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Wolverine has been orphaned. And, like him, many other Marvel superheroes with the death of John Romita<\/strong>. The legendary cartoonist and artistic director of the publishing house has died at the age of 93, as has reported his own son<\/a> (and also iconic cartoonist) John Romita Jr.<\/p>\n

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Known to an entire generation for his long stint in ‘Amazing Spider-Man<\/strong>‘, where he had to replace Steve Ditko, was the one who completely transformed the style of the spider hero<\/strong> during the adventures scripted by Stan Lee as well as, as artistic director of the publishing house, co-creating one of the great heavyweights of Marvel superheroes: Wolverine.<\/p>\n

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A creation that, as often happens, comes with anecdotes included. With his first appearance for the number 180 of ‘The Incredible Hulk<\/strong>‘, where the emerald colossus entered the Canadian forests, screenwriter Len Wein approached John Romita, then art director of Marvel with a commission: a new character called Wolverine (Wolverine).<\/p>\n

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Turns out she’s not a wolf<\/h2>\n

“Then I thought a wolverine was a female wolf!”<\/em>, admitted the cartoonist with a laugh in an interview for Frank Lovece. With Stan Lee’s “Marvel Method”, Romita was used to receiving only a name and, without any indication, having to fully design a character<\/strong>. So he took the encyclopedia from the office, he saw that it was not a wolf but another type of animal:<\/p>\n

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“A ferocious little creature with catlike features and claws. So I went to the drawing board and started drawing sketches. Since I wrote “small” in my notes, I suggested in the original sketch to make it 5.4, 5.5 [1,64-1,67 metros]. I said, “he’s fierce and he’s small” so you make him a little pissed off guy.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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