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1980 ads for The Gnasher Snapper free gift only in The Beano. What sort of dog was Gnasher? A black-haired Abyssinian Wire-Haired Tripe Hound of course. DC Thomson.

[thehermitpoet]

soak in the present

time ebbs and swirls we sink into the eddy caught in the whirling we are engulfed in the moment can you feel it? every tug and push of the present there is no other place to be but here and now

[the-cosmic-empire]

The Beatles during the recording of Ready, Steady, Go! on the 16th April, 1965

Pic: Time Inc UK / TV Times.

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An ad for The Best of 2000AD Monthly No. 32, May 1988. Judge Dredd cover by Brian Bolland. Rebellion.

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Spellbound No. 30, dated 16 April 1977. The Strange Ones cover by Norman Lee. This was a single page strip that ran in colour on the back page of Spellbound. It featured the strange goings when three identical girls with mysterious powers take over Harleminster Ballet School!

**Spoiler Alert** It later turned out 'The Strange Ones' were aliens who had been sent to Earth to study Ballet for a "war of the arts" they were fighting against another planet. DC Thomson.

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The first Eagle Holiday Special from 1983. Photo cover of the various characters with Dan Dare drawn by Ian Kennedy. Good to see Ian has kitted him out with lots of pockets for his pens and things. An ad for the Special shown below.

Treasury of British Comics | The Dan Dare Corporation.

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Warlord No. 447, dated 16 April 1983. Sergeant Rayker cover by Jeff Bevan. DC Thomson.

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Prepare to Fire!

Warlord No. 134, dated 16 April 1977. Cannuck King cover by Jeff Bevan. DC Thomson.