The Phantom - King comics Library Supplementary Reading Program - R15

The King Comics Reading Library Supplementary Reading Program was developed by Richard Guttenberg, Anne Marie Mueser and Sherman Saiger for King Features Syndicate in USA in 1977. The program was established as an aid for Teachers to educate young children, specifically in areas of reading such as vocabulary and sentence construction.

In 1973, King Features published a series of 16 King Comic books dedicated to promoting the educational value of comic books for children, issued to schools free of charge by King Features Syndicate. Each issue was assigned a unique number preceded by the letters ‘R’, with a variety of comic book characters features.

Incorporated within each issue of the 16 comic series published in 1977, were engaging educational puzzles and quizzes and a pictorial dictionary that centered on the story inside as well as the diverse cast of King Features characters showcased within that specific issue. The inside back cover of each issue contains the answers to these puzzles and quizzes.