Dandy and Beano club Burns night menu

A really lovely item up for sale at 2pm afternoon (here) via auctioneer's Compal. It's described thus

D C Thomson Dandy and Beano Club Burns Night Menus (1936-43) 1-8. All illustrated by Dudley Watkins. With The History of the Beano Book (2008) where pg 45 illustrates their origin. Specific staff notices were printed on the front of each menu: 'Refrain from Spitting / Boots and Dentures should be removed before putting casualties to bed / This hall is regularly disinfected with Jeyeses Fluid/Supper at 7.30, Ambulances at 11.45.' The 1941 main course was 'Nae Steak Pie (There's a war on)' followed by Verismelli cheese and Aspirins. Rare. Only one other menu set has ever come up for auction. Book with dustjacket [fn], Menus: 1938 [vg+], balance [fn/vfn] (9)

I've made the pictures extra large just so you can enjoy these wonderful pieces of ephemera in all their glory

boom! sells for £410 (plus fees)

Magic comic #1 flyer

Here's a rare survival...a flyer for issue #1 of DC Thomson's Magic comic. 

Issue 1 of Magic was dated 22nd July 1939 - so we can date this flyer to just before then...

This was recently up for sale on ebay right here - the eBay final bid price was £76

Superman in Triumph (1939)

Two interesting early Superman appearances caught my eye on eBay over the weekend....

First up is this advert from the back page of Triumph #771 dated July 29th 1939 and is a 'teaser' image of the cover for the next issue. That issue (#772) saw the start of a 21 issue run of Superman reprints - only a year after his debut, this was the first time Superman had been reprinted. This then can be considered the first appearance on Superman in the UK.

Front cover...

The whole of the back cover

Available to buy here

The same seller also has here a lot featuring Triumph issue 773 - this is the 2nd issue to feature the Superman strip 

The header image of Superman racing a train (below) is new for Triumph and is not a reprint.