Visa celebrates Free Comic Day today
Comic book
brings unique approach to financial education into classrooms and
homes across the country
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[May 04, 2013]
FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Free Comic Book
Day is the first Saturday in May each year, when comic book shops
across around the world give away comic books to anyone who comes
into their stores.
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Marvel Comics and Visa Inc. have teamed up to create an enormously
popular financial literacy comic book called "Avengers: Saving the
Day." Combining Marvel's iconic characters, including the Avengers
and Spider-Man, with Visa's financial literacy expertise, this comic
introduces children to basic money concepts. Visa has distributed
over 250,000 copies of the free comic since its release in March
2012. "Avengers: Saving the Day" is a 16-page comic book with a
fast-moving plot revolving around Spider-Man and the Avengers
learning about personal finance while battling the evil Mole Man
during an attempted heist. The book is accompanied by a teacher's
guide that uses Marvel's characters to introduce children to basic
financial concepts such as budgeting and saving.
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Available at no cost, both in print and online at
www.practicalmoneyskills.com/avengers, "Avengers: Saving the
Day" is available around the world and is available in Arabic,
Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and
Spanish. Hard copies can be ordered at
http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/
resources/free_materials/.
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