Lot # 16:

Beano (1944) 222-248
Complete year of propaganda war issues (printed fortnightly due to paper and dyestuff shortages). First appearance of Jimmy and His Magic Patch and Strang the Terrible, both by Dudley Watkins. The Dandy's Desperate Dan appears with Pansy Potter who kicks him back into his own comic and appears on the front cover with Big Eggo in No 229. These propaganda issues show Hitler hanged in waste-paper ad (No 244) and 'Pile up Waste Paper by the Ton - That's the Way to Smash the Hun!'
All issues complete. No 225 [fr], 223, 228, 234-237, 244, 248 [gd-/gd+], Xmas [vg], balance 18 issues [vg-/vg+] (27)
£500-600