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Due out sometime in September - The DANDY: 75 YEARS - a card-bound Special containing a reprint of the first issue, as well as lots of other classic strips. (The decision to include #1 was made before the weekly's fate had been determined. The final edition in December will also include a facsimile of the first issue.)
The Special will be in the same format as The BEANO one (above) from 2008, with DESPERATE DAN seen through the hole in the card cover. Let's hope they publish another Beano Special when the comic celebrates its 75th birthday in 2013.
The Dandy special is priced at £5.99 and is exclusive to WH SMITH's. Keep your eyes peeled.
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UPDATE: And here's what it looks like (below). It's currently available in some branches of WHS earlier than anticipated. Contrary to information supplied to me earlier, the reprint contains only 24 of the original 28 pages.
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FOOTNOTE: Apparently, The Dandy's circulation has increased by over 60% as a result of all the recent publicity surrounding its fate, but it's unlikely to be enough to earn it a reprieve, sadly. Incidentally, around 90% of sales of certain DCT magazines are due to them being sold in WH Smith's, so the claim from some apologists that The Dandy's failure was mainly down to factors other than readers' dissatisfaction with the content appears to be somewhat tenuous.
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Looking for the post about the last issue of The Dandy? Click here.
