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Book and Magazine Collector.

The Book and Magazine Collector was published monthly by the Warner group and ran from 1984 to 2010, a total of 26 years. November 2010 saw the following message appear on the B&MC website-

"Book and Magazine Collector has ceased publication with the Christmas issue, on sale 18th November. The decision has not been taken lightly but due to the current economic climate, with rising print and production costs it is no longer viable to continue publishing Book and Magazine Collector."

Many excellent story paper articles were published over the years and a number of them are available for download from the table below

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Cover Issue Article Notes
Issue 2

April 1984

 Collecting the Magnet Comic

  

 
Issue 13

March 1985

 St Jim's Prize Packet

  

 
Issue 19

September 1985

 Popular Girls and Boys Annuals

   

 
Issue 24

February 1986

 Collecting the "Schoolgirls' Own"

  

 
Issue 25

April 1986

 The Heyday of the "Girl's Own Paper"

  

 
Issue 30

September 1986

 Frank Richards and his "Billy Bunter" Books

  

 
Issue 53

August 1988

 The "Tom Merry" and "Jack" Books of Frank Richards

  

 
Issue 58

January 1989

 Collecting Chums Boys Paper

  

 
Issue 61

April 1989

 Collecting the Magnet

  

 
Issue 72

March 1990

 Billy Bunter and Mr Chips

    

  
Issue 74

May 1990

 Angela Brazil Schoolgirl Stories

  

 
Issue 76

July 1990

 Modern Boy Comic

  

 
Issue 93

December 1991

 Christmas at Greyfriars

  

 
Issue 100

July 1992

 I Say You Fellows

  

 
Issue 114

September 1993

 A National Institution

  

 
Issue 147

June 1996

 Billy Bunter Extras

  

 
Issue 166
January 1998		 The Novels of Richmal Crompton

  

 
Issue 175

October 1998

 Edwy Searles Brooks

  

 
Issue 189

December 1999

 Collecting the "Boys Own Paper"

  

 
Issue 193

April 2000

 Richards Rarities

  

 
Issue 205

April 2001

 Super Detective Library

   		 
Issue 225

June 2003

 Mary Cadogan

  

 
Issue 235

October 2003

 The Boys Friend Library

  

 
Issue 248

November 2004

 Short Stories - Frank Richards

  

 
Issue 252

February 2005

 Girls Papers and Annuals

  

 
The Thriller

  

 
Issue 258

August 2005

 The Men Who Drew Billy Bunter

  

 
Issue 276

Christmas 2006

 Ghosts, Snow and Ho-Ho-Ho

  

 
Issue 277

January 2007

 Sexton Blake

  

 
Issue 292

March 2008

 100 Years of Billy Bunter

  

 
Issue 299

October 2008

 George Richmond Samways

  

 
Issue 304

February 2009

 Herlock Sholmes and other detectives

  

 
Issue 326

November 2010

 Enid Blyton Early Adventures

  

 
Issue 328

Christmas 2010

 Christmas with Sexton Blake

  

Final Issue