The Bronze Age of comics is more or less thought of as the era of the 70s and the middle of the 80s, depending on where some draw the line. Spider-Man played as large a role in this era as he did in the Silver Age where some of the most iconic Marvel Comics stories were told. Many outstanding artists contributed to moving Spider-Man to even greater heights than before.

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While the Silver Age artists of Spider-Man number some of the greatest artists of all-time, so does the Bronze Age. Not all of them were working on Spider-Man at their peak though, and some only briefly for key moments in his long history.

10 Fred Hembeck

Fred Hembeck

Fred Hembeck is known for his unique, cartoony art style that long-time Marvel readers will remember fondly from the pages of Marvel Age. Some fans may not know that Hembeck drew a Spider-Man story in issue #84 of The Spectacular Spider-Man in January of 1984.

Most of Hembeck's work during this period was a parody of comics, but not this one. He would later draw other characters in a much less cartoony style, including his Marvel Age subject, Brother Voodoo.

9 John Romita Sr.

Spider-Man Wedding

John Romita Sr. is without a doubt one of the greatest Silver Age artists of Spider-Man, but he returned in the 80s for one of the character's most dramatic moments. The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #21 featured the wedding of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson, an event later undone in possibly the worst Spider-Man story ever.

Romita drew the iconic cover of the issue. He also penciled many other fill-in issues of Spidey's various titles during the early and mid-80s, including The Spectacular Spider-Man.

8 Sal Buscema

Spider-Man Sal Buscema

Sal Buscema had a pair of major runs on the character of Spider-Man. He first started drawing the character in the 70s, as the original artist on The Spectacular Spider-Man, which debuted in December of 1976.

He came back to the title in 1988 and had a remarkable 100-issue run, through 1996, a feat rarely matched in comics. Buscema is the younger brother of John Buscema, who as equally all over Marvel Comics in the 1970s and 80s, including Conan The Barbarian.

7 Al Milgrom

Spider-Man Black Ca

Al Milgrom has had a long and varied career at Marvel Comics, drawing many high-profile series during the Bronze Age like the original Captain Marvel and the West Coast Avengers. Milgrom wrote and drew The Spectacular Spider-Man #90–100 in 1984 and 1985, contributing to that long-running spinoff's success.

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During this time, Spider-Man revealed his identity to Black Cat, AKA Felicia Hardy. Milgrom worked as a penciler, inker, and editor at Marvel, including the entire ten year-run of Marvel Fanfare.

6 Ron Frenz

Spider-Man Hobgoblin

Ron Frenz had a significant run on the character in the early 80s, drawing many issues of both The Amazing Spider-Man and The Spectacular Spider-Man. His work on the former included the first appearance of Spider-Man's black costume in issue #252 in May 1984.

Frenz went on to draw the series up through issue #283 but was removed by editor Jim Owsley in 1986. Also during this time, Frenz drew the saga of the Hobgoblin, whose identity became a confusing mess for many years.

5 Keith Pollard

Amazing Spider-Man 200

Keith Pollard was a significant artist in the Bronze Age for Spider-Man. He drew The Amazing Spider-Man from issue #186 through issue #205 in June of 1980. He also penciled the backup feature in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #15.

His biggest contribution was the introduction of the Black Cat, in The Amazing Spider-Man #194 in July 1979. Black Cat would go on to become one of the most complex - and the coolest - members of Spider-Man's Rogues Gallery.

4 John Romita Jr.

Marvel Comics' Spider-Man in the pouring rain, drawn by John Romita Jr

John Romita Jr. joined his father as a major contributor to Spider-Man in the early 80s. Between 1980 and 1984, he drew many issues of The Amazing Spider-Man, including issues #208, and #210–218. Romita Jr.'s art style was still evolving at this point and would change significantly by the time he came back to the character in the 90s and early 2000s.

His later Spider-Man would be much bulkier than classic versions. Romita Jr. also had two significant runs on The Uncanny X-Men, in the 80s and as one of the best X-Men artists of the 90s.

3 Frank Miller

Spider-Man Frank Miller

Frank Miller is famous for his iconic take on Batman in The Dark Knight Returns, but before that, he took a crack at Spider-Man. Early in his career, Miller often worked with legendary Batman writer Denny O'Neill, and the two collaborated on two issues of The Amazing Spider-Man Annual in the early 80s.

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The 1980 Annual featured a team-up with Doctor Strange and the 1981 issue saw Spider-Man cross paths with the Punisher. Miller would also go on to an iconic run on Daredevil, which evolved Spidey villain Kingpin into a more menacing figure.

2 Art Adams

Spider-Man Art Adams

Art Adams never drew a monthly title for Spider-Man - or any other character for that matter - but he left his mark across Marvel Comics in the 1980s. Adams is a very slow worker, focusing on getting everything right, so most of his output in the early and mid-80s was in the form of backup stories and annuals.

Adams worked with Ann Nocenti for a great story in Web of Spider-Man Annual #2 in which Warlock of The New Mutants runs amok in New York City - for a while as Godzilla - and Spider-Man has to stop him.

1 Mike Zeck

Spider Man crawling from his grave in Kraven's Last Hunt

Mike Zeck is a major artist during the Bronze Age. He drew one of Spider-Man's greatest stories, "Kraven's Last Hunt." This was a darker and more character-driven piece, written by J.M. DeMatteis, than the character had been featured at that point.

Grim and gritty would become the hallmarks of the years that followed, but Zeck's classic, lithe Spider-Man always kept to the light, even in his black costume. Zeck also drew many stories and covers for the 80s G.I. Joe Marvel Comics series.

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