The Friendly Neighborhood Webslinger Swings Back into Print with Four New Softcover Volumes – Now Live on Kickstarter!
Between killer robots, Doctor Doom’s flying saucer, the rise of the Spider Brigade, and the infamous Spidey Jeans craze, the 1980s kept Peter Parker on his toes and newspaper readers glued to Stan Lee’s thrilling daily Amazing Spider-Man Comic Strip. Now, longtime fans and new readers alike can discover Spider-Man’s offbeat, thrilling adventures in four lovingly crafted softcover collections of The Amazing Spider-Man Newspaper Comic from Clover Press. Collecting all of the newspaper adventures from 1981 to 1984 – written by Stan Lee with art by Iron Man co-creator Larry Lieber, longtime Airboy artist Fred Kida, and renowned Transformers artist Floro Dery – these new deluxe slipcase editions are now funding on Kickstarter.
“By the early 1980s, Spider-Man was firmly established on the newspaper page.” said Clover Press Publisher Hank Kanalz. “Following the success of our campaign to collect the first four years of The Amazing Spider-Man Newspaper Comic, we are thrilled to continue the line. The strips from 1981 to 1984 feature a more seasoned wall crawler navigating longer, more intricate storylines that balance action, emotional drama, and classic Peter Parker misfortune. This era paired Stan Lee with a rotating roster of artists, including Larry Lieber, Fred Kida, and Floro Dery, each bringing their own visual style to the daily strip.”
Originally remastered and collected by The Library of American Comics in hardcover editions that are now largely out of print, these classic newspaper strips are highly sought after by collectors. Thanks to the success of the first Kickstarter, Clover Press is continuing to republish the series in affordable softcover editions of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN,reprinting each strip just as readers experienced them nationwide, with the full-color Sunday pages integrated with the dailies. Each volume will measure 11″ x 8.5″ in a horizontal format and come housed in a vertical slipcase designed for protection and easy shelving. Backing this Kickstarter campaign will allow readers to get all four volumes in one bundle. The campaign will also include a puzzle, stickers, lithographs, a second pocket book facsimile and more.
Fans can support the campaign for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN CLASSIC NEWSPAPER COMICS: 1981- 1984 on Kickstarter. For updates, follow Clover Press on Instagram, X, Bluesky and Facebook. You can subscribe to the Clover press newsletter here.