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A multicolor booklet featuring a man and a woman on the left side looking into each others eyes. Slightly behind and to the right of the woman is an older man with white hair. At the top in red and yellow lettering are the workds Agimat Komiks. On the bottom in red and yellow lettering are the words Ano nga ba ang Pag-Ibig? Multicolor comic book cover of AIDS news featuring two men in a crowd of people clasping hands with the one on the right stating Hey, man... Be Safe! English and SPanish version of a comic The Adventures of Bleach Man. Bleach Man is a completely white cartoon character standing white his hands on his hips, wearing a cape and a bleach bottle for his head. A purple and white cover of a comic featuring scenes from the comic around the outside of the comic. In the center is a face of a woman with the words I love you, but not enough to die for you written above her head. On the top of the comic in large yellow letters is written the word Decision. Blue cover of a comic titled Dora and Dan: the dramatic start of a love affair. In the upper left corner are the faces of Dora and Dan in hearts facing each other. Cover of Encore le Sida in blue with yellow stars scattered around the edges. In the center are an illustration of a man and a woman reading a book. Above the people are the words Encore le Sida! The cover of a comic book featuring two boys and a girl in an outdoor setting. They are looking fearfully at a open box that has a glowing blue right hand floating out of it. The title The Guiding Hand is writting in red lettering at the top of the cover.
Predominantly yellow poster with an illustration of a cartoon-style condom holding a shield with the letter K in the center. The title Knowledge Protects is written in red lettering at the top. Multi-color comic book cover for Leo Setzt Auf Liebe (Leo bets on love) featuring an illustrated man wearing sunglasses in front of a table filled with chances of luck. Cover of a comic book on sexually transmitted diseases featuring an illustration of a man and a woman wearing only leafs being attacked by three sexually transmitted disease monsters. The title Les MST... ou les maladies seuellement transmissibles is at the top in black lettering. In the bottom left corner with a yellow background is are the words avec un dossier special sida! A comic book cover with a black background. A green monster figure is on the left hand side of the cover within a pink rectangle. On the right side of the cover in pink lettering is HIV Liv Pou Kolore. Sa Sa Ye? Cover of the comic for Rele Lig Kont S.I.D.A. featuring a pregnant woman at the front of a crowd holding yellow signs about AIDS. A multi-color comic book cover featuring a man riding a motorcycle video game surrounded by people in a video arcade. Tet a queue is written in red lettering at the top of the comic book. A four color cover of Tres Hombres comic book featuring a black and white image of three Hispanic-American men on a blue background. Inset at the bottom of the comic are black and white scenes of a woman lying on a bed and a family of three within red box outlines and the words El Sida. At the top of the comic in white lettering is the title Tres Hombres.
The cover of a comic book featuring two boys and a girl in an outdoor setting. They are looking fearfully at a open box that has a glowing blue right hand floating out of it. The title The Guiding Hand is writting in red lettering at the top of the cover. A six panel multi-color comic book page discussing and showing how germs can enter the body and how HIV attacks the immune system.

The Guiding Hand. American Indian Health Care Association. 1989.


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