The Beano...

[ironsheik]

Does anyone remember how much The Beano Comic cost in the eighties?

Only asking because it came up in a conversation recently and nobody knew the answer even though we all read it as kids.....

 

[whitenemesis]

This would suggest 8p was the original cost in Dec'80

https://www.specialistauctions.com/auctiondetails.php?id=1053255

 

[This is Pete]

Rising to 20p toward the end of the decade.

Take a look here. All the items highlighted in green have cover scans so you can see the date and price.

GCD :: Series :: The Beano

 

[whitenemesis]

Worth every penny

 

[ironsheik]

Worth every penny

Indeed it was.......

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I agree about 8p in the early 80's.

I seem to remember the A5-ish sized colour long-stories were about 12p and went up to 16p when I stopped buying them. I guess that was 1983-1985.

 

[WOODYTHEWISE]

1st edition dated 30 July 1938 sold for £7,500.

 

[This is Pete]

1st edition dated 30 July 1938 sold for £7,500.

Make that £12,100

ibooknet.com : the independent booksellers' network : UK

 

[WOODYTHEWISE]

Make that £12,100

ibooknet.com : the independent booksellers' network : UK

I think mine was the price for 2004. thats some investment.

 

[gmk666]

My Grandma used to buy it for me every week.
However, at that grand old age of 13, I decided to change my reading habits.
I'd noticed a new magazine on the shelves called 'Performance Car' (I still remember the front cover - it was an Audi 80 quattro).
She started buying me that instead and 29 years later, my cupboards are still full of car magazines.
Thanks, Grandma.


PS - I've just noticed the monthly cost of my growing up was about the same as six Beanos, not the four I told her. Am I going to hell?

 

[Ted]

My Grandma used to buy it for me every week.
However, at that grand old age of 13, I decided to change my reading habits.
I'd noticed a new magazine on the shelves called 'Penthouse' (I still remember the front cover - it was Anna Nicole-Smith).
She started buying me that instead and 29 years later, my cupboards are still full of girlie magazines.
Thanks, Grandma.


PS - I've just noticed the monthly cost of my growing up was about the same as six Beanos, not the four I told her. Am I going to hell?

Fixed that for you

 

[gmk666]

Fixed that for you

Hmm, I did set that up rather nicely for you, didn't I?

 

[Stratman]

Both The Beano and The Dandy were 3d in the early sixties. That's 1.25p in new money

 

[John]

the A5-ish sized colour long-stories

Comic Libraries.

I remember the Dandy and Beano being around 15p in the mid-80s.

 

[oldcro]

Read my first Beano in the late 40's, no idea what the price was as money meant little to me then.

 

[davidmi]

Used to share reads of the Beano and Dandy in primary school with Morris Heggie who went on to work for the Beano and then edited the Dandy for 20 years. As archivist for the two publications he reckons Viz based a number of its characters on Dandy favourites!

 

[gmk666]

Just remembered being in the Dennis the Menace fan club.
"DING."

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I had some jokes published in Topper, for which I was awarded a wibbly-wobbly pencil.

What do you call a man with a spade on his head?
Dug

What do you call a man without a spade on his head?
Dug-less

What do you call a man with a seagul on his head?
Cliff

What do you call a man with a car on his head?
Jack

I thank you.

 

[A210AMG]

Both The Beano and The Dandy were 3d in the early sixties. That's 1.25p in new money

3d back then..


We are only just getting that now and you need glasses to see it

 

[ironsheik]

Used to share reads of the Beano and Dandy in primary school with Morris Heggie who went on to work for the Beano and then edited the Dandy for 20 years. As archivist for the two publications he reckons Viz based a number of its characters on Dandy favourites!

Ha, I remember Viz in my adolescent years, is it still around?