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'''''The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection''''' is a series of books collecting the first 10 years (to date) of ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (comic strip)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' newspaper [[comic strips]] by [[Marvel Comics]], an [[United States|American]] comic strip title which debuted on January 3, 1977. It was first syndicated by [[Register and Tribune Syndicate]] (1977–1985), later [[Cowles Media Company]] (1986), and currently [[King Features Syndicate]] (1987–onwards). The series launched in 2015 and is published by [[The Library of American Comics]].

== Background ==

''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (comic strip)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' newspaper comic strip has had many attempts of being collected prior to The Library of American Comics started to publish this series. In the 1980s, two [[trade paperbacks]] collecting episodes from the strip's first year; another collection was an anthology collection titled ''The Best of Spider-Man''. The strip was also collected for a part in the [[magazines]] ''[[Comics Revue]]'' and ''Storyline Strips'', which has selections spanned from the 1980s to the 1990s output. Marvel themselves did publish two books in the 2000s, these collecting all ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' comic strips done by [[Stan Lee]] and [[John Romita Sr.]]

How it came about to The Library of American Comics to once again publish a reprint series of the strip was thanks to the good business relationship between their owner [[IDW Publishing]] and [[Marvel Comics]], due to [[Scott Dunbier]] of IDW who had established a good working relationship with Marvel while producing the [[Artist's Edition]]s books featuring Marvel material. Further business development between the two publishers was, therefore, not a big leap to take.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/04/17/bruce-canwell-amazing-spider-man-strip|title=Bruce Canwell on The Amazing Spider-Man Newspaper Strip|date=17 April 2018 |accessdate=8 March 2019}}</ref>

The series was first announced at [[New York Comic Con]] in October 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/2014/10/12/marvel-and-idw-team-for-spider-man-newspaper-strip-collection-av|title=Marvel and IDW Team For Spider-Man Newspaper Strip Collection, Avengers Micro Comic Fun Packs |accessdate=18 March 2019}}</ref> together with the release date of the first volume of the series set to be in early 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/nycc-idw-to-collect-amazing-spider-man-comic-strips/|title=Marvel and IDW Team For Spider-Man Newspaper Strip Collection, Avengers Micro Comic Fun Packs |date=10 October 2014 |accessdate=18 March 2019}}</ref> However, it was not released until June the same year.

==  Format ==

The hardcover volumes measure 11 inches × 8.5 inches (280&nbsp;mm × 216&nbsp;mm), have [[daily strips]] reproduced in [[black-and-white]] at three strips per page, and [[Sunday strips]] reproduced in full color, one full Sunday strip page per page. The books are designed by [[Dean Mullaney]] and edited by Bruce Canwell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsarama.com/22369-idw-marvel-team-up-to-reprint-classic-amazing-spidey-newspaper-strips.html|title=IDW & Marvel Team Up To Reprint Classic AMAZING SPIDEY Newspaper Strips| accessdate=18 March 2019}}</ref> Each volume collects the comic strips (dailies and Sundays) in integrated story order. Each volume entry of the book series contains approximately 700 comic strips,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/amazing-spider-man-newspaper-strips-1979-1981-vol-2/|title=Amazing Spider-Man Newspaper Strips: 1979-1981, vol. #2 |date=22 December 2015 |accessdate=18 March 2019}}</ref> the equivalent to two years of an original newspaper run. The volumes have high quality acid free paper stock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinemasentries.com/review/book-review-the-amazing-spider-man-the-ultimate-newspaper-comics-collection-vol-2-1979-1981/|title=Book Review: The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection Vol. 2, 1979-1981 by Stan Lee and John Romita |date=4 April 2016 |accessdate=19 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinemasentries.com/review/book-review-the-amazing-spider-man-the-ultimate-newspaper-comics-collection-vol-3-1981-1982-by-stan-/|title=Book Review: The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection Vol. 3, 1981-1982 by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Fred Kida|date=30 September 2016 |accessdate=19 March 2019}}</ref>

As the featured strips are Marvel property, each volume is reviewed by Marvel for approval before going into print. The books includes extras such as interviews with people involved in the making of the strip including: [[Jim Shooter]], former Marvel Editor-in-chief; [[John Romita Sr.]], artist; [[Larry Lieber]], artist; [[Stan Lee]], creator and writer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/04/17/bruce-canwell-amazing-spider-man-strip|title=Bruce Canwell on The Amazing Spider-Man Newspaper Strip|date=17 April 2018 |accessdate=8 March 2019}}</ref>

==  Volumes ==  
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! style="background-color:#D0E4FE" data-sort-type="number" | Volume 
! style="background-color:#D0E4FE" | Release date
! style="background-color:#D0E4FE" | Title
! style="background-color:#D0E4FE" | Period
| style="background-color:#D0E4FE" | '''Page count'''
! style="background-color:#D0E4FE" | ISBN
|-
|1||2015-06-26||''The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection - Vol. 1''||1977–1978||312||{{ISBNT|978-1-63140-351-4}}
|-
|2||2016-01-05||''The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection - Vol. 2''||1979–1981||320||{{ISBNT|978-1-63140-498-6}}
|-
|3||2016-08-16||''The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection - Vol. 3''||1981–1982||312||{{ISBNT|978-1-63140-651-5}}
|-
|4||2017-07-04||''The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection - Vol. 4''||1983–1984||324||{{ISBNT|978-1-63140-898-4}}
|-
|5||2019-05-14||''The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection - Vol. 5''||1985–1986||328||{{ISBNT|978-1-68405-401-5}}
|-
<!-- end of Volumes table -->|}

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== External links ==
* [http://loac.idwpublishing.com/product-category/amazing-spider-man/ Publisher website - IDW Publishing - The Library of American Comics - ''The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection'']
* [https://issuu.com/idwpublishing/docs/spiderman_newspaper_v3-pr Preview - ''The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection - Vol. 3'']

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