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THE BEANO No. 569, THE DANDY No. 603 and THE TOPPER No. 19 – all three with the same cover date, on newsstands this week all the way back in 1953!
Rock & roll zoo with the Bash Street Kids from THE BEANO No. 771, with today’s date in 1957:
Madcap Brain Duane splash panel by Tom Peterson from THE DANDY comic in 1997:
This is one of the few BUSTER covers by Leo Baxendale. It is also one of the very rare occasions when Buster looses his trademark cap. As far as I know, this only happened four times during the 40-year run!
Here’s a Christmassy World-Wide Weirdie by Ken Reid from the 1977 X-mas issue of Whoopee! comic:
Minnie the Minx battle scene by Leo Baxendale in Beano No. 714 from 1956.
Front cover to the Topper comic with today’s date in 1956. From my own collection 🙂
Jonah makes a guest-appearance in this episode of the Bash St Kids by Leo Baxendale in The BEANO No. 1026 (March 17th, 1962):
Ace from Space in 1955 was not only the last text story in The Beano, but also had illustrations by Leo Baxendale: