John Romita, Jr.
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John Romita, Jr. is a comic book artist best known for his extensive work for Marvel Comics in the 1970s through the 2000s. He is often referred to as JRJR (abbreviation of John Romita, Jr.)
He is the son of John Romita, Sr.
Romita's early popularity was based on his run on Iron Man in the 1970s with writer David Michelinie and artist Bob Layton. In the mid-1980s he had a run on Uncanny X-Men with author Chris Claremont which brought him immense popularity, as the X-Men had become a huge industry phenomenon by that time.
In the late '80s and early '90s, Romita enjoyed an acclaimed stint on Daredevil with writer Ann Nocenti and Eisner Award-winning inker Al Williamson, noted for its creation of long-running Daredevil nemesis Typhoid Mary.
Romita later collaborated with the enigmatic Frank Miller on a Daredevil origin story entitled The Man Without Fear, considered to be a companion of sorts to Miller's Batman: Year One tale. Romita worked on a host of Marvel titles during the '90s, including Punisher: War Zone, the Cable mini-series, The Mighty Thor, a return to Iron Man, and the Punisher/Batman cross-over.
In the 2000s, Romita again came to prominence for his run illustrating The Amazing Spider-Man (the title for which his father is best known for drawing in the 1960s) for writer J. Michael Straczynski. As of 2004, Romita's art is currently on display in The Gray Area mini-series for Image Comics, as well as Marvel's Wolverine with author Mark Millar as part of the character's thirtieth-anniversary celebration.