Comic Gallery 1
(1981) x 3 Comics
(1982 - 1983) Numbers 1 - 13
(1983 - 1985) Preview Issue and Numbers 1 - 52
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Comic Gallery 1
(1981)
x 3 Comics
(1982 - 1983) Numbers 1 - 13
(1983 - 1985) Preview Issue and Numbers 1 - 52
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UPDATE
3
: It appears I was right and there was an even earlier preview comic,
also dated 1981 which appeared both as 'Disneyworld Magazine' and 'The
Disney Magazine'.
Many thanks to Steven Spil for first image below and bringing it to my attention. |
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 ©1981 |
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UPDATE
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: I have further discovered through acquisition of the comic below that
Disney Magazine appears to have been issued even earlier than originally
thought as this edition is dated 1981 - It is un-numbered issue and
states inside 'welcome to another edition of the Disney Magazine...'
implying it is not the first!
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©1981
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UPDATE
1
: The Disney Magazine was also published during 1982 by London Editions
Magazines. This may have been a regional test-market issue as the comic
series was certainly re-launched nationally from No 1 in March 1983.
There were thirteen issues, the last of which was issued in the same
month as the re-launch. I now have all thirteen editions in my collection.
It is interesting to note that there was no issue dated April 1982.
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No
1
 February 1982 |
No
2
 March 1982 |
No
3
 May 1982 |
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No
4
 June 1982 |
No
5
 July 1982 |
No
6
 August 1982 |
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No
7
 September 1982 |
No
8
 October 1982 |
No
9
 November 1982 |
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No
10
 December 1982 |
No
11
 January 1983 |
No
12
 February 1983 |
No
13
 March 1983 |
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Disney Magazine by London Editions Magazines was re-launched in March
1983 from No 1. The first 18 issues were calendar-monthly, then from
No 19 onwards the magazine became fortnightly and remained so through
to the final issue (No 166). No 52 was a Christmas bumper issue covering
a period of three weeks.
Apparently, according to the Inducks website, Disney Magazine was split into a weekly and a monthly comic (article HERE). In some parts of the UK (or maybe only in certain shops), the original Disney Magazine continued with issue 8 onward, published monthly as before. In other parts of the UK, The Disney Magazine Weekly Edition Nos 8 to 23 were published. Roughly every fourth issue of the weekly was identical to the corresponding monthly... The No 8 weekly was published the week after the No 7 monthly - There were TWO identical No 7s, one with the week ending date on (the first weekly edition) and one without (the monthly edition). Every three or four weeks, the weekly edition was identical to that month's monthly edition. The No 12 weekly was identical to the No 8 monthly, and subsequently, the No 16 weekly was identical to the No 9 monthly, the No 19 weekly was identical to the No 10 monthly and the No 23 weekly was identical to the No 11 monthly...
A valued contributor of mine (Alasdair Wilson) actually has these weekly edition comics and he has provided me with scans to show on my site. I have included these as a side gallery HERE. I have now acquired some of these editions. Both the weekly and the monthly issues were priced at 27p, so maybe this strange split was an experiment to see if people were prepared to pay more for the comic more frequently. Indeed, a very few months later the monthly became fortnightly (with No 19) and the price increased to 30p per issue. Further information and enlightenment gratefully received - please email me. |
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Preview
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 1983 |
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No
1
 March 1983 |
No
2
 28 April 1983 |
No
3
 26 May 1983 |
No
4
 23 June 1983 |
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No
5
 21 July 1983 |
No
6
 25 August 1983 |
No
7
 22 September 1983 |
No
8
 October 1983 |
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No
9
 November 1983 |
No
10
 December 1983 |
No
11
 January 1984 |
No
12
 February 1984 |
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No
13
 March 1984 |
No
14
 April 1984 |
No
15
 May 1984 |
No
16
 21 June 1984 |
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No
17
 19 July 1984 |
No
18
 23 August 1984 |
No
19
 6 September 1984 |
No
20
 20 September 1984 |
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No
21
 4 October 1984 |
No
22
 18 October 1984 |
No
23
 1 November 1984 |
No
24
 15 November 1984 |
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No
25
 29 November 1984 |
No
26
 13 December 1984 |
No
27
 27 December 1984 |
No
28
 10 January 1985 |
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No
29
 24 January 1985 |
No
30
 7 February 1985 |
No
31
 21 February 1985 |
No
32
 7 March 1985 |
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No
33
 21 March 1985 |
No
34
 4 April 1985 |
No
35
 18 April 1985 |
No
36
 2 May 1985 |
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No
37
 16 May 1985 |
No
38
 30 May 1985 |
No
39
 13 June 1985 |
No
40
 27 June 1985 |
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No
41
 11 July 1985 |
No
42
 25 July 1985 |
No
43
 8 August 1985 |
No
44
 22 August 1985 |
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No
45
 5 September 1985 |
No
46
 19 September 1985 |
No
47
 3 October 1985 |
No
48
 17 October 1985 |
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No
49
 31 October 1985 |
No
50
 14 November 1985 |
No
51
 28 November 1985 |
No
52
 12 December 1985 |
