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
Ling Long such as about children and swimming and beach culture. However, from 1934 the magazine adopted a conservative stance. The major reader group were female students. The magazine folded in 1937 after publishing a total of 298 issues with the last issue published on 11 August 1937. Columbia University digitalized 228 of 298 issues of "Ling Long", Heidelberg University contributed some 18 issues. Ling Long Ling Long (Chinese: 玲瓏, meaning "Elegant and Fine" in English) was a Chinese language weekly women's magazine published in Shanghai, China, from 1931 to 1937. It was one of the most popular women's magazine in China