To get serious about Romita, I do think he has his strong points as an artist. His drawing style is definitely NOT one of his strong points, but there are many other things that make a good artist.

For example, Romita is one of the best when it comes to page and splash layouts, composition and figure posing. Just look through all his covers to see some examples. His images have outstanding movement, energy and interesting and eye-catching juxtapositions. His characters have excellent form and his poses are both believable and compelling. As a comparison, while Finch is a much better at drawing, the layout of his covers can be muddy and confusing. Of course, Finch's drawing is so outstanding that one is easily able to forgive this lack of discipline.

Romita's execution of his compositional ideas may not be the best, but he is still quite good. And one of the reasons Joe Q and other editors love him is he is fast and dependable. For us readers this may not be that important, but for the publishers this is an endearing quality.