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Digifiend wrote:

steelclaw wrote:Nice one, so that is a possible 3 for 1984 if those 2 are 1984 in Specials.

I reckon theirs Buster and Buster Monster fun specials going right back to the 1970's we just have discovered them yet.

There are. The Specials page includes a 1977 one.

Digi as you can see I wrote Buster and Buster Monster fun specials.
1977 only includes a 1977 Buster & Monster Fun and not a Buster as well,

So like when the first Buster & Monster Fun from 1977 appeared their might be a Buster as well and vice versa where theirs just a Buster Holiday special listed.

That is correct. The issue is whether one of the Buster (without Monster Fun) specials on the Specials page should in fact not be 1984, and I would still refer back to Al to check the dates inside...

The 1985 'Buster' summer special not in Specials.

As many of you who follow the results of Compal postal auctions probably know, a combo consisting of the 1969 Beano Summer Special, original Dudley Watkins cover artwork for the Special and a copy of Beano issue 1406 (June 28th 1969) promoting the Special was bid to £3410 - a new record?

That high price is because of the original artwork, no doubt about it.

There was a seperate cover on the back page of the special: part 2 of the cover gag. I wonder if this came as part of the package?


This Summer Special was within my grasp on e-bay just last night: sadly, I was gazzumped at the last second by another shrewd mover.

...Maybe it's just me but the sight of a 1/6d price tag sets my pulse racing in a way that a 10p one never could!

- Phil Rushton

There was a seperate cover on the back page of the special: part 2 of the cover gag. I wonder if this came as part of the package?

Just to clarify - it was the artwork for the front cover of Beano No.1406 from 1969 that was sold. The Biffo story promoted that year's Summer Special, including a mini reproduction of the cover - hence the inclusion of both the comic and the special in the package.