What a Korker! Rare Dandy annual up for auction

A rare copy of the first Dandy annual, which was published before the outbreak of the Second World War, is to be sold at auction.

The 1939 Dandy Monster Comic, published late in 1938, was the first of 81 editions of the annual to be published. It features many familiar characters, such as Desperate Dan and Korky The Cat.

The annual, with an original cover price of 2/6, has a pre-sale estimate of £1,200 to £1,500.

It will be sold as part of a two-day book sale in Aylsham, Norfolk.

The Dandy comic was first published in December 1937 and continued until 2012 in printed form. It has been discontinued by publisher DC Thomson but annuals and occasional summer specials continue to be published.