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 lower population numbers of around 150,000. For instance, "New York Times" reporter F. Tillman Durdin supported the estimate of 150,000. By the time that the Japanese forces occupying Nanking attempted to formally register the city's entire population in late December, 1937, and early January, 1938, 160,000 people were recorded. However, the Japanese often did not count young children and elderly women in their registration. Historian Ikuhiko Hata analyzed various estimate for Nanking's civilian population at the time the city fell to the Japanese Army, and concludes that Lewis Smythe's figures of 200,000-250,000 are the most credible. Australian historian David Askew