Beano Special #15 - Spooky Special - free gift!?

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Beano Special #15 - Spooky Special - free gift!?

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Hi all. I have a copy of the Beano Spooky Special (Sep 05 - Jan 06) which is advertised as coming with a "free fab joke book". This joke book was unfortunately lost a while ago but I have now acquired a joke book from the "Beanobooks (Geddes & Grosset)" series of books (you know the type) which may fit the bill. It is entitled "Dead Funny Jokes!" and is indeed "spooky" themed throughout. The real clue is on the back where there is no price but the "promotional copy - not for resale" statement which makes me think it could have been a free gift with something. It seems that this joke book was probably the one given out with Beano Spooky Special, but before I go pairing them up, is there anyone who can confirm this? I know not many of you collect very recent Beano items like this but I hope someone can help me out!

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Sounds right to me, it's not the only time a Beanobooks joke or puzzle book has been given away with a comic.

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I have a vague memory of that being correct, but I store all my free gift books separately from the comics they came with, so can't say for certain.
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I found a copy on eBay (it was issue 15 - found issue 19 first which was also a Spooky Special), but the free gift was missing.

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Thanks guys. Swirly, does this jog your memory at all?
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This is the joke book in question. It certainly does seem like type of thing to be given away with a "spooky special".

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Yes, that's exactly the one I was thinking of. I haven't lost it - it's just I can't prove any more than you can which comic it was originally given away with!
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Thanks Swirly. Reckon I'll pair these two up then, seems like it's 99% likely that this was the original free gift. :)

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if you look in any beanos from around that time there may be an ad showing that iss & free gift

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