First issue Beano makes £8700 at London auction
A fine copy of the very first issue of the Beano has sold at auction for £8700. Beano Comic No 1 from July 1938 debuted characters such as Big Eggo, Morgyn the Mighty, Contrary Mary and the long-running favourite Lord Snooty and his Pals.
This issue came for sale at Comic Book Auctions on March 3 from an ephemera collector of more than 4…