This week is an important week in that it is the one which D C Thomson publish what was the one of the highlights of the year for many of us.
That means unlike it's stablemate, the Beano it inhabits the same world we remember, more or less as any comic does with those characters we grew up with and a few newer ones added for newcomers and to a larger extent, it keeps the same feel and theme.
Like last years edition this carefully treads a path of reprints from summer specials of the past and new carefully drawn and conceived new stories featuring our favourites, that gives an idea of how a regular dandy might of been drawn by the top comic artists of our time.
They were the things we looked forward to reading across our summer hols, from cover to cover which helped keep us entertained during what seems like a long time playing with our mates.
For the age dysphoric ten your old me this is just great because it's not some much a step back in time as stepping in your time with the new stories being a little more in tune with today but still the same world which the Beano Summer Special this year isn't because it's very of today's world for children who've only know that world.
This is this years Beano Summer Special looking very much like a regular edition but themed as a " Summer Activity Special" so it will have quizzes, find the missing words and things to colour alongside the totally themed storyline that features all the current inhabitants of Beanotown in one great summer adventure that runs seamlessly rather than separate comic strips per page.
It will have the ever popular stickers and jokes too which usually have me in stitches whenever I read them as a regular reader of the normal weekly edition.
If you can't find both in the shops which it should be from May 19th, you can order online via D C Thomson's shop
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