The daily comic strip has the distinction of the longest written series by living legend, Stan 'The Man' Lee. When the strip first debuted, seminal Spider-man artist John Romita (SR.) brought the wall-crawler to life. Now, it's co-written and drawn by Stan's little brother, Larry Lieber.
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| Promotional image that debuted in Sunday papers on Jan 2, 1977 alerting fans of the new strip that would begin the next day. |
It's kinda fitting that this strip began in 1977. Until I was about 12, Spider-man was a my favorite Marvel character. I remember being thrilled when the live-action series came on TV (It had already aired by the time I saw it, but a local TV station, WPTF-28 (now defunct) aired the very short-lived series in half hour increments during the day when I was 3 or 4. One really cool promotion for the series going into syndication was a meet and greet with Spidey at the Belk's at the Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh. I still have the autographed photo they gave out... somewhere.)
Anyways, before I go, I thought I would share with you what the very first strip looked like and what today's strip morphed into. Sadly, it's not some sort of anniversary strip honoring Stan and Larry.
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| Jan 3, 1977 |
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| Jan 3, 2017 |
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