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Beano or Dandy?

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  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    Dandy was for tards!
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    Dandy, because my big sister got Beano. Desperate Dan was my hero.
  • captainbob
    captainbob Posts: 941
    Dandy

    I always wanted to choose less popular options which is why I ended up a Charlton supporter too.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,783
    limeygent said:
    Dandy, because my big sister got Beano. Desperate Dan was my hero.
    The only decent character in the Dandy, imho.
  • addix
    addix Posts: 1,183
    edited June 2020
    My sister got the Beano, I had Buster.

    My dad always got the Beano Christmas annual every year until he passed away aged 76 last year.

    Couldn't believe the price of the Beano when I saw one a couple of weeks ago - nearly 3 quid!
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,847
    I always used to love a Beano
  • Glosfan
    Glosfan Posts: 261
    Bit of a common theme here it seems, my older brother got the Beano, I got the Dandy. I just waited til he had finished with his. Beano all day long.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Beano over Dandy but the Dandy would not be rejected if available.
    There used to be The Hotspur also, and for girls the Bunty, which I was happy to read too. No television in my life for at least the first 12 years, so I would read anything.
    The Forest Hill library, childrens section next to the swimming baths was heaven. Rosemary Sutcliffe and Henry Treece were particular favourites.
    Can you believe that some of us children used to get told off for reading too much (including using a torch under the bedclothes) now it is a challenge to get some children to read at all.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Alf Tupper Tough of The Track in Victor was my favourite.

    Trained on fish and chips.
  • BEANBAG
    BEANBAG Posts: 61
    Beano of course, but read the Dandy too. 
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  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    To get back to the original question: Beano rather than Dandy for me by choice but would read whatever was available.
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    Beano. I'm another Century 21 guy though - as far as I know I am still a member of Spectrum.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Sometimes these comics had a free gift like some kind of triangular paper based thing that used to make a loud noise when whipcracked.
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    seth plum said:
    Sometimes these comics had a free gift like some kind of triangular paper based thing that used to make a loud noise when whipcracked.
    That would be enough for me to switch allegiances for a week! 
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,847
    LenGlover said:
    Alf Tupper Tough of The Track in Victor was my favourite.

    Trained on fish and chips.
    I remember him. Did he ever lose a race?

  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Off_it said:
    LenGlover said:
    Alf Tupper Tough of The Track in Victor was my favourite.

    Trained on fish and chips.
    I remember him. Did he ever lose a race?

    He did but he'd win against the bloke the following week and say 'I run him' whilst eating one of his 14 chips ;)
  • Broadstairs_Red
    Broadstairs_Red Posts: 361
    BEANO    HOTSPUR    EAGLE    PARADE    MAYFAIR    MELODY MAKER    VOTV 
     INVESTORS CHRONICLE    SAGA MAGAZINE


    MY LIFE IN  A DOZEN WORDS ...

  • SE7toSG3
    SE7toSG3 Posts: 3,140
    edited June 2020
    Danny's Tranny in Topper I liked, Beano over Dandy but always Victor or Commando Magazine/Battle Picture Library first for me. 

    Loved a christmas annual or summer special for the drive to Great Yarmouth in the 70s though
     
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,619
    As a kid in the ‘60s I more or less used to get them all because my dad worked in the print and either him (or his mates possibly) used to go round and pick up copies to bring home to me, usually mid-week. He was based in Long Acre, how that has changed, and the Covent Garden are was still the market.
  • MillwallFan
    MillwallFan Posts: 3,348
    Beano. Liked them both. And Topper. But Beano was the best. 
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  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,229
    limeygent said:
    Dandy, because my big sister got Beano. Desperate Dan was my hero.
    You having cow pie for dinner?
  • robinofottershaw
    robinofottershaw Posts: 1,921
    LenGlover said:
    Alf Tupper Tough of The Track in Victor was my favourite.

    Trained on fish and chips.
    Thanks. I was going to ask if anyone remembered which comic Alf Tupper appeared in. Great character.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,628
    Whizzer & Chips. 

    I didnt used to buy comics on a weekly basis but used to buy bundles of old ones at the local school/church/cubs fete's. Used to love buying 10 for £1 or whatever they were going for & spending the next week reading them all.

    Cant remember which characters were in which comics but my favourites were The Numbskulls, Bash Street Kids & Knasher.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,229
    Alf Tupper used to arrive late and the other runners had already done one lap but he still beat them.
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    iaitch said:
    limeygent said:
    Dandy, because my big sister got Beano. Desperate Dan was my hero.
    You having cow pie for dinner?
    Sorry, but I don't have a clue what this post means.
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,783
    limeygent said:
    iaitch said:
    limeygent said:
    Dandy, because my big sister got Beano. Desperate Dan was my hero.
    You having cow pie for dinner?
    Sorry, but I don't have a clue what this post means.
    Eh? Desperate Dan and Cowpie are synonymous. He used to finish a caper by sitting down to eat an enormous pie with a pair of horns sticking out of it.
    Surely you remember that Limey?
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    edited June 2020
    Ah yes, I remember now. That was a very long time ago.

  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    I think around age 7 or 8, I graduated to The Eagle.
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    limeygent said:
    Ah yes, I remember now. That was a very long time ago.

    About the time I got this.

  • fat man on a moped
    fat man on a moped Posts: 932
    Used to get Buster mainly but also the Beezer.

    Think Whizzer and Chips may have amalgamated with one of these?

    Also faintly remember a comic called Jag which I don't think anyone has mentioned so far?

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