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
The Comic Reader the program booklet for the 1973 Comic Art Convention. Issue #99 (July 1973) featured "TCR"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s first color cover. In November 1973, with issue #101, Wisconsin-based publisher Street Enterprises took over "TCR", and Mike Tiefenbacher took over as editor. Under Street Enterprises' oversight, "TCR" changed format to digest size, giving it even more the impression of being "the "TV Guide" of the comics industry." In early 1979, due to the cancellation of another Street Enterprises title, "The Menomonee Falls Gazette", the publisher moved many of the strips featured in "The Gazette" over to "The Comic Reader." "The Comic Reader" published its