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In 1988, Marvel was beginning the push to get trade volumes carried in libraries. I don’t have any data to support this, but I suspect this move–one made not just by Marvel but also by other publishers–helped keep the medium alive during the ’90s.
Above Newswatch item was from Marvel Age #70 (1989).