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Star Wars (and sequels up to Revenge of the Sith), The Shining, Saving Private Ryan, and Kick-Ass are among the films done at Elstree ...

"Vietnam" in Full Metal Jacket was not far from where my dad used to work XD

When I posted that earlier I wasn't sure if it was a joke or not (even with the DC Thomson logo in the corner). But The Dandy's facebook just linked to it!

Ooh I do think I remember the second one, it was definitely a 90's annual, and probably a Dandy one (they had a short period of featuring adventure stories in the annuals). I'd further narrow the range down to 1996 - 1999.. unfortunately my brother got the Dandy annuals, so they've probably all been...

Well, er, there is this: http://www.bananamanmovie.com/

Would the Keeper of the Dread Sword count?

That Star Trek annual looks more like they're in a band than the crew of a spaceship XD

Well there was this:

http://gadsircomics.blogspot.co.uk/2008 ... trips.html

Some branches have it fairly reliably, though others seem to get a huge stock of one issue, then don't bother selling it for another 10 weeks or so, then get another huge stock. They can't expect to sell 25+ copies of a serial-heavy publication like that!

They could also be colour photocopies!

One of the Oxfam's in Cambridge has 90's Beano pages on the 'anti theft tower' things near the door. They also have pages from what looks like a 60's or 70's Dandy annual stuck to the wall upstairs :/

I'm not much of a fan of the Ian Kennedy covers, for some reason. His work on Dan Dare in New Eagle was brilliant, though. Especially his foray into Frank Hampson's 1994, during the "retcon" which made the original Dan Dare a Spitfire pilot.

The Ken Barr ones are amazing, though.

The Beano, Commando, Battle Action, Victor, Eagle, Roy of the Rovers and maybe War Picture Library.

Edit: Oh yeah, this would be 1984!

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It's what I throw-awayly called Jamie Smart in that blog post, as 'certian' people seem to blame only him for the Dandy being cancelled.

I think somebody on the Commando facebook mentioned that the earliest non-reprinted titles were 15 (called "Jap Killer", mind you!) and one in the 50's. Back when they were producing the 3-in-one themed compliation books I did suggest a "second chances" book with early, not-yet-reprinted stories. Bu...

Well if the thread has been well and truly derailed, perhaps I ought to mention Waldo The Wonder Man from the Sexton Blake stories, he started off as a villain, but gradually converted to good throughout the 1920's. I suppose "The Wonder Man" wasn't his real name, so he sort-of had a secret identity...