Classics from the Comics

1996–2010 British comics magazine Classics from the comicsPublication informationPublisherDC ThomsonScheduleMonthlyFormatOngoing seriesPublication dateMarch 1996 – October 2010No. of issues175 Classics from the Comics was a British comics magazine, published from March 1996 until October 2010.[citation needed] Published monthly, it was D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd's third all-reprint comic. It replaced The Best of Topper and The Best of Beezer, which had reprinted old strips for some years.[citation needed] Classics from the Comics collected archive comic strips from eight comic titles – the still going The Beano and The Dandy, and the defunct Beezer, Topper, Nutty, Sparky, Cracker, and Buzz. During its later issues, adventure comics from the likes of The Victor, The Wizard, The Rover, The Hotspur and The Hornet were used. It also started using Hoot! shortly before it ended. The comic had 64 pages, and the front cover depicted many of the characters in one group activity, drawn from September 1997 to May 2006 by Anthony Caluori. The reprints inside were prefaced with a contents page ("Classic Contents") and until 2007 were followed by an advert for the next month's issue, with the