The Dandy The Dandy The Dandy was a British children's comic published by the Dundee based publisher DC Thomson. The first issue was printed in December 1937, making it the world's third-longest running comic, after "Il Giornalino" (cover dated 1 October 1924) and "Detective Comics" (cover dated March 1937). From August 2007 until October 2010, it was rebranded as "Dandy Xtreme". One of the best selling comics in British popular culture, along with "The Beano", "The Dandy" reached sales of two million a week in the 1950s. The final printed edition was issued on 4 December 2012, the comic's 75th anniversary, after
Population of Nanjing in December of 1937 the city included both the civilian residents of the city and the soldiers of the Nanking Garrison Force who were defending it. An official survey conducted in March 1937 had put the total civilian population of Nanking at 1,019,667. However, most of the city's population, particularly the wealthy and middle class, fled after the Japanese starting bombing it in August. Most of those who stayed behind were the very poor who had nowhere else to go, as well as the officials who had jobs with the city government. In the first weeks of December, as the Japanese were advancing on