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Dixon Hawke
Dixon Hawke was a fictional detective who was featured in the DC Thomson publications from 1912 to 2000. Created in 1912 by an unknown author for DC Thomson he appeared in various publications including ''The Saturday Post'', ''The Sunday Post'', ''Adventure'', ''The Sporting Post'', ''Topical Times'', ''The Evening Telegraph'' and ''The Dixon Hawke Library''. In 1989, researcher and author W. O. G. Lofts stated that Hawke had been running continuously on a weekly basis for well over 76 years, and "so must be credited with being the longest consecutive running character of all time."Lofts W.O.G. Seventy-Six Years of Dixon Hawke, Collectors Digest #507, 1989, p 29 http://www.friardale.co.uk/Collectors%20Digest/1989-03-CollectorsDigest-v43-n507.pdf Lofts estimated that Hawke had appeared in some 5000 stories.Lofts W.O.G. Seventy-Six Years of Dixon Hawke, Collectors Digest #507, 1989, p 30 http://www.friardale.co.uk/Collectors%20Digest/1989-03-CollectorsDigest-v43-n507.pdf Eleven y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Thomson
DC Thomson is a media company based in Dundee, Scotland. Founded by David Couper Thomson in 1905, it is best known for publishing ''The Dundee Courier'', ''The Evening Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Post'' newspapers, and the comics ''Oor Wullie'', ''The Broons'', ''The Beano'', ''The Dandy'' and ''Commando''. It also owns the Aberdeen Journals, Aberdeen Journals Group which publishes the ''Press and Journal (Scotland), Press and Journal''. The company owns several websites, including Findmypast, and owned the now defunct social media site Friends Reunited. History The company began as a branch of the Thomson family business when William Thomson became the sole proprietor of Charles Alexander & Company, publishers of ''Dundee Courier and Daily Argus''. In 1884, David Couper Thomson took over the publishing business, and established it as D.C. Thomson in 1905. The firm flourished, and took its place as the third J in the "Three Js", the traditional summary of Dundee industry ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
