Couple of Dandy items from Comics International

[stevezodiac]

Phew! I'm plum wore out after all this posting. Just noticed spelling of "DC Thompson" which is utterly unforgivable for anyone in comic fandom.

[felneymike]

I don't suppose anybody here needs it pointed out that Commando started around 30 years after The Dandy, but has a higher issue count because 8 issues have been published a month since the early 70's? XD

[ajsmith]

Or that there's no P in Thomson?.

[Earl]

The best I can offer in terms of the comic with the most issues is the Mexican title Pepin that ran for over 7,500 issues. In terms of the longest running comic in terms of years it's the American title Detective Comics.

You may well know of titles that can beat the above but they are the best ones I can think of.

Earl.

[felneymike]

The best I can offer in terms of the comic with the most issues is the Mexican title Pepin that ran for over 7,500 issues. In terms of the longest running comic in terms of years it's the American title Detective Comics.

You may well know of titles that can beat the above but they are the best ones I can think of.

Earl.

I think The Dandy beats Detective comics? Didn't that start in the early 40's and the Dandy started in 1937 (and the Beano in 38). Oh actually just looked on Wiki and Detective Comics also started in 37 (with a Fu Manchu like chararacter on the cover of issue 1!). According to the wiki article though, Detective Comics has, or is going, "oh hiatus", meaning it won't have been continuously published!

If you count story-papers as "comics", then The People's Friend must beat 'em all! Think it started in the 1860's and is still coming out.