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Kashgar is as ever spot on. And it just goes to show that the new "Dandy" is not the same as the original, in either content, spirit, intent or period. And it never now can be. Even the word "Dandy" has a whole new meaning now (if its even known among young people).

Time to put the Granddaddy to ...

Hi Rab! I'm so pleased you managed to get over your log-in gremlins and start to post here. I am impressed by the quality of your posts. Keep up the good work. Your chum,

Peter.

Mike Tyson reading Knockout?

New book authors reading Plug?

Electricians reading Sparky?

Barry Manilow reading Mandy?

Phil Collins reading Buster? (think about it...).

Last week a copy of the first combined Dandy-Beano Summer Special published in 1963 sold on ebay for ?361. I'm not sure but I think this may be a record for a British summer special on ebay. Can anyone think if a summer special of any persuasion has sold for more?

That is a record, Ray. I ...

I wrote only once to a comic - COR!! - and it was duly published on 24th June 1972. I have and cherish that copy, but the 25p postal order I won has long been spent.... 8)

I did write a couple of times to The Beano, too, but that was before they had a letters page (1970?), and both times I got a ...

I was mesmerised (aged about 9) by the Iron Eaters in The Beezer in 1971/2. They had been appearing on and off in the comic since the mid-60s (?) but it was all new and exciting for me in the early 70s. Okay, they looked like giant sponges, but still a brilliant sci-fi idea which could have been ...

tolworthy wrote:

DJDogfart wrote:
If a story stretches onto two pages I expect War and Peace, nothing less.

Or The Bash Street Kids?

Some of the long runs or complete runs(10 years or more) in my comic collection are as follows.
Dandy 1942-2006
Beano 1942-2006
Topper complete
Beezer complete
Sparky complete
Adventure 1943-1961
Rover 1943-1973
Wizard 1943-1963
Hotspur 1943-1959
New Hotspur complete
Victor complete
Hornet complete ...

He is also selling a framed Sparky from 1968......but it's the WRONG one!!!!

Nah, Striker's not a patch on Ball Boy...

It is run by 'Phil-comics' who seem to sell a lot of items on ebay and has a website at http://www.phil-comics.com. The direct link to the Collectors Club is http://www.phil-comics.com/collectors_club.html

It says that they have been given permission by DC Thomson to reproduce images from the ...