In 2001, Romita returned to Spider-Man for a collaboration with writer J. Michael Straczynski beginning with "The Amazing Spider-Man" vol. 2 #30 (June 2001). The creative team produced a story for issue #36 (Dec. 2001) that served as memorial to the victims of the September 11 attacks. He drew Marvel's "Wolverine" with author Mark Millar. In 2004, Romita's creator-owned project "The Gray Area" was published by Image Comics. Romita's art has since appeared in "Black Panther", "The Sentry" and "Ultimate Vision", a backup feature in the Ultimate Marvel line, written by Mark Millar.