The Dandy most notably Bananaman from Nutty and Cuddles from Hoot, who teamed up with a "Dandy" character to form a new strip entitled Cuddles and Dimples. Both have been quite long-running, having been in the "Dandy" since the 1980s and each having appeared on the front cover of both "The Dandy" and the comics from which they originated. After the closure of "The Beezer" and "The Topper", "The Dandy" inherited some of its strips as well, including Beryl the Peril, Puss 'n' Boots (who had been in "Sparky" before being moved to "The Topper") and Owen Goal (who appeared in "Nutty"
Sonic the Comic article by Nigel Kitching about his time working on the comic, an abridged version of which was posted to the STC Mailing List. "Sonic the Comic" began its run with a series of fairly inconsequential one-shot stories, and only established its identity and ongoing storyline and setting with the new team of writer Nigel Kitching and artist Richard Elson for the issue 7 story "Super Sonic" and issue 8's "The Origin of Sonic". The comic adopted a version of the "Kintobor origin" of Sonic and Doctor Robotnik, which had originally been featured in a promotional comic for the first Sonic