Volume: 1
Price: 0.00 FREE
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1990
Editing: Bob Budiansky (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor in chief)
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Spider-Man / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Jon Bogdanove (signed)
Inks:
John Romita (signed)
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Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Spidey Travels Through Time and Space... ...In the Battle Against Illiteracy!
Characters:
Spider-Man; Dwane; Mike; Cara

Indexer Notes

The first three covers of issue v1#1 have the same artwork by Jon Bogdanove and John Romita. The fourth cover has different artwork by José Delbo, with a "Squirt" logo in the upper left-hand corner.

3 variant cover scans
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This issue is a variant of Adventures in Reading Starring the Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1990 series) #1.
There exist 2 further variants

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There is no copyright record for this variant.

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public service announcement / 1 page

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  • Genre:advocacy
Characters:
Spider-Man

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The first printing, Baltimore variant, and Squirt variant depict Spider-Man holding a letter from First Lady Barbara Bush (dated June 1, 1990).

The Houston Chronicle variant depicts Spider-Man swinging using two hands, "Zap!" in large letters, and "Houston Chronicle/King Features/Hearst Corporation" (same artwork as the back cover of the first printing).

[Adventures in Reading]
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Spider-Man / comic story / 28 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yo, Dwane -- you tired of this basketball garbage?
Characters:
Spider-Man; The Troglodyte (introduction); Dwane; Mike; Cara; Professor Summerlee; Challenger; Baloo; Akela; Mowgli; Bagheera; Shere Khan; Curtis; Mark; Bryon; Angela; Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert; Rebecca; King John; Ivanhoe
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".

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activity / 2 pages

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Characters:
Spider-Man; Dwane; Mike; Cara

Indexer Notes

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

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text article / 2 pages

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Letters:
typeset
Characters:
Spider-Man; Dwane; Mike; Cara

Indexer Notes

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

Further Adventures in Reading
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text article / 1 page

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Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Bibliography of the novels encountered in the main story in this book. Answers to the book's puzzles.

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Spider-Man / advertisement / 1 page

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  1. ["Spidey Travels Through Time and Space... ...In the Battle Against Illiteracy!"]
    Spider-Man
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  3. [Adventures in Reading]
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  6. Further Adventures in Reading
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