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During those long road trips when nobody could agree on what songs to sing along to or The License Plate Game<\/em> proved to be a bust, a heaping stack of comic books was Mom and Dad’s best friend. They were cheap, and if they had puzzles in them, they may keep the kids quiet until arriving at Grandmother’s house!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During those long road trips when nobody could agree on what songs to sing along to or The License Plate Game proved to be a bust, a heaping stack of comic books was Mom and Dad’s best friend. 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