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OK so The Dandy has been around since the 1930s but I'm including it on the site because it was still a big seller when I was growing up in the 80s.

The central character was Desperate Dan (I actually joined the Desprate Dan Pie Eaters Club and got a cool pie shaped badge in the post!), and other supporting characters included Korky the Cat, Hungry Horace and Bananaman.

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Do You Remember The Dandy?

Do You Remember The Dandy?

  • Anonymous user
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    My son has got all my old Dandy books and now has a collection dating back to the 50 s My earliest was 1971. The new books are all computer images and gross. We have still many old one to collect
  • VANHELSING
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    You seen what they've done to it and The Beano????
  • Anonymous user
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    i was a member of the desperate dan club! lol
  • Anonymous user
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    My favourites in the dandy were Cuddles and Dimples, The Jocks and the Geordies and Bully Beef and chips.
  • Anonymous user
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    I always had a greater affinity to the Dandy than its better-selling sister , the Beano ; my parents brought it to me from the shops when I was small ! The current one is ad-ridden and has a different humour to the ones in the 70s. Fave all-time character ? The rather embarrassingly-named Spunky and his Spider.
  • Anonymous user
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    I loved Billy the Cat and Katy! A young kid and his lass who had cat like powers and solved inncocent neighbourhood crimes! me and my brother thought we also possessed their agility, and tried to leap cat-like from the wash-house roof one day....I ended up impaled on next doors fuschia for my troubles! I liked Korky, too, but Desperate Dan go on my nerves...too much pie!

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