Welcome on this blog full of information about British comics and offcourse the comics.

A British comic is a periodical published in the United Kingdom that contains comic strips. It is generally referred to as a comic or a comic magazine, and historically as a comic paper.

British comics are usually comics anthologies which are typically aimed at children, and are published weekly, although some are also published on a fortnightly or monthly schedule. The top three longest-running comics in the world, The Dandy, The Beano, and Comic Cuts, are all British, although in modern times British comics have been largely superseded by American comic books and Japanese manga.

You can access the information and comics through the sidebar.
The comics are mostly in packages from around 100mb, inside these rar-packages you will find the comics in cbr format.dandare

There are no DC Thomson related comics on the site, because i had to remove these.

You can view the comics with any cbr-reader like CDisplay or ComicRack.

Most comics are from the 50’s-80’s with some 90’s.

I only place issues from last century,
so no issues newer than the year 1999.

I did not scan the comics myself only collect them from various sites on the internet, internet archive, Usenet Newsgroups and torrents.
So thanks to all the scanners and uploaders.

This blog is purely ment to preserve the comics and to enjoy them, no financial meanings are involved, if you like the comics buy them as long as they are availabe, because nothing can beat the feeling of reading a real comic.

If you find something wrong (downloads, numbering, information) please let me know so that i can correct the error.

Thanks to the following sites for the information :

UK Comics Wiki

Grand Comics Database

Wikipedia

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  1. stephenhyde says:

    Hi boutje, here’s an upgrade of CheekyWeekly 1978-03-11 it includes the 2 missing pages.

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/iqq47mwkufijsvj/Cheeky_Weekly_1978-03-11.CBR/file

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  2. Anonymous says:

    Hello, could you upload Magic in the North and Burglars in the Yard by  Sheila K. McCullagh

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    • boutje777 says:

      No problem, i will get them from my magical box of never ending books.

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    • Anonymous says:

      that’s Tim and the Hidden People surely. Have you got the titles the wrong way round? I’ve already uploaded the collection here

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      • Anonymous says:

        They are Tim and the Hidden People novella’s meant for older children. There are 4 books.

        Novellas[edit]

        • Tim and the People of the Moonlight
        • The Wild Witches and the Talisman
        • Burglars in the Yard
        • Magic in the North

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  3. BoomboxTestarossa says:

    Not My Scans 2: Electric Boogaloo

    *School Friend Annual 1947

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/wp1mes52iafr3n1/School_Friend_Annual_1947.cbz/file

    *Eagle Yearbook 1992 complete (that someone scanned Soup Squad and not Wendy James out of Transvision Vamp says a lot about Eagle fans!)

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/bwerhtwluubpjyj/Eagle_Yearbook_1992_%2528complete%2529.cbz/file

    *Look-In Annual 1986 complete

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/ezdhnwy5gd853mv/Look-In_Annual_1986.cbz/file

    *Chums Annual 1941

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/01owgo1mu396bsf/Chums_Annual_1941.cbz/file

    *Radio Fun Bumper Song Book – a free gift from the 11/2/1939 issue of Radio Fun.

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/w4cinjx53f3iep4/RadioFun_BumperSongBook.cbz/file

    *The Startler #10 (AP story paper)

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/8aubkxrcn0hyz6g/The_Startler_V1_10.cbz/file

    *Secrets and Flame #586 and #596 (John Leng story paper, not to be confused with Secrets by The Scottish Publisher)

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/9da5kcqx36f77of/SecretsAndFlame.zip/file

    *The Childrens Annual (dated but amiable history of the British annual)

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/tj9nal6fcqbqyc8/TheChildrensAnnual.cbz/file

    *Star Film and TV Annual 1967

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/xfip10m5288ld5m/Star_Film_%2526_TV_Annual_1967.cbz/file

    *Schoolboys’ Annual 1980
    *Space Invaders Annual 1983

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/itbiis0eun0fh8x/WorldDistributors.zip/file

    Story annuals
    Pushing the definition of comics a bit as almost entirely text stories. Many of them I’ve not been able to conclusively date, though at the same time I haven’t tried that hard.

    *A Marvellous Book for Girls
    *The Golden Budget for Girls
    *Girls’ Annual 1932
    *Boys’ Stories 1946

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/4l06wpcvkycxhq8/Blackie.zip/file

    *Grand Story Book for Girls

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/6pi9816ddsa6omo/Grand_Story_Book_for_Boys.cbz/file

    *The British Boys’ Annual 1920 & 1929

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/8v0t2xq8e62yoz8/Cassell.zip/file

    *The Crackerjack Book for Boys
    *The Crackerjack Western Book 1959
    *The Crackerjack Girls’ Own Book
    *The Crackerjack Treasure Book

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/ufszust9g08dg6g/Children%2527s_Press.zip/file

    *The Bumper Book for Girls
    *Boys’ Annual 1953
    *Boys’ Annual 1962

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/1pxss4nsrith7wh/Collins.zip/file

    *A Supreme Book for Boys 1973
    *An Ideal Book for Girls 1972
    *An Ideal Book for Boys x 3 (years unknown)
    *The Monster Book for Girls (/not/ a horror title)
    *The New Ideal Book for Boys 1971
    *The New Leisure Book for Boys 1968
    *The New Ideal Book for Girls 1971
    *Premier Book for Boys 1966

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/tn3jk5bvrkys5it/Dean.zip/file

    *The Bumper Book for Boys 1933
    *The Bumper Book for Girls

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/m2zlza64as6cgom/Nelson.zip/file

    *The Big Book for Boys 1925
    *The Big Book for Boys 1935

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/poosir1bg9r24uw/Oxford_University_Press.zip/file

    *Sceptre Girls Story Annual

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/gndwmx7z0jqtlz7/SceptreGirlsStoryAnnual.cbz/file

    *The Target Book for Boys
    *The Gala Book for Girls
    *The Panorama Book for Girls

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/g2gn1cra1yevh2f/Spring_Books.zip/file

    *Super Story Book for Girls 1976

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/zsemqka88xevxw9/Super_Story_Book_For_Girls_1976.cbz/file

    *The Modern Book for Girls

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/gc78t1pbafaeptp/The_Modern_Book_For_Girls.cbz/file

    *The Wilfred Pickles Gift Book

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/46tq2iva2g1q11m/The_Wilfred_Pickles_Gift_Book.cbz/file

    *Warne’s Pleasure Book for Boys 1928
    *Warne’s Top-All Book for Girls

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/tru7g4gjg0hzrwe/Warne%2527s.zip/file

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    • boutje777 says:

      Thank you very much, that must have take some time to upload, i’ve download them all so if you need space, they will be in the next update also.

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      • BoomboxTestarossa says:

        Luckily for me where I work has killer Wi-Fi! Should be good for space for the time being but thanks for the consideration =)

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  4. BoomboxTestarossa says:

    Misty Annual 1982

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/6kui9vonbhtfexa/Misty_Annual_1982.cbz/file

    The only one I have and probably the only one I’ll do any time soon as they’re not cheap and it’s not a great book, so I doubt there’s anything that great in the others as IPC annuals in the eighties were dicey at the best of times.

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  5. BoomboxTestarossa says:

    Again pushing the definition of comic: –

    British History in Strip Pictures
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/fstar38q4pja4jg/BritishHistoryInStripPictures.cbz/file

    Published by Odhams in 1960. Very much a time capsule, with the basic premise being that the British have basically never, ever done anything wrong and that things like colonialism and monarchy are uncritically good things. Bit more info here – https://www.atlasantiques.co.uk/en-GB/ephemera-books/british-history-in-strip-pictures-james-mainwaring-hardback-1st-ed/prod_13023

    The copy I found was missing the dust jacket, so I just swiped a picture off Google.

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  6. BoomboxTestarossa says:

    June Book 1975

    https://www.mediafire.com/file/2d1nuqqy42j4pqd/June+Book+1975.cbz/file

    Due to the book falling apart I switched to destructive scanning, and while it’s not perfect it really does seem to have minimised the warping, though feature and glossy pages are still a bit variable. So my plan going forward is destructive scanning of any annuals with nominal value, and hanging on to the pages until I get something sorted for a flatbed scanner. I will probably go back and rescan some of the other annuals I’ve posted with the same method but honestly they’ll be behind anything I haven’t scanned at all.

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  7. Anonymous says:

    im struggling to find the Jimmy Grant links that were put up a bit back, think eaglerich put them up

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    • boutje777 says:

      Thank you very much, that’s more for the compilation blog but i don’t maintain that anymore. But someone interested can download it from the comment.

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  8. Patrick J Furlong says:

    Hi all,

    Been really enjoying the content on here, many thanks..

    However, do you have any of the UK Batman annuals from the 70s or 80s at all please? I’m particually after the one in which Batman is replaced as a crime fighter by a robot and after an accident, Comissioner Gordon gets a court order to stop him from crime fighting.

    Many thanks!

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  9. boutje777 says:

    UPDATE 14-02-2024

    With special thanks to the following contributors:

    Barry Spencer
    Bill Jaycock
    BoomboxTestarossa
    Gerry O’Keeffe
    Leegt
    Mr. Tweedy
    Petomantis
    Rob Nicholls
    Stephen Hyde
    Zacksternz

    And offcourse thanks to all unknown scanners
    and original uploaders.

    Let me know if i forgot someone.

    Action Man (1)
    Battleground (1)
    Big comic Fortnightly (33)
    Boyfriend (1)
    Buck Jones Annual (1)
    Buster (1)
    BVC (1)
    Cheeky Weekly (1)
    Cheer Boys Cheer (2)
    Chums (1)
    Comic Cuts (1)
    Dracula (1)
    Eagle (1)
    Express (1)
    Film Fun (3)
    Finding Out (28)
    Funny Fortnightly (13)
    Funny Monthly (9)
    Giant Holiday Fantasy (1)
    Girl (6)
    Hulk (1)
    Illustrated Chips (1)
    Jackpot (3)
    Jag (1)
    Jinty (2)
    June (11)
    Knockout (4)
    Lion (2)
    Look and Learn (2)
    Love Story (1)
    Manhunt (1)
    Mork and Mindy (1)
    Oh Boy! (1)
    Pink (6)
    Popular (5)
    Princess Tina (2)
    Radio Fun (3)
    Robin (1)
    Rocket (1)
    Roy of the Rovers (1)
    School Friend (15)
    Score (2)
    Secrets and Flame (2)
    Sindy (2)
    Star Trek (1)
    Startler (1)
    Super Detective Library (3)
    Sweeny Toddler (1)
    Swift (3)
    Tina (1)
    TV Fun (1)
    War Picture Library (1)
    Whizzer and Chips (5)
    Whoopee! (1)
    Wild West Weekly (1)
    Wombles (1)

    Other updates that are not on the updatepage but on their respective pages
    because of the large amount of issues (500+), otherwise the update page
    would be rather long which much scrolling involved

    Various Books (53)
    You can find these in Magazines and Books – Various

    Champion (106)
    You can find these in Storypapers – Champion

    Girls’ Crystal (41)
    You can find these in Girls Comics – Girls’ Crystal

    Tammy (123)
    You can find these in Girls Comics – Tammy

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    • Anonymous says:

      Shouldn’t the Tip Top Books be with pre-1960s comics, as they were the annuals for the weekly comic of that name?

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      • boutje777 says:

        Perhaps yes, but i did not find the time to look through all files that secure with 500+ to update. And there is no separate page for Tip Top

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  10. Anonymous says:

    A big thank you to everyone involved in making the last update possible. Good to see older issues of comics trickling through.

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