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What Christmas Comics Have You Bought Recently?

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Since it is near Christmas, I thought about creating a themed version of Steelclaw's thread.

Merry Christmas. :cheers:
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I recently got the following:

Eagle dated 29/12/1990.
Doctor Who Magazine January 2015
The Beano dated 13/12/2014
Tiger and Hurricane dated 25/12/1965
Tiger and Hurricane dated 23/12/1967
Funny Monsters Comic Issue 2
Battle dated 27/12/1986
The Hornet dated 25/12/1965
Buster and Jackpot dated 25/12/1982
The Dandy dated 30/12/1978
Lion and Champion dated 31/12/1966
Lion and Champion dated 30/12/1967
Eagle dated 24/12/1952
Krazy Comic dated 25/12/1976
Krazy Comic dated 31/12/1977
2000AD dated 24/12/1977
Mickey Mouse dated 27/12/1975
Mickey Mouse in Disneyland Magazine dated 25/12/1976

Funny how different comics printed by the same company have their Christmas issues on different dates for the same year (e.g. Lion and Champion and Tiger and Hurricane).
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Visited the old house last week and found a batch of 2000ADs. Spooky as I had the house cleared and could have sworn that all my shelves in my old study had been cleared. They were spares and not part of my collection. However, it had a 1989 Xmas issue so that went into my Xmas collection.
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Bought the Christmas edition of Viz.
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TV21 25.12.65. It hasn't arrived yet, and my guess is it isn't particularly Christmassy. But that year was the "Dalek Xmas" wasn't it?

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When the first Doctor Who film was released in 1965 Lewis's department store in Stoke city centre converted the space they normally used for Santa's grotto into a Dalek 'control room'. I queued for ages with my mum to meet the mechanical monsters, who eventually rewarded my patience by presenting me with my very own copy of the 'Dalek Code' (though I never understood why Daleks attached so much importance to 'cleaning their teeth every day'! :? )
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Bought the Christmas Beano yesterday from Tesco in Coulsdon.
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Christmas issue of Toxic.
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SID wrote:Christmas issue of Toxic.
Good man. I hope you enjoy the strips.
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Phil, did the Daleks give you one of these? They were handing them out at schools that year. (Dentists, I mean, not Daleks.)
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No rocket-powered Xmas trees or three-eyed space Santas in TV21, sadly.

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My copy of the Christmas 2000AD sporting a brilliant Ian Kennedy wrap-around cover arrived yesterday. Interestingly enough, no Prog 2015 but instead it is using the standard issue numbering (Prog 1961).
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Lew Stringer wrote:
SID wrote:Christmas issue of Toxic.
Good man. I hope you enjoy the strips.
Yup I did. :)
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2000AD I bought last years chrimbo special and said i would start collecting it again,this is my first issue since :lol: i am gonna try and collect it every week from 2016.

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big bad bri wrote:2000AD I bought last years chrimbo special and said i would start collecting it again,this is my first issue since :lol: i am gonna try and collect it every week from 2016.
Have you got this year's Chrimbo special? You should as it's good jump on point since it contains a new batch of strips for the new year.
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SID wrote:
big bad bri wrote:2000AD I bought last years chrimbo special and said i would start collecting it again,this is my first issue since :lol: i am gonna try and collect it every week from 2016.
Have you got this year's Chrimbo special? You should as it's good jump on point since it contains a new batch of strips for the new year.
yea got it yesterday i still aint read last years special :lol:

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