Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Topper was a UK comic published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd that ran from 7 February 1953 to 15 September 1990, when it merged with The Beezer.A strip named \"Mickey the Monkey\" originally graced the front cover. In the early 1970s, it was replaced by \"Send for Kelly\". That strip was replaced with \"Danny's Tranny\" in 1975, and then \"Tricky Dicky\" in 1979. \"Beryl the Peril\" took over on 24 May 1986, and remained there until the merger with The Beezer.Unlike most other comics at the time, which were half tabloid size, the Topper was for many years full tabloid. It changed to A4 in 1980, one year before The Beezer.Two comics were merged into The Topper during its run: these were Buzz in 1975 and Sparky in issue 1276 (16 July 1977).In issue 1260 on 26 March 1977, \"Big News\" was announced on the front cover redirecting the reader to page 7 of the comic. The Big news was that starting from issue number 1261 the comic would include a \"Special Pull-out section\" that brought back classic Topper Characters such as Splodge and Big Uggy. These reprints didn't last long as in issue 1276 the pull out section was used for the Sparky comic, creating the \"Special Sparky Pull-Out\". The Sparky Pull out section was continued until the change to the A4 format.The Topper also produced an annual collection (see The Topper Book)."@en }
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- The_Topper_(comics) abstract "The Topper was a UK comic published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd that ran from 7 February 1953 to 15 September 1990, when it merged with The Beezer.A strip named \"Mickey the Monkey\" originally graced the front cover. In the early 1970s, it was replaced by \"Send for Kelly\". That strip was replaced with \"Danny's Tranny\" in 1975, and then \"Tricky Dicky\" in 1979. \"Beryl the Peril\" took over on 24 May 1986, and remained there until the merger with The Beezer.Unlike most other comics at the time, which were half tabloid size, the Topper was for many years full tabloid. It changed to A4 in 1980, one year before The Beezer.Two comics were merged into The Topper during its run: these were Buzz in 1975 and Sparky in issue 1276 (16 July 1977).In issue 1260 on 26 March 1977, \"Big News\" was announced on the front cover redirecting the reader to page 7 of the comic. The Big news was that starting from issue number 1261 the comic would include a \"Special Pull-out section\" that brought back classic Topper Characters such as Splodge and Big Uggy. These reprints didn't last long as in issue 1276 the pull out section was used for the Sparky comic, creating the \"Special Sparky Pull-Out\". The Sparky Pull out section was continued until the change to the A4 format.The Topper also produced an annual collection (see The Topper Book).".