Comics Reading Libraries

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™ and © 1973 King Features

Comics Reading Libraries were a series of give-away comic books produced by King Features syndicate and publisher Charlton Comics. The comics feature favorite King characters like Beetle Bailey, Blondie, Popeye, The Phantom and others in stories with simplified text to help youngsters learn to read. Between the stories were games, exercises, and features focussing on word use, punctuation, grammar and facts about books. Issues were given away at schools and libraries throughout the 1970s to encourage reading for fun.
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Comics Reading Libraries #2


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1 copy available for $2.00 		  
Comics Reading Libraries #4

March, 1939
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1 copy available for $1.50 		  
Comics Reading Libraries #5


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2 copies available from $5.25 		  
Comics Reading Libraries #6


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1 copy available for $8.50 		Bill Harris, Gary Poole, Dick WoodBill Lignante, Andre LeBlanc
Comics Reading Libraries #7


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1 copy available for $7.50 		  
Comics Reading Libraries #8

March, 1939
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4 copies available from $2.99 		Hal FosterHal Foster, Frank W. Bolle, Paul Norris
Comics Reading Libraries #11


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1 copy available for $4.99 		  
Comics Reading Libraries #16


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1 copy available for $6.00