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Glen Keith
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Dikto.
When I was younger, I would have said Romita, but I’ve come around on Dikto’s style. His Spider-Man moves in such a unique way, and his New York just feels a bit more grimy and dangerous.
Although I have to agree with our host; the combo of Gil Kane and John Romita is probably my favorite period of Spidey art.
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Brian Rhodes
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...his Spider-Man (or at the very least his style for Spider-Man) was what was used for a lot of promotional material so it is really what i grew up on. Same here. To me, Romita (Sr.) is the definitive Spider-Man artist. I used to hate Ditko's style when I was younger. It's grown on me a lot, though.
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Wallace Sellars
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Trevor Smith
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A rare case where the Spider-Man I "see" in my head is not
my favourite. Having grown up on the 60s animated series
and Romita Sr's version in the comics, my brain defaults to
that version of Spider-Man when I think or hear the name.
But, put the two side by side, and Ditko's is by FAR my
favourite!
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Clint Ludwick
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Add to to the list of people who did't get Ditko untill years later...same with Jack Kirby! But I'd have to say Romita Sr. is "my" Spider-man artist...mostly due to being more exposed to his work in house adds, posters etc. I prefer the more muscular build he gives S-M and NOBODY draws a better female face than Romita Sr!
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Thad Studebaker
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Ditko by a country mile. I love the quirkiness he gave to Spidey, plus I'm a big fan of the leaner look as opposed to the more muscular version of Romita.
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Joe Hollon
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Romita was a brilliant Spider-Man artist.
Ditko is a master of the art form and his 38+ issues of AMAZING is the best run on a superhero comic ever.
The winner: DITKO
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Joie Simmons
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Luckily, for the sake of the question, they never drew Spidey at the same time, so I'm just going to allow them to be equally amazing.
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Shaun Barry
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Can't make one choice over the other... in the early '80s, my mother's boyfriend gave me a HUGE box of his old Marvel Comics from the mid-/late-'60s, including a handful of Romita AMAZING SPIDER-MANs and Ditko MARVEL TALES reprints. I found both styles equally entralling. Both were as different as night and day, and yet both scream out "quintessential Spider-Man" to me! 
(Edited for fun comparisons)
Edited by Shaun Barry on 05 January 2012 at 9:30pm
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Peter Martin
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Both were as different as night and day, and yet both scream out "quintessential Spider-Man"----------------------------------------------- I like the way you've put this -- very true.
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Much as I love Romita (esp. when he did scenes with MJ or Gwen :-) ), Ditko, no question. Sorry, forgot the "why." Unfortunately, I don't know how to put it into words. It's partly the quirkiness of the work, partly how I think the best of the Lee/Ditko period was better than the best of the Lee/Romita period, and partly because it was still the early days before ideas were solidified about what Spider-Man "should be" so there's a sense of continuing drama and development that was later put on hold in the name of "preserving the property." I also think it comes from starting off on Spider-Man when Marvel Tales was reprinting the early stuff while at the same time Ron Frenz was doing his best Ditko impression over in Amazing.
Edited by Dave Phelps on 05 January 2012 at 7:12pm
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Stephen Robinson
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Romita's Spider-Man was the first I discovered. I remember -- and wish
I still had, darn it -- the newstand copy of Marvel Tales that reprinted
Spider-Man 50. I was too young to comprehend reprints. This story was
happening NOW and Stan and John delivered.
I also grew up with Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, which was
closely modeled on Romita's work.
Ditko is a genius and his run with Stan is unmatched but Romita's run is
equally brilliant in its own very different way.
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