Comics are literally books.
Looks like you're some kind of literature snob. I'd love to know exactly what books you own, I doubt it will take long for you to list them all.
( brb natural fistic, Thu 6 Mar 2025, 15:35, archived)

I've got five hundred zillion books.

( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Thu 6 Mar 2025, 15:58, archived)

And none of them is illustrated?

( brb natural fistic, Thu 6 Mar 2025, 16:52, archived)

Well there's a couple of manga titles by Junji Ito, now your mention it.
TBH I'd forgotten Spiderman started out as a comic character. All the same, I'd say there's a fair chance none of the kids in those costumes are aware of this, whereas at least some of the Gruffalos and Harry Potters and so on have presumably at least had those books read to them.
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Thu 6 Mar 2025, 17:25, archived)

You'd be surprised.
A kid I know had an encyclopedic knowledge of Marvel Avengers and DC Justice League by the time he was 5. His mum got him the supermarket comics every week. Kids love trivia about themed costumed crime fighters. Also dinosaurs.
( brb natural fistic, Thu 6 Mar 2025, 18:54, archived)

I dun got a copy of Gulliver's travels
and an English-Chinese dictionary used as official learning materials during the 80s in communist China

I have many more, but you wouldn't have heard of them, they're too esoteric for the likes of you.
(HeyManPutEmOldThingsBack, Thu 6 Mar 2025, 16:07, archived)