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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1990
Cover Price 0.00 FREE
Pages 36
Editing Bob Budiansky; Tom DeFalco (Editor In Chief)

Cover Details - "Spidey Travels Through Time and Space in the Battle Against Illiteracy!"

Characters Spider-Man
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jose Delbo
Inks Jose Delbo

1 page public service announcement

Characters Spider-Man
Script Barbara Bush
Pencils John Romita (?)
Inks John Romita (?)
Notes Spider-Man holding a letter from First Lady Barbara Bush.

28 page Spider-Man story "Adventures in Reading"

Characters Spider-Man; The Troglodyte (Introduction)
Synopsis Spider-man appears in front of a Library in pursuit of a villain called the Troglodyte. Troglodyte has stolen an invention called a transporter. The transporter sends Spider-man and three kids through the fictional worlds of "The Lost World", "The War of the Worlds" "The Jungle Book", "That Was Then, This Is Now", and "Ivanhoe".
Genre Superhero
Script Louise Simonson
Pencils Jon Bogdanove
Inks Hilary Barta
Colors Evelyn Stein
Letters Janice Chiang
Editing Bob Budiansky; Tom DeFalco (Editor In Chief)

2 page activity

Synopsis Word games including: Leftover Letters; Get Book Smart!; Look For the Book; Breaking the Code

2 page text article

Synopsis Information on getting a Library Card, using the Library, using a bookstore, the National Literacy Hotline, Literacy Volunteers and RIF (Reading Is Fundamental).

1 page text article "Further Adventures in Reading"

Synopsis (Inside back cover) Bibliography of novels encountered in main story in the book. Answers to the books puzzles.

Cover Details

Synopsis Back cover
Genre Superhero