The Dandy Annual
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The Dandy Annual is the current name of the book that has been published every year since 1938, to tie in with the children's comic The Dandy. As of 2006 there have been 69 editions, with another (The Dandy Annual 2008) to follow in 2007. The annuals are traditionally published in the autumn, in time for Christmas, and since 1965 (with the release of The Dandy Book 1966) they have had the date of the following year on the cover. Before then no date was given.
From 1938 to 1951 the annuals were called 'The Dandy Monster Comic'. The name changed to 'The Dandy Book' from the following year. This name continued, the year changing for each different annual, until the release of the 2003 book in 2002 when it was renamed 'Annual'.
In unison with the comic at the time, the cover usually featured Korky the Cat. After Desperate Dan took over the front page in 1984, the annual cover reflected this by featuring both Korky and Dan until the 1991 book - the first ever Dandy Annual not to feature Korky on the front in any way. He has made several appearances since then, despite the main focus shifting to Dan, although he has not appeared since the 2003 book.
In 2006, The original 1939 Monster Comic was re-printed as a facsimile edition in a collectors' slipcase.
This information is necessary to identify older annuals which were not dated. If an annual is dated 1950, it would have been published Autumn 1949. Prices are in shillings and pence with one shilling equal to 5p.
The Dandy Monster Comic
- 1939. Desperate Dan, Korky the Cat, Keyhole Kate and the Bamboo Town monkeys holding up the letter "Y" of "Dandy". Price 2/6
- 1940. Korky the Cat hanging from a trapeze. Price 2/6
- 1941. Korky the Cat leading characters in band. Price 3/-
- 1942. Desperate Dan towing a boat carrying other Dandy characters. Price 3/6
- 1943. A bike race with Korky in the lead of the other characters. Price 5/-
- 1944. Korky the Cat on a football being kicked into a net by Desperate Dan. Price 6/-
- 1945. Korky the Cat on skis being passed by Desperate Dan using logs as skis. Price 6/-
- 1946. Korky the Cat and other Dandy characters in stars. Price 6/-
- 1947. Korky the Cat being tossed in a blanket. Price 6/-
- 1948. Korky the Cat and other characters portrayed as puppets. Price 6/-
- 1949. Korky the Cat in a top hat and smoking a cigar, with Desperate Dan. Price 6/-
- 1950. Korky the Cat on a beach pouring boiling a kettle of boiling water into the sea with other characters in the background. Price 6/-
- 1951. Korky the Cat as ringmaster in a circus. Desperate Dan holding up an elephant. Price 6/-
- 1952. Korky's Toyshop with a toy Desperate Dan about to push a tin of red paint on Korky. Price 6/-
The Dandy Book
- 1953. Six pictures of Korky chasing mice then having a slap up feed. Price 6/-
- 1954. Four pictures of Korky stealing a fish which he then hides under a top hat. Price 6/-
- 1955. Four pictures of Korky fishing in front of a "No Fishing" sign. Price 6/-
- 1956. Four pictures of Korky on a ladder in front of Korky's Joke Shop. Price 6/-
- 1957. Three pictures of Korky in a train with some fishermen. They go through a tunnel and he has eaten their fish. Price 6/6
- 1958. Three pictures of Korky with a magnet and catching fish. Price 6/6
- 1959. Three pictures of Korky first in a rowing boat then in a large umbrella. Price 6/6
- 1960. Three pictures with Korky eating a meal and in a letter box with chains wrapped around it. Price 7/-
- 1961. Three pictures of Korky balancing an egg on his nose, which falls on him. Price 7/6
- 1962. Three pictures with Korky leaning on a lamp post. Price 7/6
- 1963. Four pictures of Korky in a sailor suit looking through a port hole. Price 7/6
- 1964. Korky sitting in a deck chair and eating a pie. Price 7/6
- 1965. Two pictures of Korky getting his own back on a pantomime horse which has trodden on his foot. Price 7/6
From 1966 all annuals were dated.
[edit] See also
List of DC Thomson publications
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