Cost of Living

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Cost of Living

Comic Story information Released: 2000 Comic series: The Simpsons comic strips Simpsons Comics Pages: 1 Written by: Barry Dutter Bill Morrison

Cost of Living is a The Simpsons comic strips story, which was also published in Simpsons Comics #59. It is available via the Simpsons Store app.

Plot

Bart asks Grampa for $5 to buy a comic book with. Grampa told Bart that in his days, comic books cost a penny and that the day he pays $5 for a comic book is the day he pays $1,000 for a new car. Bart then asks Grampa for $5 for a new car, but Grampa sees through this scam, and says that he invented it back in 1939, and then gets lost in his story. He then notices Bart again, and is startled. Bart then asks for $5 for a comic book again and Grampa gives it to him.

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Comic issue Release date Country Simpsons Comics #78 March 20, 2003 Big Bouncy Book of Bart Simpson May 2, 2006 The Best of The Simpsons #34 January 4, 2007 Simpsons Classics #30 Fall 2011

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