![Cover Thumbnail for Adventures in Reading Starring the Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1990 series) #1 [Squirt]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/113/w200/113099.jpg?-8806117465515337124)
Back to School Mayhem with...
Spider-Man
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cover /
1
page
| Pencils: | José Delbo (signed) |
| Inks: | José Delbo (signed) |
| Colors: | ? |
| Letters: | ? |
- Genre:superhero
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:In the Battle Against Illiteracy!
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
![Cover Thumbnail for Adventures in Reading Starring the Amazing Spider-Man (1990 series) #1 [Houston Chronicle]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1454/w100/1454877.jpg?4672292678849892485 "#1 [Houston Chronicle]")
![Cover Thumbnail for Adventures in Reading Starring the Amazing Spider-Man (1990 series) #1 [Baltimore]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1454/w100/1454880.jpg?5331220158304670909 "#1 [Baltimore]")
There exist 2 further variants
Issue Data
- Publisher's Brand:
Marvel Comics
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Marvel Comics
- Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Printer: ?
Indexer Notes
Indicia title is "Adventures in Reading Starring the Amazing Spider-Man". Cover title is "The Amazing Spider-Man Adventures in Reading".
This issue's indicia contains the following text which did not appear in the previous printings: "This comic was produced and developed by Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. in cooperation with The Baltimore City Literacy Corporation and The Baltimore Office of Promotion"
On sale date from the 1993 Library of Congress copyright records (cocatalog.loc.gov).
[no title indexed]
public service announcement /
1
page
- Genre:advocacy
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]
Spider-Man
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comic story /
28
pages
- Genre:superhero
- First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yo, Dwane -- you tired of this basketball garbage?
- 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".
[no title indexed]
activity /
2
pages
Indexer Notes
Word games including: Leftover Letters; Get Book Smart!; Look For the Book; Breaking the Code
[no title indexed]
text article /
2
pages
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).
- mcomics
- John Censullo
- Darrel McCann
- Jim Van Dore
