The Lure of Comic Books

The Watchtower, February 15, 1956

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● A recent survey shows Americans spend more money on comic books each year than on elementary and secondary school textbooks. The survey, made by the Bureau of Public Administration at the University of California, says many hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of comics are sold each year—about four times the combined annual book-purchasing budgets of all public libraries in the country.

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• Announcements
• Check Your Memory
• Do You Believe Only What You Can See
• Part 28—International Assemblies (1946-1950)
• Questions From Readers
• Soviets Printing Bibles
• The “Triumphant Kingdom” Assemblies of 1955
• Triumphing over Wicked Spirit Forces
• Turning Tables on the Pranksters
• Why Believe in God