The beano annual, called the beano book from 19401942 and 1951 until 2002 and the magic beano book from 1943 to 1950, has been a staple in christmas stockings for over 75 years. The comic book price guide for great britain top prices. Each comic histories page has links for images of first issues, last issues and annuals galleries. The comics were drawn in a realistic style and were published in a text comics format, with the text and dialogues below the images. Buy the magicbeano book 1944 annual 1944 5th by d c thomson isbn. The beano book 19401944 5 x facsimiles reprint comic annuals. They call him badger because of the white streak down t.
Six early beano annuals, the magic beano 1949,1950, the beano book 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954. At the height of world war two, with paper rationing in full effect, beano and dandy comics were already being published on alternating weeks. The beano book 1940,1941,1942,1943, 1944 facsimile annuals 5 books may be sent in multiple consignments brand new reprinting of the first five rare 1940 1944 books. Poor pr fair fr good gd very good vg fine fn very fine vfn near mint nm. From 1943 through to 1950, the beano merged with magic, a sister comic. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The beano book 19401944 5 x facsimiles reprint comic. They popped up in the beano annual for 1943, which was renamed the magicbeano book. From 1943 to 1950 the annual was called the magic beano book, which referred to the shortlived magic comic that had ceased publication in 1941 due to the second world wars paper rationing. Maxys taxi, haveago joe, magic lollipops, bucktooth, dingdong belle, danger len at work, sammys super rubber, willies wonder gun, lord snooty, cocky jock. More information about this seller contact this seller 4. By the end of the war, beano was only ten pages long, and came out every fortnight instead of every week. Magic would never be relaunched as a weekly comic, but the name lived. They popped up in the beano annual for 1943, which was renamed the magic beano book.
It was a large, 6 paged, hard covered version of their incredibly popular weekly beano comic. From 1942 to 1949 the annual was called the magic beano book, which referred to the shortlived magic comic that had ceased publication in 1941 due to the second world wars paper rationing. It became known as the magic beano book from 1943 through to 1950. The first picture strip version now entitled morgyn the mighty appeared in the. From 1943 until 1950 the beano titled its annual, the magic beano book, after it merged with the magic comic that had ceased publication due to war time paper shortages. Hardcover book with pictorial boards no dust jacket published by d. The magic and beano comics combined their characters for a third year in a row during the war, due to paper rationing. Magic beano book last edited by superkitty on 0620 11. Second entitled wee peems magic pills ran from issue 486 on 10 november 1951 to issue 507 on 5 april 1952. Take a peek inside the final wartime annual, filled with classic comic strips and adventure stories. The first magicbeano book, arising from the merging of the beano book and the magic fun book by d. Big eggo and all the other characters are playing leapfrog. Buy the magicbeano book 1948 annual 1948 by d c thomson isbn.
Biffo the bear, dennis the menace and gnasher, rodger the dodger, the bash. Nov 14, 2014 the beano book was first produced by publishers dc thomson for christmas 1939. The spine design is different from the original as are the frontend papers. Buy the magicbeano book 1949 annual 1949 10th by d c thomson isbn. The frontcover shows big eggo and koko the pup in a two legged race with the other beano characters running behind. All pages are scans from an actual file copy of the original item so a very exact reproduction. Beano annual 1944 the second magicbeano book take a peek inside the final wartime annual, filled with classic comic strips and adventure stories. The magic beano book by thomson d c hardcover 1943. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books. Their final new story in the weekly comic came in issue 3365 of the beano, dated 27 january 2007, drawn by tom paterson. Beano 1962 10161067 complete year with final work by artist, leo baxendale on little plum, minnie the minx and the bash street kids who were promoted to their doublepage, full colour centrespread with issue 1046 early 1960s beanos are scarce due to lower print runs by d.
Used, magic beano book 1948 specially for the conn. The first magic beano book, arising from the merging of the beano book and the magic fun book by d. Watkins and later continued by paddy brennan until 1959. Six early beano annuals, the magic beano 1949,1950, the. First from issue 1 on 30 july 1938 to issue 89 on 6 april 1940.
The topper book 1955 very nice condition not magic beano. The three bears was a longrunning british comic strip which appeared in the british comics magazine the beano. Watkins, and continued to be published until about 1968 publication history. The comic first appeared on 30 july 1938, and was published weekly. Both are almost empty possibly a dozen stickers in each though one of these has two stickers in that are creased, and possibly want removing.
The name reverted to the original title of the beano book in 1950 and continued, the year changing for each subsequent annual, until the release of the. Beano annual its traditional for british comics to have their own book for parents to give their children as a christmas present. Whilst at this site you can view the history of british comics as well as individual histories of your favourite comics. In 1951 the strip was put in the comic the rover, but was transferred to victor book for boys in 1963. Take a peek inside the magic beano book 1948, filled with classic comic strips and adventure stories. Some of the famous characters included in this series of books are. It made its first appearance in issue 881, dated 6 june 1959, drawn by leo baxendale at first and then by bob mcgrath for most of its run.
The magic and beano comics combined their characters for a fourth year in a row. The annuals are traditionally published in july or august, in time for christmas, and since 1965 they have had the date of the following year on the cover. The strip first appeared as the text story morgyn the mighty in 1928 in the rover. In 1961, the annuals were laminated for the first time which is a protective clear plastic covering.
The comic book price guide for great britain beano book. The three bears are often seen in the beanomax and the beano annual, although they hardly ever make appearances in the comic itself. Older annuals sometimes featured strange layouts for their pages, like this vertical doublepage lord snooty strip. However eventually the beano changed from having all these different types of strips to having only comic strips. Beano annuals fall into distinctive categories thus. Big eggo and koko the pup are having a threelegged race with all the other characters running behind them. Morgyn the mighty is a british actionadventure comic strip about a super strong shipwreck survivor. The annual beano book has been enthralling children around the country as far back as 1939 with its funny jokes, colourful cartoons and.
In september 2009, the beano s 3,500th issue was published. One of the best selling comics in the uk, along with the dandy, the weekly circulation of the beano in april 1950 was 1,974,072. In the beano s home city of dundee, a special exhibition was held at the university of dundee featuring original artwork and other memorabilia loaned from d. As wwii came to a conclusion, limited supplies across the country meant that paper rationing was still in effect. Big eggo and koko the pup are having a pillow fight. The magicbeano book annual 1950 hardback d c thompson rare vintage collectable. The beano is the longest running british childrens comic magazine, published by dc thomson in dundee, scotland. Then, on an incredible 28day journey, she teaches you how to apply this lifechanging knowledge in your everyday life, completely transforming every aspect of your life into joy. In the magic, rhonda byrne reveals lifechanging knowledge about the power of gratitude that was hidden within a twothousand year old sacred text.
What better place to find british comics on the internet than. The beano annual is the current name of the book that has been published every year since 1939, to tie in with the childrens comic the beano. From 1943 to 1950 the beano annual briefly changed its name to the the magic beano book, before reverting back to the beano. The beano annual celebrated 75 years of publication in 20. To help this, the magic comic would share annual pages with the beano for the coming years.
The beano book 1940 1944 5 x facsimiles reprint comic annuals nmint rare magic. The spine design is different from the originals as are the frontend papers. Jimmy and his magic patch was a british comic strip published in the british comics magazine the beano in 1944. There is also a special 64page book available, the beano special collectors edition. Biffo the bear is nailing pictures of characters to a checkered cover. Over the years the beano has had many different strips ranging from comic strips to adventure strips to prose stories. A near fine copy, with traces of wear to the spine ends and lower cover, but nonetheless an uncommonly nice, very bright copy. For the second year in a row, the magic and beano comics combined their characters due to paper rationing during wwii. Prose stories were the first to go being phased out in 1955. A twocoloured double page like this would have been a noticeable. From 1942 to 1949 the annual was called the magic beano book, which referred to the shortlived magic comic that had ceased publication in 1941. The comic book price guide for great britain beano book the. Adventure strips were phased out in 1975 with the last adventure strip being general jumbo however.
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