-Splash
(SABRETOOTH, CAPTAIN AMERICA & SILVER SABLE! 2 LARGE SPIDEY IMAGES DRAWN ON BACK!) 1989
NEW 7/18
Erik Larsen (penciller)
Al Gordon (inker)


Avengers #58 p 11
(INCREDIBLY HISTORIC PAGE WITH ENTIRE AVENGERS & THE VISION FROM HIS ORIGIN ISSUE!) 1968
NEW 7/18
John Buscema (penciller)
George Klein (inker)


Avengers #83 p 7
(ENTIRE AVENGERS TEAM MEET MARVEL EDITOR ROY & JEANIE THOMAS!) 1970
NEW 7/18
John Buscema (penciller)
Tom Palmer (inker)


Avengers #90 p 19
(Kree-Skrull War! Capt Marvel Prisoner Of Ronan as Vision & Quicksilver Battle!) 1971
NEW 7/18
Sal Buscema (pencils and inks)


Avengers #93 p 24
(FANTASTIC BATTLE AS THE THING & HUMAN TORCH KNOCK OUT GOLIATH FROM THE AVENGERS! CAPTAIN MARVEL ALSO!) 1971
NEW 7/18
Neal Adams (penciller)
Tom Palmer (inker)


Avengers #99 p 18
(Thor & Cap Defeated as Hawkeye & Wanda Battle THE Olympian GODS From Taking Hercules!) 1971
NEW 7/18
Barry Windsor Smith (penciller)
Tom Sutton (inker)


Captain America #149 p 1 SPLASH
(THE FALCON & REDWING WATCH A ROBBERY BELOW!) 1971
NEW 7/18
Sal Buscema (penciller)
Jim Mooney (inker)


Captain America #217 p 1 SPLASH
(Captain America & Falcon Sign Autographs For Kids!) 1977
NEW 7/18
John Buscema (penciller)
Pablo Marcos (inker)


Captain Marvel #20 p 19 Semi-Splash
(AWESOME 5 PANEL HULK TRANSFORMATION PAGE AS HE DESTROYS EVERYTHING!) 1970
NEW 7/18
Gil Kane (penciller)
Dan Adkins (inker)


Conan the Barbarian #11 p 31
(BEST CONAN BATTLE PAGE IN BOOK!) 1971
NEW 7/18
Barry Windsor Smith (penciller)
Sal Buscema (inker)


Conan the Barbarian #13 p 4
(BEST CONAN BATTLE PAGE IN BOOK!) 1971
NEW 7/18
Barry Windsor Smith (penciller)
Sal Buscema (inker)


Daredevil #100 p 7
(DAREDEVIL BATTLES CROOKS IN EVERY PANEL!) 1972
NEW 7/18
Gene Colan (penciller)
John Tartaglione (inker)


Defenders #89 Cover
(A Death In The Family!) 1980
NEW 7/18
Mike Nasser (penciller)
Joe Rubinstein (inker)


Devil Dinosaur #8 p 21
(Devil Dinosaur Captured As Dino-Riders Chase Moon-Boy!) 1978
NEW 7/18
Jack Kirby (penciller)
Mike Royer (inker)


Doctor Strange #172 p 20
(3 PANEL SILVER AGE PAGE WITH DR. STRANGE VS DORMAMMU!) 1968
NEW 7/18
Gene Colan (penciller)
Tom Palmer (inker)


Doctor Strange #176 p 12
(SILVER AGE PAGE WITH DR. STRANGE TRANSPORTING THROUGH A MIRROR, WONG ALSO THERE!) 1968
NEW 7/18
Gene Colan (penciller)
Tom Palmer (inker)


Fantastic Four #139 p 28
(ENTIRE FF TEAM: The Thing, Human Torch, Medusa, Wyatt Wingfoot!) 1973
NEW 7/18
John Buscema (penciller)
Joe Sinnott (inker)


Fantastic Four #347 p 14
(Mr. Fantastic Attacked by SKRULL Invisible Woman Throughout Page!) 1990
NEW 7/18
Arthur Adams (penciller)
Arthur Thibert (inker)


Fantastic Four #96 p 9
(GREAT 4 PANEL BATTLE WITH MR FANTASTIC BATTLING HIMSELF!) 1969
NEW 7/18
Jack Kirby (penciller)
Frank Giacoia (inker)


Final Fantasy #2 Unpublished Cover
(Great Dragon Battle Cover Right Before Mignola Started Hellboy!) 1992
NEW 7/18
Mike Mignola (pencils and inks)


Forever People #4 p 11 Semi-Splash
(GREAT HALF SPLASH WITH VERY EARLY DARKSEID APPEARANCE!) 1971
NEW 7/18
Jack Kirby (penciller)
Vince Colletta (inker)


Forever People #4 p 21 Semi-Splash
(GREAT HALF SPLASH FROM EARLY DARKSEID APPEARANCE ISSUE!) 1971
NEW 7/18
Jack Kirby (penciller)
Vince Colletta (inker)


Forever People #4 p 4
(GREAT 4 PANEL PAGE WITH VERY EARLY DARKSEID APPEARANCE!) 1971
NEW 7/18
Jack Kirby (penciller)
Vince Colletta (inker)


G.I. Combat #130 p 1 SILVER AGE SPLASH (THE HAUNTED TANK WITH THE GHOST OF GENERAL JEB STEWART BATTLING AN INDIAN WARRIOR!) 1968 NEW 7/18
Russ Heath (pencils and inks)


G.I. Combat #249 Cover
(The Haunted Tank & 3 Other Fully Drawn Scenes!) 1982
NEW 7/18
Joe Kubert (pencils and inks)


Incredible Hulk #166 p 1 SPLASH
(HULK FINALLY CLIMBS OUT OF OCEAN FROM PREVIOUS ISSUE BATTLE!) 1973
NEW 7/18
Herb Trimpe (penciller)
Sal Trapani (inker)


Incredible Hulk #233 p 14 SPLASH
(HUGE HULK SMASHES THROUGH WALL!) 1978
NEW 7/18
Sal Buscema (penciller)


Incredible Hulk #238 p 30 SPLASH
(HUGE HULK SMASHES THROUGH WALL!) 1978
NEW 7/18
Sal Buscema (penciller)
Jack Abel (inker)


Infinity, Inc. #32 Cover
(GREAT McFARLANE BATTLE COVER WITH BRAINWAVE BATTLING JADE WITH A GIANT PSYCHO PIRATE SMILING IN BACK!) 1986
NEW 7/18
Todd McFarlane (penciller)
Tony DeZuniga (inker)


Infinity, Inc. #33 Cover
(The Origin Of Obsidian: Todd Rice, With 3 Versions Of Him Drawn!) 1986
NEW 7/18
Todd McFarlane (penciller)
Tony DeZuniga (inker)


Jack Hunter #1 Cover
(ICONIC LARGER IMAGE WITH OUR HERO KILLING A BAD GUY INSIDE OF HIS LARGE HEAD IMAGE!) 1987
NEW 7/18
Joe Kubert (pencils and inks)


Jimmy Olsen #139 Cover (GREAT EARLY JACK KIRBY SUPERMAN, THE SHIELD, & JIMMY OLSEN COVER!) 1971 NEW 7/18
Jack Kirby (penciller)
Murphy Anderson (inker)
Vince Colletta (inker)


Koshchei the Deathless #6 Cover
(Koshchei & Hellboy Together On An Erupting Volcano Ready For Battle!) 2017
NEW 7/18
Mike Mignola (pencils and inks)


Kull, the Destroyer #29 p 1
(Kull Battles The Skeleton Lord Thulsa Doom!) 1978
NEW 7/18
Ernie Chan (penciller)
Ricardo Villamonte (inker)


LOKI 4 Pinup Large Style Guide Pinup
For Proposed THOR Animation Series (1980)
NEW 7/18
Jack Kirby (penciller)


Marvel Fanfare #21 p 17
(HULK VS THING BATTLE!)
NEW 7/18
Jim Starlin (penciller)
Al Milgrom (inker)


Marvel Premiere #14 p 22
(Dr Strange Battles The God-Like Sise-Neg Throughout!) 1973
NEW 7/18
Frank Brunner (penciller)
Dick Giordano (inker)


Marvel Spider-Man Merchandising Pinup
Fully Drawn With 2 Layer Cel Set-Up!) 1970s
NEW 7/18
John Romita Sr. (all)


Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #4 p 22
(34 Total Heroes Drawn On This Great Page!) 1984
NEW 7/18
Bob Layton (penciller)
John Beatty (inker)


Marvel Team-Up #147 p 1 SPLASH
(ARGUABLY THE LARGEST SPIDER-MAN SPLASH YOU WILL EVER SEE!) 1984
NEW 7/18
Greg LaRocque (penciller)
Mike Esposito (inker)


Marvel Team-Up #40 p 1 SPLASH
(SPIDER-MAN, SANDMAN, HUMAN TORCH, CRIME MASTER, BIG MAN & ENFORCERS, SONS OF TIGER!) 1975
NEW 7/18
Sal Buscema (penciller)
Mike Esposito (inker)
Dave Hunt (inker)


Marvel Team-Up #75 Cover
(Luke Cage & Spider-Man Save Lives In A Burning Building!) 1978
NEW 7/18
Bob Hall (pencils and inks)


Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein
Unfinished Chapter 2 Plate Illustration (1976)
NEW 7/18
Bernie Wrightson (pencils and inks)


Moon Knight #28 p 4
(MOON KNIGHT BATTLES BAD GUYS AS THE SEXY MARLENE ALRAUNE WATCHES FROM A COUCH!) 1983
NEW 7/18
Bill Sienkiewicz (pencils and inks)


Moon Knight #3 p 17
(MOON KNIGHT & FRENCHIE FLY DOWN FROM HIS SHIP TO HOME!) 1981
NEW 7/18
Bill Sienkiewicz (pencils and inks)


Ms Marvel #1 p 22
(MS MARVEL IN ACTION IN HER VERY 1ST APPEARANCE ISSUE WITH THE SCORPION!) 1976
NEW 7/18
John Buscema (penciller)
Joe Sinnott (inker)


My Love #5 Cover
(Superb Detailed Silver Age Romita Romance Cover! JUST AMAZING!) 1969
NEW 7/18
John Romita Sr. (pe


Namor Annual #2 p 37 FULL SPLASH
(THE AWESOME SILVER SURFER HOLDS HIS SURF BOARD AS THE INCREDIBLE HULK & DR. STRANGE ARE STUNNED! (1992)
NEW 7/18
James Fry (penciller)
Chris Ivy (inker)


New Gods #2 Cover
(VERY FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE NEW GODS: 'BLACK RACER!') 1984
NEW 7/18
Jack Kirby (penciller)
Mike Royer (inker)


Nova #1 Cover Recreation By Original 1976 Cover Artist! NEW 7/18
Joe Sinnott (pencils and inks)


Nova #12 p 1 SPLASH
(SPIDER-MAN & NOVA WITNESS A MURDER BY THE EVIL PHOTON!) 1977
NEW 7/18
Sal Buscema (penciller)
Frank Giacoia (inker)


Our Army at War #202 Silver Age Cover
(Easy Company At Sgt Rock's Grave: Bulldozer; Wild Man; Little Sure Shot; Jackie Johnson!) 1968
NEW 7/18
Joe Kubert (pencils and inks)


Our Army at War #258 Cover
(Awesome Large Sgt. Rock Battle Scene!) 1972
NEW 7/18
Joe Kubert (pencils and inks)


Peanuts Daily Strip 5-2-1970
(GREAT VERY EARLY WOODSTOCK GAG BEFORE HE GOT HIS NAME, WITH HIM & SNOOPY IN EVERY PANEL, BOTH IN CLASSIC SLEEPING POSES ON THE DOG HOUSE!)
NEW 7/18
Charles Schulz (pencils and inks


Spider-Man 2000 p 1 SPLASH
(Peter Parker Behind Bar With LARGE Spider-Man Hovering Over Him!) 2000
NEW 7/18
Klaus Janson (pencils and inks)


Spider-Man 2099 #1 Cover
(Huge Spider-Man 2099 'Miguel O'Hara' Swinging Past Buildings!) 2014
NEW 7/18
J. Scott Campbell (all)


Star Wars Weekly #56 Unpub Cover
(Luke Skywalker Battles Baron Tagge!) 1978
NEW 7/18
Al Milgrom (pencils and inks)


Sub-Mariner #62 p 1 SPLASH
(HUGE SUBBY & NAMORITA BATTLE DR HYDRO & HIS HENCHMEN!) 1972
NEW 7/18
Frank Giacoia (pencils and inks)
Sam Kweskin (layouts)


Superboy & the Legion Of Superheroes #215 Cover!
(Sun Boy, Superboy, Saturn Girl, Brainiac 5, Element Lad!) 1975
NEW 7/18
Mike Grell (pencils and inks)


Tales of Suspense #51 p 11
(FIRST SCARECROW! GREAT IRON MAN BATTLE PAGE WITH FIDEL CASTRO & HIS SOLDIERS!) Large Art -1963
NEW 7/18
Don Heck (pencils and inks)


Tales of Suspense #85 p 1 SPLASH
(2 HUGE IMAGES OF IRON MAN BATTLING THE MANDARIN!) LARGE ART - 1966
NEW 7/18
Gene Colan (penciller)
Frank Giacoia (inker)


The Essential Conan #1 Back Cover With Cover Prelim
(Reprints Conan the Barbarian #1-25) 1999
NEW 7/18
John Buscema (pencils and inks)


The Essential Conan #1 Front Cover With Cover Prelim
(Reprints Conan the Barbarian #1-25) 1999
NEW 7/18
John Buscema (pencils and inks)


THE INCREDIBLE HULK 1966 AURORA MODEL KIT ART VERY LARGE FULL PAINTING!
(EARLIEST NEAL ADAMS MARVEL ART!)
NEW 7/18
Neal Adams (all)


The Monsters Color the Creature Book & FPG CARD #37
(THE VAMPIRE! 1 OF ONLY A FEW PINUPS DFROM BOOK WRIGHTSON HAND COLORED!) 1974
NEW 7/18
Bernie Wrightson (all)


Thor #161 p 18
(GREAT 4 PANEL BATTLE WITH THOR BATTLING IN EVERY PANEL!) 1968
NEW 7/18
Jack Kirby (penciller)
Vince Colletta (inker)


Weird War Tales #75 Cover
(3 SKELETON U.S. SOLDIERS COME OUT OF TANK TO BATTLE NAZIS!) 1979
NEW 7/18
Joe Kubert (pencils and inks)


Witching Hour #3 p 1 SPLASH
(2 DEMONS CONJURE UP A WARRIOR TO HELP THEM IN BATTLE!) 1969
NEW 7/18
Bernie Wrightson (pencils and inks)


Wonder Woman Style Guide Pinup (1970s-80s) NEW 7/18
Jose Luis Garcia Lopez (penciller)
Dick Giordano (inker)


World's Finest #255 p 1 SPLASH
(CAPTAIN MARVEL BEATS UP BILLY BATSON AS THE EVIL DREAMDANCER WATCHES! BULLETMAN & BULLETGIRL DRAWN!) 1978
NEW 7/18
Don Newton (penciller)
Kurt Schaffenberger (inker)

We truly hope to see everyone going to THE SAN DIEGO COMIC CON at our huge booths: 4402-4404...

I will also have 3 VERY high end pieces for the show so please stop by my 2 huge booths to check them out also.

We are happy to bring any art on site to the con to hand deliver to anyone going there ... Just let us know what you need & WE HOPE TO DO A DEAL WITH YOU SOON &
Thanks as always for your patronage as we most assuredly appreciate it.


Mike Burkey

Romitaman.com

John Romita Sr
Legendary Comic Artist John Romita Sr (1930-2023) is best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and for co-creating characters like The Punisher. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2002. Romita Sr got his start in comics in the late 1940's doing work, sometimes uncredited, for both Timely and Trojan Comics, and in the '50s he worked on a wide variety of horror, romance, war and other genres for Atlas Comics (formerly Timely). During this period he worked on the short-lived revival of Captain America for Atlas, before switching over to DC Comics in 1958 where he worked primarily on romance comics. Of course by 1965 Romita Sr was back at Marvel Comics and learning the Marvel house style of storytelling by penciling over Jack Kirby layouts on Daredevil. When the growing estrangement between Stan Lee and Steve Ditko finally peaked in 1966, Ditko left Marvel abruptly and Romita Sr was asked to take over artistic duties on Spider-Man. While not comfortable at first with the book, John took the web-head mainstream and it was on Spidey where John really left his mark in comics for many fans. Assuming the role of Art Director of Marvel in 1973, Romita Sr also played a major role in the visual direction Marvel's books took, and he designed many new characters like Luke Cage, Bullseye, Tigra, and Wolverine. John Romita Sr is the father of comic artist John Romita Jr.

It fascinates me how from growing up in the 1970s as a kid with little money, I had to work on my paper route to have funds to buy all of the comics I loved as a kid. And growing older I was able to buy more expensive comics as I saved my money while in the U.S. Army at West Point from 1985-1989 and I was able to finally buy my very first pages of comic art in 1989 and it has been an unbelievable roller coaster ride ever since that point trying to find the Amazing Spiderman #1-297 pages and Spiderman strip art from 1-3-1977 to 11-9-1980 I love so dearly and covet!!