I've looked at the diaries produced by Eagle, Girl & Swift before, but in separate posts, so I thought I might usefully pull that information together into a single post.
I've now started adding other comics / comic strips to this listing - all new entries are shown in red
Eagle
Diaries were produced for at least 1951-63. No diary would have been produced for 1950 (Eagle launched in mid-April so that would have made no sense). I have copies of diaries for the following years...1951-4 & 1957-63, so I'm just missing 1955 & 1956 (and any produced from 1964 onwards).
Diaries typically look like this...
Girl
Only example I've ever seen - no idea how many were produced. This is for 1956.
Swift
Only example I've ever seen - no idea how many were produced
Judge Dredd diaries
For the year 2000...
and these images (all swiped from here) of a numbered limited edition version of the year 2000 diary as well
Doonesbury desk diaries
Doonesbury desk diary for 1984
Doonesbury desk diary for 1985
Doonesbury desk diary for 1988
Doonesbury desk diary for 1989
Doonesbury desk diary for 1991
Princess Tina diary 1968
image c/o Janis Cross (on the "Girls comics - UK" facebook group)
TV21 diary for 1970
Originally priced at seven shillings in 1970 Letts published a much coveted, TV21 “desk diary”, featuring photographs from many of the Gerry Anderson series. Produced so it could be used for any year during the 1970s, they’re considered quite rare today, offered for eye watering prices unblemished on auction sites. Perhaps Anderson Entertainment should take note. “The price put it out of the range of many a fan of the time,” recalls John Freeman, “including me.”
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