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I got the Beano, Dandy and the classic Beano and Dandy 2023 annuals.

The Beano annual is good. The highlights are probably Dangerous Dan strip. I think its really well drawn and takes advantage of all the extra things you can do with digital artwork rather than the classic way of drawing. I didnt like the mini strips (especially Calamity James which has gone from my favourite to least favourite strip). But the Angel Face investigates mini-strip was actually really good, it was nice how each mini strip followed on from the last. There was a lot of that in the annual actually, stories told over multiple parts. I didnt find it weird how Billy Whizz, the Numskulls and Ball Boy werent in the annual at all (except for a Billy Whizz cameo in another strip), have they been dropped? Strange not seeing them but Biffo the Bear, who disappeared years ago, does have his own story.

The Dandy annual was good too. The choose your own adventure style Dreadlock Holmes strips were an interesting experiment. Its good to see them try something new.

Tin Can Tommy wrote: 25 Dec 2021, 23:40 Just started on the 2022 classic beano and Dandy annual. It seems to be made up almost entirely of reprints from annuals. Which would be good if I didn't already have most of them

My guess is that this was because of the pandemic and most of the annuals have already been digitally archived so they could compile it whilst working from home.

The 2023 classic Beano and Dandy annual was a real treat. probably my favourite of the 3 annuals. This year's theme was "spooky" strips and the comic was full of them. The inside covers being big full page (Double Page?) Laughing Planet strips by Tom Paterson, which are a real work of art. There were stories from all over both comics run (and even a Beryl the Peril story from the Topper or one of the Beryl annuals?) but there definitely seemed to be a lot of newer strips from the 90s, 00s and even one from the 10s. I'm not used to seeing stuff this new in the classic annuals but the stuff they reprinted was really good. There was a Mike Pearse long Bash Street Story that I loved and it was one that I dont think I had read before. I googled it and found it was from a year 2000 issue of the Beano but it must have been edited to appear in the classic annual because Dennis' old dad has been replaced by his redesigned appearance. Was this done especially for this year's classic annual or was this story reprinted elsewhere?

I just got some 1964 `Hotspur` comics. All of August and October 1964. Reason for this was for the `Lonely Larry` strip. I wanted to see if it differed from its 1968 `repeats` in Sparky comic. The three from October did as they had red colouring shades , due to centre page placing. Hope to get September issues one day!

Got 5 more Dandy comics from the late 1940s. Pics to follow a.s.a.p.

Into The Abyss wrote: 03 Jan 2023, 20:59 Got 5 more Dandy comics from the late 1940s. Pics to follow a.s.a.p.

great! look forward to seeing these

Richard S. wrote: 05 Jan 2023, 08:04

Into The Abyss wrote: 03 Jan 2023, 20:59 Got 5 more Dandy comics from the late 1940s. Pics to follow a.s.a.p.

great! look forward to seeing these

Well here they are Richard S. Very nice too. Bagged and boarded. I have Dandy comics No.372 , No.375 & No.380 from 1948, and Dandy comics No.404 & No.405 from 1949. All in VG+ to Fine condition.

Just got a run of 1965-66 Hotspur comics with the one `Lonely Larry` series (The final in Hotspur) that `wasn't` repeated in Sparky (His first three series were in 1967-68) Hope to get more of the ones that `were` repeated in Sparky where he was renamed `Ken` and the strip was titled "The Lonely Lad of Blue Lagoon".

Bought a Christmas Beano comic No.388 from the 24th December 1949 in FN condition.

Just got `New Hotspur` Nos 47, 48 & 49 from 1960. Reason for these was the start of the "Lonely Larry" strip. This was later repeated in `Sparky` 1967-68; where I first came across it retitled as "The Lonely Lad of Blue Lagoon" where `Larry` was also retitled `Ken`. Interesting that in the first `New Hotspur` adventure for Larry, the dialogue and some frames were later altered or edited out in the `Sparky` re-runs.

Got myself a Dandy comic No.407 from the 10th of September 1949 in VG+ condition.

An eclectic collection of 29 comics from errol car boot the day - £20 for the lot!

Stevendoig wrote: 15 Jan 2023, 18:27 An eclectic collection of 29 comics from errol car boot the day - £20 for the lot!

Liking what i'm seeing Stevendoig. Congrats on your find.

Tin Can Tommy wrote: 30 Dec 2022, 14:16 The 2023 classic Beano and Dandy annual was a real treat. probably my favourite of the 3 annuals. This year's theme was "spooky" strips and the comic was full of them. The inside covers being big full page (Double Page?) Laughing Planet strips by Tom Paterson, which are a real work of art. There were stories from all over both comics run (and even a Beryl the Peril story from the Topper or one of the Beryl annuals?) but there definitely seemed to be a lot of newer strips from the 90s, 00s and even one from the 10s. I'm not used to seeing stuff this new in the classic annuals but the stuff they reprinted was really good. There was a Mike Pearse long Bash Street Story that I loved and it was one that I dont think I had read before. I googled it and found it was from a year 2000 issue of the Beano but it must have been edited to appear in the classic annual because Dennis' old dad has been replaced by his redesigned appearance. Was this done especially for this year's classic annual or was this story reprinted elsewhere?

From searching around on this own forum, i found a post from 2012 discussing this story. It appears it was reprinted as a mini-comic in the Beano MAX that may be when the story was edited to replace Dennis' Dad with his redesigned version

Chalky do you still have the buster puzzle summer specials would love to see these even pdf or scans would do looking everywhere and spooky stories too please

I have quite a few summer specials myself rare whoopee buster monsterfun whizzer and chips looking for whoopee 1977 thats a rare one also cor summer special 1974 also a pc scan of this would be fantastic

Stevendoig wrote: 15 Jan 2023, 18:27 An eclectic collection of 29 comics from errol car boot the day - £20 for the lot!

Very nice buy i dont know if i would ever sell mine i have whoopee 76 77 78 79 complete years some 74 75 buster whizzer and chips etc