Classics from the Comics

Classics from the Comics was a monthly reprint comic showcasing, initially comic strips from the archives of The Beano, The Dandy, The Topper, The Beezer, Sparky, Nutty, Buzz and Cracker comics. It ran for 175 monthly issues until October 2010. The majority of the content was humour strips, although adventure stories from the likes of General Jumbo and Black Bob also appeared each month, each one running for a few months before being replaced with something else. In later years, the magazine broadened its scope, phasing out Cracker and Buzz, whose material was nearly exhausted, in favour of extra adventure strips and even text stories from the boys papers such as Victor, Hotspur, Rover, Wizard, and Adventure (the girls comics remained ignored however). They also added puzzles and competitions, and eventually a letters page. Sadly, it finally had to end, with only one month of warning, due to cost cutting as DC Thomson either axed titles or outsourced their printing.