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Dick Whittington and his cat is an English folktale. Dick is a poor boy who is taken in by a rich lord. The boy has a cat he loves very much, one day he gives the cat to a captain of a ship. If all goes well, Dick will receive part of the revenue from the travels. The moral of the story is: succes comes to those who don't give up. Recommended for age 5+.
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The Origin of Rubies is an Indian folktale. A prince goes out to sea and sees rubies floating in the water. He jumps in and is sucked into a vortex. There he meets a beautiful girl. She is trapped there and he helps her escape. The moral of the story is: don't be greedy. Recommended for age 6+.
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The Three Sillies is a popular English fairy tale. A young man is about to marry a girl, but he finds out that she is a bit dumb. He says he will only marry her after he finds three more sillies in the world. The moral of the story is: appreciate what you have, the grass isn't greener on the other side. Recommended for age 6+.
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In 1957, following the dissolution of his partnership with Joe Simon, Jack Kirby returned to DC Comics. Among his new assignments was the Green Arrow feature that ran simultaneously in Adventure Comics and World's Finest Comics, pitting the Emerald Archer and his sidekick, Speedy, against a plethora of foes.
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Crucial comic book stories about the Holocaust and interviews with their artists and writers, with a cover drawn especially for this book by Neal Adams . An amazing but forgotten chapter in comics history. Long before the Holocaust was taught in schools or presented in films such as Schindler's List , the youth of America was learning about the Nazi genocide from Batman, the X-Men, Captain America, and Sgt. Rock. Comics legend Neal Adams, Holocaust...