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The BROONS Annuals.
Annual Dating: Although it is normal practice to date annuals by year for which they are intended to be read and not the year of publication (i.e. a Dandy Annual 2005 would have been published around October 2004), These books are dated by the year they were published. This is the dating method used by D.C. Thomson in The Broons and Oor Wullie 1936 - 1996 compilation so is assumed to be correct.
The First issue of The Broons was 17th November 1936.
The first annual in the series was published on
17 November 1939 (priced 1/6) with unlaminated wraparound covers made of a very lightweight soft card. The spine is plain yellow. It contained 128 pages.
A hardback copy is known to exist.
The internal title page of this book has Watkins' first printed signature ('Watty').
Very rare and very hard to find. Condition will affect value but expect to pay £3500 - £5500 to own this one.
The book was in an e-bay auction in December 2001. The bidding rose to £3,351.50 but failed to meet the reserve price. A buyer paid £5390 for a copy in a Compal Comics auction in September 2003.
All images © DC Thomson.
Above are Annuals I have.
Below are scans of copies that I do not own. These scans are purely for reference to show the fronts. Note that Oor Wullie was produce every two years, this gave way for The Broons to be supplied every other year too!
