The objective of this study is to find out whether Comic-strips or Text is effective in improving students reading comprehension in teaching narrative. This study was conducted at SMPN 19 South Jakarta. The school is former-RSBI school. It is located at Jl.Bumi Blok E 21 Kebayoran Baru Jakarta Selatan. The study started from January and ended in July 2014. The writer took for two classes as…