- The Magic Comic
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The Magic Comic was the ill fated third comic to The Beano and The Dandy. It was aimed at a younger audience, with more emphasis on picture stories. The first issue was published on 22 July 1939. The comic ran for only 80 issues until 25 January 1941.[1] Paper rationing due to the outbreak of World War II was to blame for its demise.
Two annuals, named The Magic Fun Book, were also published in 1941 and 1942. From 1942 to 1949, The Magic Comic would share its annual with The Beano, under the title, The Magic-Beano Book. The cover star was Koko the Pup who would later team up with Big Eggo in the Magic-Beano Books between 1943 and 1950 in the story named Eggo and Koko.
A first issue of The Magic comic was sold on eBay in February 2006 for £1,250 to a collector, and it was one of only 6 copies known to exist. A 'Very Fine' copy was also sold in 1997 for £2,975.[citation needed]
On 31 January 1976 DC Thomson revived the comic.[2] This comic would go onto last until 1979. [3] This new comic was aimed at younger audience than The Beano and Dandy and was more of a pre-school comic than the earlier Magic comic. The comic was loosely concerned with magic of all kinds. Even though this new comic is considered a revival it contained none of the characters that appeared in the earlier Magic comic. However it did contain characters from The Beano with a spinoff of Biffo the Bear involving his two nephews named Cuddly and Dudley appearing in the new comic.
Comic Strips featured in the first comic
- Koko the Pup
- Dolly Dimple
- Peter Piper
- Boy Biffo the Brave
- Uncle Dan The Magic man
- The Boy With The Golden Goose
- Cheeky Mary - The Lord Mayors Daughter
- Tell-Tale Tilly
- Sam Swell
- Little Squirty
- The Adventures of Grandfather Clock
- The Tickler Twins in Wonderland
- Pa, Ma and Squeaker
- Oompah Pete
- Ugly Muggins
- Wee Hi Lo
- Poor Blind Billy
- The Seven-Foot Cowboy
- Val In The Magic Forest
- The Magic Joke Page
- Inky, Binky and Bluff
- Sooty Snowball
- Leave It to Lop Ears
- Crusty Crosspatch
- The Wolf Boy of Badenoch
- Old Pop Pelican
- Tootsy McTurk
- Sammy's Magic Stone
- Herr Paul Fry - The Nasty Spy
- Ding-Dong Dally
- Little Orphan Andy
- Old Father Time
- Kipper Feet
- Beric the Caveboy
- Dizzy Duck
- Dick Turpentine
- Dirty Dick - The Chimney Sweep
- Stone-Age Steve
- Young Buffalo Bill
- Two Wanderers of the War
- Softie Sam
- Gulliver
- Keeper Of The Flock
- Hiram Scaram - The Stagecoach Driver
- Robin Hood
- Pete of the Spitfires
- Bandy Legs
Comic Strips featured in the revived comic
- Witch Wanda
- Elfey
- Rainbow Road (about children in neighbouring houses with each door painted a different colour of the rainbow)
- Copy Cat
- Betsy's Magic Bracelet (a serial about a girl who owned a bracelet with lucky charms enchanted by a friendly witch)
- Flying Flapears (a flying rabbit)
- Spaceship Lollipop
- Aladdin and his Magic Lamp
- The Magic Club (including "Magic Pictures", "Magic Mirror" and "Magic Riddles")
- Cuddly and Dudley (this was a spin-off from The Beano's Biffo the Bear)
- Peter Popin and his Magic Popup Book (a boy who could "fly through time and space" into the worlds within his popup book)
- Tommy Trix
- A Talk with Stubby Pencil
- Magic Playtime
- Penny and the Prince
- The Magic of... (on the back cover, a factual article about the wonders of the world).
References
D. C. Thomson comics Currently Running Comics Adventure Comics Adventure · Bullet · Buddy · Champ · Commando · The Crunch · The Hornet · The Hotspur · The Rover · The Skipper · Spike · Starblazer · The Vanguard · The Victor · Warlord · The WizardGirls Comics Humour Comics The Beano · BeanoMAX · The Beezer · Buzz · Classics from the Comics · Cracker · The Dandy · Fun Size Comics · Hoot · The Magic Comic · Nutty · Plug · Sparky · The TopperPre-School Comics Notable Strips Alf Tupper · Baby Crockett · Bananaman · The Bash Street Kids · Beryl the Peril · Black Bob · Biffo the Bear · The Broons · Calamity James · Cuddles and Dimples · Dennis the Menace · Desperate Dan · Ginger · Gnasher · Ivy the Terrible · Keyhole Kate · Korky the Cat · Little Plum · Lord Snooty · Matt Braddock · Minnie the Minx · The Numskulls · Pansy Potter · Roger the Dodger · Oor Wullie · Wilson the Wonder Athlete · Wolf of KabulComic annuals The Beano Annual · The Beezer Book · The Bimbo Book · The Dandy Annual · The Hotspur Book for Boys · The Sparky Book · The Topper Book · The Victor Book for Boys · Warlord Book for BoysCharacter annuals Bananaman Annual · The Bash Street Kids Annual · Beryl the Peril Annual · Black Bob Book · The Broons Annual · Dennis the Menace Annual · The Desperate Dan Book · Oor Wullie AnnualNotable Artists Leo Baxendale · Gordon Bell · Nick Brennan · Paddy Brennan · Sid Burgon · John Geering · Barry Glennard · Ken H. Harrison · Laura Howell · Malcolm Judge · David Law · Allan Morley · Dave Mostyn · Robert Nixon · Nigel Parkinson · Tom Paterson · Jim Petrie · Ken Reid · Bill Ritchie · David Parkins · David Sutherland · Kev F. Sutherland · Dudley D. Watkins · Wilbur Dawbarn · Karl Dixon · The Etherington Brothers · Wayne Thompson · Andy Fanton · Phil Corbett · Nigel Auchterlounie · Lew Stringer · Alexander Matthews · Jon Rushby · Trevor Metcalfe · Barrie Appleby · Charles Grigg · Tom Williams · Vic NeillCategories:- DC Thomson Comics titles
- British comics
- British comics titles
- Comics anthologies
- Defunct British comics
- Publications established in 1939
- Publications disestablished in 1941
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