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This daily newspaper strip is basically the adventures of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' in an AlternateContinuity to the comic books. The strips are written by Creator/StanLee and have been illustrated by the likes of John Romita and Larry Leiber (Stan's brother). Although Stan remains credited on every strip, some fans speculate that it is either Larry or another ghost writer who takes up the task of writing an all-year 'round batch of adventures.

There are many changes in the strip's presentation, both to pacing and to how Spidey interacts with the rest of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. He's met {{Daredevil}} relatively recently, for one thing. There was also a switch to Peter Parker's domestic situation to match with the "BrandNewDay" storyline... and readers' letters made the writers agree to drop that.

The strips were initally responsible for Peter marrying Mary Jane Watson, with the 616 books following suit. To date, the strips are now the sole means of accessing the spider-marriage, in any current canon.
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!!Provides Examples of:
* AsYouKnow: Due to the casual nature of a newspaper strip, this is used frequently for readers who might not have read the previous day's strip. Especially when some newspapers don't have {{Sunday strip}}s.
* AllJustADream: The switch to an unmarried Peter in early 2009 was done with no explanation, thus passing it off as a dream had some merit in this case. And the strip where he wakes up almost comes across as a TakeThat (the title for the story was "Will The REAL Peter Parker Please Stand Up?").
* AntiHero: ThePunisher, obviously, in his guest appearances.
* ArchEnemy: Due to Spider-Man's tendency to get incapacitated by means of a brick or another heavy object to the head (see TapOnTheHead below), bricks are jokingly referred to as being his most dangerous foe by some readers. He was also recently run over by a car.
* AuthorsSavingThrow: [[invoked]]Using the dream as a ResetButton, in order to avoid repeating the "One More Day" mistake [[TakeThat (and basically admitting so)]].
* CanonForeigner: Plenty of characters show up who aren't seen in any other Spider-Man canon, including villains created specifically for the strip.
* ClassicalMovieVampire
* ContinuityNod: A story arc with Sandman in 2009 makes it clear that the events of ''Film/{{Spider-Man}} 3'' are canon to the strip. Several times. Despite not making any chronological sense considering the strips started in the 1970s.
* CostumeCopycat: A guy pretends to be Spider-Man's SecretIdentity, but for the fame and fortune. Peter has to save him when villains inevitably go after the impostor.
* GrandFinale: We're going to get a Venom story in Spider-Man in the final collection of the newspaper strips.
* HypnotizeThePrincess: When heiress Muffy Ainsworth is captured by a vampire, [[spoiler:who was really an actor just staging a stunt to revive his career. Hypnotizing her was real, but it was meant to look like a vampire's spell]].
* IdiotBall: So many characters pick this up that it is not unusual for the series to descent into an outright IdiotPlot at times.
* MsFanservice: Mary Jane is often seen lounging around their apartment wearing lacy pink lingerie for no discernible reason except to be fan service.
** To further drive the point home, her debut in the strip is just as much of an EstablishingCharacterMoment as it is in the source material: she's wearing a shirt, [[AbsoluteCleavage with the only "buttoned" button being the one right above her belly button, and not wearing a bra]].
* PrettyInMink: Muffy Ainsworth wears a white fur jacket in her flashback arc.
** Mary Jane has worn a few fur-trimmed jackets.
** In the arc where a guy pretends to be Spider-Man for the fame and fortune, his wife buys a fur coat among other things. When he's complaining about some lawsuits based on what Spider-Man did (or people imagined he did), his wife is just trying on the fur in front of a mirror and telling him of the jewelry she bought.
* TakeThat: In addition to the aforementioned "dream" retcon of the "unmarried" Spidey status quoe from early 2009, in 2010, during a crossover with Iron Man, Spidey is asked by Stark if he would ever make his identity public. Spidey makes it clear such action would be far too dangerous and would put people he loved in danger. A No-Prize to whoever can guess what that's referring to...
* TapOnTheHead: Happens ''very'' often to Spider-Man. It is a miracle how he manage to steer clear of permanent brain damage with all that trauma applied to his skull.
** Then again, Spider-Man having brain damage might explain a lot of [[IdiotBall the]] [[PlotInducedStupidity odd]] [[WhatAnIdiot behavior]] he exhibits from time to time.
* SpiderSense: It seems to work only to let Spider-Man know where trouble is or to help him find pieces of paper with important information. If someone comes up from behind to whack him over the head with a blunt weapon, or a brick falls off of a wall, he's helpless to avoid being knocked out.
* HappilyMarried: Peter and MJ.
* StartOfDarkness: For quite a few villains.
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