Dandy Stars

Stars who are currently in the Dandy Xtreme as of February 2010:

Comic strip	Time in comic	Artist	Notes
Agent Dog 2-Zero	2004–2005, 2006, 2007–present	Wayne Thompson
The Banana Bunch	1956-1993, 2004, 2010–p	Nigel Parkinson	Originally in The Beezer until 1990, when the comic merged | with The Topper and relaunched as Beezer and Topper until the comic folded in 1993.
Bananaman	1980–present	C. McGhie/John Geering(reprints)	Originally in Nutty until 1985; also in BEEB comic
Beryl the Peril	1953-2005, 2007, 2010-p	Robert Nixon	Beryl the Peril originally from The Topper. Moved to Dandy in 1993.
The Bogies	2009–present	Nigel Auchterlounie	Sold to the Dandy Xtreme. Very popular comic strip.
Cuddles and Dimples	1986–present	Nigel Parkinson	Cuddles originally in Nutty (1981–1985), transferred to Hoot! (1985–1986), teamed up with Dimples following Dandy merger. Dimples strip in The Dandy 1984–1986.
Desperate Dan	1937–present	Jamie Smart
Jak and Todd	1997–1999, 2000–2003, 2004–present	Wayne Thompson	Originally drawn by Jimmy Hansen; every time the strip re-appears the storylines change and a new artist is commissioned to draw it.
Korky the Cat and the Kits	1937–2004, 2005, 2007, 2010-p	Robert Nixon	Appeared on front cover of first Dandy.
Marvo the Wonder Chicken	1996–1998, 2008-p	Nigel Parkinson	Returned in August 2008. Originally drawn by Jimmy Hansen.
Spooky Skaters	2009–2010	Unknown	Sold to The Dandy, the comic strip has now ended.
Hyde & Shriek	1992–1993, 2008-p	Nick Brennan	Previously drawn by Tom Paterson.
Doctor Loo	2008-p	Duncan Scott	Play on BBC drama Doctor Who.

The Dandy HISTORY.

The first issue, under the name The Dandy Comic, was published on 4 December 1937. It was published weekly until 6 September 1941, when wartime paper shortages forced it to switch to fortnightly, alternating with The Beano. It returned to its weekly schedule on 30 July 1949. From 17 July 1950, the magazine changed its name to just The Dandy.

Though later issues became all comic strips, early issues had many text strips, with some illustrations. In 1940, this meant 12 pages of comic strips and 8 pages of text stories. Text stories at two pages each were Jimmy's Pocket Grandpa, British Boys and Girls Go West, There's a Curse on the King and Swallowed by a Whale!.

After issue 3282 (dated 16 October 2004) The Dandy underwent a radical format overhaul.^[1] The comic changed format and content, reflecting a more television-oriented style, now printed on glossy magazine paper instead of newsprint. The price was raised from 70p to £1.20 (99p for the first two weeks), a new comic strip called "Office Hours" appeared, and two supposedly new ones also started, though were actually revivals from a few years earlier ("Jak" and "Dreadlock Holmes").

As of August 2007 (issue 3426), The Dandy has had another update, becoming the fortnightly comic Dandy Xtreme. It now costs £2.75 (some issues can cost up to 2.99 depending on how many gifts there are).^[2][3]

Unlike previous versions, Dandy characters will not necessarily grace the cover every issue; instead, celebrities and other cartoon characters will be featured. The first Dandy Xtreme had Bart Simpson on the cover.