Newspaper Strip Reprints

This page gives you all the information we have about how to track down back-issues of the ongoing Spider-Man newspaper syndicated by King Features? The strip has been written by Stan Lee since its inception in January 1977. Various artists have performed the honors.

Art Credits:

• John Romita, Sr.:
• Larry Leiber:
• Floro Dery:
• Alex Saviuk:
• Floro Dery:
• Fred Kida:

Story Arcs:

• 3 Jan 1977 - 27 Feb 1977 Spidey vs. Doctor Doom [Romita]
• 28 Feb 1977 - 8 May 1977 Arms and the Madman [Romita]
• 9 May 1977 - 17 Jul 1977 The Rattler [Romita]
• 18 Jul 1977 - 2 Oct 1977 Captured by the Kingpin [Romita]
• 3 Oct 1977 - 29 Oct 1977 Along Came a Spider (Origin) [Romita]
• 8 Oct 1979 - 23 Dec 1979 He Prowls by Night [Romita]
• 24 Dec 1979 - 24 Feb 1980 Requiem for a Super-Hero [Romita]
• 3 Nov 1980 - 1 Jan 1981 When a Wall-Crawler Turns Bad [Romita then Lieber]
• 14 Jun 1982 - 19 Sep 1982 The Girl with the Golden Touch [Kida]
• 18 Apr 1983 - 30 July 1983 Corruption at Compton Computers [Kida⁺, Dery^*]
• 31 Jul 1983 - 22 Mar 1984 The Mobster, the Eliminator and the Bombshell [Kida⁺, Dery^+*]
• 23 Mar 1984 - 17 Aug 1984 The Imposter and the Steel Claw [Kida⁺, Dery^*]
• 18 Aug 1984 - 31 Mar 1985 The Terror of Dar Harat [Kida⁺, Dery^*]
• 1 Apr 1985 - 21 Dec 1985 What's the Matter with Jody? [Kida⁺, Dery^*]
• 22 Dec 1985 - ??? The Wedding [Kida⁺, Dery^*]

• 4 Jun 1990 - 23 Sep 1990 There Shall Come a Robot!

  [Leiber⁺]

• 24 Sep 1990 - 7 Apr 1991 The Birth of a Super-Hero

  [Leiber⁺]

• 8 Apr 1991 - 13 Oct 1991 The Ninja Avenger

  [Leiber⁺]

• 14 Oct 1991 - 23 Mar 1992 Mary Jane Parker vs. Dr. Doom or If This is Tuesday, This Must Be Latveria

  [Leiber⁺]

• 24 Mar 1992 - 19 Apr 1992 The Origin of Spider-Man

  (Reprinted)

• 20 Apr 1992 - 20 Oct 1992 Doctor Strange

  [Leiber⁺]

• 21 Oct 1992 - 23 May 1993 Daredevil

  [Leiber⁺]

• 24 May 1993 - 18 Jun 1993 At Home with the Parkers

  [Leiber⁺]

• 19 Jun 1993 - 5 Dec 1993 The Selling of Spidey

  [Leiber⁺]

• 6 Dec 1993 - 1 Mar 1994 The Mutant Agenda

  [Leiber⁺]

• 2 Mar 1994 - 10 Oct 1994 JJJ Has a Plan (Also called "The Kingpin")

  [Leiber⁺]

• 11 Oct 1994 - 2 Dec 1994 Looking for Work

  [Leiber⁺]

• 3 Dec 1994 - 17 Apr 1995 The Circus of Crime

  [Leiber⁺]

• 18 Apr 1995 - 30 Aug 1995 Fearless Vampire Player

  [Leiber⁺]

• 31 Aug 1995 - 14 Dec 1995 The Actress

  [Leiber⁺]

• 15 Dec 1995 - 9 Mar 1996 Howard

  [Leiber⁺]

[+] indicates Monday-Saturday artist.
[*] indicates Sunday strip artist.

Here are the reprints that SpiderFan has identified:

• Amazing Spider-Man Newspaper Strips reprints all the Romita strips.
• Best of Spider-Man (Newspaper Reprints) reprints Arms and the Madman, Captured by the Kingpin, Along Came a Spider, The Imposter Must Die! (Sunday only), He Prowls by Night, Requiem for a Super-Hero, When a Wall-Crawler Turns Bad, The Girl with the Golden Touch.
• Pocket Book: Spider-Man Newspaper Reprints (Vol. 1) reprints Spidey vs. Doctor Doom, Arms and the Madman.
• Pocket Book: Spider-Man Newspaper Reprints (Vol. 2) reprints The Rattler, Captured by the Kingpin.
• Comics Revue Magazine reprinted some tales starting in the early/mid 80's.
• Storyline Strips Volume 11 and Storyline Strips Volume 12 reprinted some tales starting in the late 90's.
• You can read the most recent strips online at kingfeatures.com.