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A record breaker; antiques.


IN ITS 70-year history, The Dandy has had just four editors: Albert Barnes
For the American inventor and art collector, see Albert C. Barnes


Albert Barnes (1798–1870) was an American theologian, born at Rome, New York, on December 1, 1798.
, left, (1937-1982); David Torrie (1982-1985); Morris Heggie (1985-2006) and Craig Graham (2006-).

To date, silly superhero su·per·he·ro  
n. pl. su·per·he·roes
A figure, especially in a comic strip or cartoon, endowed with superhuman powers and usually portrayed as fighting evil or crime.
 Bananaman is the only Dandy character to appear on television - starring in his own cartoon series A cartoon series is a set of regularly presented animated television programs created or adapted for television broadcast with a common series title, usually related to one another.  in 1983, and featuring the voices of popular comedy group, The Goodies.

JULY 10, 1999, brought issue 3007, which proudly proclaimed itself a recordbreaker - for publishing the most consecutive editions of a UK comic ever.

IN JULY, 2001, a specially commissioned, eightfoot tall, bronze statue of Desperate Dan (and faithful pet pooch, Dawg) was unveiled in Dundee High Street; proving that Cactusville's favourite son has his spiritual home in the North East of Scotland.
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Publication:Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Date:Dec 8, 2007
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