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how about a forum for girl's comics as a category on the site?
So has my copy and, interestingly, so has Sniper, the equivalent number 4 in my Red Dagger collection. I don't know why this should be the case but it may not be entirely coincidental that in each instance the number 4 issue was the first one in the set where Thomsons used staples. The first three in both sets had a 'squared off' spine like a book, and glue was used to bind the pages. Collectors of most Thomsons' titles for boys and girls from the first issue of Adventure in 1921 bless the company for always using glue. The only exceptions that I can think of off hand were the photogravure titles Scoop, and Bunty when it went the same way in 1989.Earl wrote:Interesting that the issue 4 in the scan has major rusty staples problems and my copy has exactly the same problem even though I have owned it since new and the other comics it's been stored with for the last 29 years show no signs of rust.
Thank you, Kashgar, for reminding me about Diana. As you know, I do have a significant collection of that title and I should have remembered it. However, I didn't bother to check because my principal focus in that post was on the similarity of Thomsons' procedure with Red Dagger and Lucky Charm. If I had, I might also have mentioned Patches and Suzy. Regarding my ability to comment on the other titles you mention, my collection contains two issues of Jackie, plus one Bimbo, one Twinkle and one Lucky Star, just as examples of relatively recent nursery titles, clearly too few on which to base any assertions. I wouldn't pay the prohibitive prices being asked for issues of Magic, so I don't have any, Fairyland Tales and summer specials don't really interest me and Plug, being a modern comic, would probably not get across the threshhold.Kashgar wrote:Diana was always stapled as was Jackie and, as they were in the same format, so were the summer specials from their inauguration in 1963. The nursery titles Bimbo, Twinkle, Little Star and Magic also always used staples for binding. The only regular comic to do so that I can think of was Plug. Offhand I'm certain that one of the later girl's titles was stapled too but I can't bring its name to mind. Fairyland Tales in the 1930's was also stapled.
