Annuals that offer jolly japes for investors

Rupert Bear 1973

This rarity has a brown rather than white Rupert face on the cover. Only 12 were released before the rest were pulped. £23,000

£23,000 The Dandy Monster Comic 1939

This sold at auction in 2006. It features Korky the Cat and Jimmy and his Grockle. £6,232

The Magic-Beano Book 1943

This record price was reached in 2017 – fetching double the estimate. It is considered to be the highest grade example of the annual in existence.

£5,600

The Beano Book 1940

There are believed to be only 11 surviving copies of this first Beano annual. The top price was paid in 2010 after eagle-eyed staff at a Cancer Research UK charity shop discovered it at the bottom of a bag of donations. All the money raised at auction went to support

the charity.

£4,264