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Old 06-09-2009, 15:08
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For fans/collectors of classic Uk comics:

Starting next Saturday, 12th September, The Guardian newspaper will be giving away a reproduction of a classic British comic every day for a week. As there is no Sunday edition of the paper, The Observer will also be involved in the scheme on September 13th.

The classic reprints all come from the Egmont and D.C.Thomson stable of comics, and appear to be mostly 1980s editions. Kicking off with a copy of girls' comic Jackie next Saturday, followed by The Beano No.2000 (from 1980) on Sunday, the rest of the week will see copies of Roy of the Rovers, Bunty, Dandy, Tammy, and Whizzer and Chips presented with the paper.
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Old 06-09-2009, 18:13
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Excellent news! I don't normally buy newspapers anymore, but just this once...
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Old 07-09-2009, 12:53
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Oh great, they would put Beano - no doubt the most sought after - in the Observer! That's gonna cost more than a modern Beano!

Link to the exact entry on Lew's blog: http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2009...-guardian.html
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Old 12-09-2009, 17:23
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SO excited to read my 1975 copy of Jackie today!

I have discovered I am mostly Bs in the How Romantic Are You? quiz (I don't love lightly. My feelings go deep and are unfathomable... So true), that it's not a good idea to bleach your teeth with peroxide if they're a bit yellow according to Cathy and Claire and that Donny loves Spaghetti and tacos.

Excellent!
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Old 12-09-2009, 18:52
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH!!!!

FORGOT!!



Just discovered swear words I never knew.

MUST buy Observer tomorrow with the Beano 2000.

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Old 13-09-2009, 13:09
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Write to The Guardian, I'm sure you can buy back issues. Any paper also usually has contact details printed in the paper to use if the supplements (including these comics) are missing. I'd better come off soon and go pick up my copy of The Observer, lol.
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Old 13-09-2009, 15:50
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The Beano #2000 from 1980 is rather splendid - can't believe it's been nearly 30 years. Comics were so much better in those days. Well done the Guardian/Observer for the memories and I'm especially looking forward to the Roy of the Rovers and Whizzer and Chips issues during the week.

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Old 13-09-2009, 16:32
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Roy's tomorrow. Make sure you don't forget! They erroneously put ©DC Thomson when advertising it though.

There were two mistakes, but they're both positive - it was stapled instead of glued, and they used the higher grade type of paper used in 1988-2008 instead of the newsprint which was originally used in 1980. LOLed at Minnie having a copy of The History of The Beano 28 years before such a book was actually published.
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Old 14-09-2009, 10:57
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SO excited to read my 1975 copy of Jackie today!
Argh! Missed it!

Must remember to buy when they include Tammy and Whizzer and Chips!
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Old 14-09-2009, 13:45
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Roy Of The Rovers today, it's the issue where he got shot. The centre pages have celebrity messages to Roy, including Morecambe and Wise!

Mighty Mouse and The Hard Man were my favourites, but I prefered Tiger back in the day.
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Old 14-09-2009, 14:01
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That's ironic, because Roy was Tiger's original cover star before he spun off into his own title.
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Old 15-09-2009, 16:19
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Loved the Roy of the Rovers issue but a little disappointed they didn't go further back into the comics history especially reprinting an issue featuring my all time favourite story - the one about the kid playing Subbuteo - can't remember the name

Gave Bunty a miss today but will pick up the Dandy tomorrow.
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Old 15-09-2009, 17:38
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I bought Bunty today Look forward to reading it later, looking forward to The Dandy tomorrow.
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Old 16-09-2009, 00:27
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Would've skipped Bunty but my mum decided to get it as she read it as a young girl. Will pick up The Dandy tomorrow. Kinda ironic that they put Dandy in on the day the latest Beano comes out!
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Old 16-09-2009, 03:46
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As that Bunty Summer Special came out when I was seven I probably read it first time around.

Interesting to see all these 16 year old girls with jobs in the stories and the class war in full flow.
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Old 16-09-2009, 11:20
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Seems our parents were right all along. These are pretty bad.
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Old 16-09-2009, 17:05
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Hmm, you're not the only one with those sentiments - a letter published in today's Guardian:

"For over 30 years I have carried the emotional scars of a censored childhood.
My mother refused to let us read Bunty on the grounds that it was trash, so thanks for putting me out of my misery. She was right"
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Old 16-09-2009, 19:45
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If they were giving away TV21 then I'd be impressed.
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Old 16-09-2009, 19:57
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I had completely forgotten about 'The Jocks and The Geordies' until reading the free copy of The Dandy in today's.

I didn't understand back then that they were meant to be scottish and Newcastle lads. I had no idea what a geordie was.

Even today, I'm fascinated by the pencil thin calves of a couple of the Geordies.
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Old 16-09-2009, 20:34
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If they were giving away TV21 then I'd be impressed.
The reason it wasn't included is because neither Egmont or DC Thomson own the rights. And I have more bad news, there was supposed to be a Century 21 annual this year, but it got cancelled.
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Old 16-09-2009, 22:38
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Wasn't there a similiar comic to the excellent TV21 ? - from memory think it was called Countdown or something. Think it had Dr Who and UFO strips in it but not sure.

Got the Dandy today. Excellent though I was never a huge fan of it. Friday is the big day for me - Whizzer and Chips!!!

Can't wait.

It's been fun checking these out but I wish they'd selected issues that were originally published on the main days of the year - Christmas, New Year, Easter and Bonfire Night. Now those would really have been collectors items.

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Old 17-09-2009, 09:31
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Eh? They did pick collectors items, Jackie was a Valentine's issue, Beano was issue 2000, Roy of the Rovers has one of the most famous storylines in it's history, Bunty was a summer special, Dandy was the last Korky the Cat cover, today's Tammy is issue 1. Don't know what's so special about Whizzer and Chips though.

You remember right about Countdown, it later renamed to TV Action.
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Old 17-09-2009, 15:23
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Didn't know about why they chose those various issues - apart from the Beano 2000 - and didn't get the newspapers with the girls comics in so thanks for the info and yes, definitely good reasons to be collectables as you point out.

If I see a pile of old comics I always look for the Christmas, New Years first. It was always a tradition in my house to buy every comic goiing on the run up to Xmas and these would be wrapped up like a present to be opened on the big day. Talking the early 60's here mind

Whizzer and Chips? It was great! I loved it though not as much as Cor! That was a great comic imho. Gus the Gorilla

Looking forward to tomorrow.

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Old 18-09-2009, 03:22
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That Tammy was great and historic for another reason. The date was about a week before decimalisation and it was priced in both old and new currency.

It was also, as far as I recall, the first girl's comic to do the major struggling through adversary in a big way.

It's been a fun week.
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Old 18-09-2009, 18:35
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Whizzer and Chips turned out to be two issues before the merger with Krazy in 1978.
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