by Reg Smythe
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Reg Smythe
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The
first UK Andy Capp book was issued in 1958. Thereafter, two per year were
issued to 1979 inclusive, then one per year for 1980, 1981 and 1982. Then
a strange thing happened - in 1982, when the landscape issue of No 46
was issued, so too was the magazine No 46 issued, with the same picture
and the same comic strips ! (see pictures below). There had only been
one magazine prior to this, which was issued in 1981, un-numbered, and
titled "This is your Life, Andy Capp". These magazines then
continued to No 51 in 1984 where the numbering finally ended. Also, in
1980 (for 1981), "bumper" annuals started titled "The World
of Andy Capp" which continued one per year until the last issue in
1994 for 1995.
In addition, Mirror Books released a smaller set of books in a series titled "Laugh Again with Andy Capp" subtitled ' A Daily Mirror Re-Capp' starting in 1968 for 23 issues, the last being published in 1980. The final book, No 23, had a different title of 'Presenting Andy Capp' and only subtitled as 'Laugh Again with Andy Capp No 23' Ravette
Books published some colour books, two in 1992 and two in 1993.
A short series
of Andy Capp books started in 2004 published by David and Charles Books
which lasted for three years. Many
thanks to D&C for the complimentary copy of No 3 sent to me with
the press release about publication (Andy Capp at 50 released 28 September
2006). In
2014 Pedigree Books issued an Andy Capp Yearbook 2015 along with their
regular release of annuals for 2015.
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In My Collection / 
= Not in My Collection
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No
1 (1958)
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No
2 (1959)
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No
3 (1959)
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No
4 (1960)
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No
5 (1960)
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No
6 (1961)
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No
7 (1961)
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No
8 (1962)
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No
9 (1962)
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No
10 (1963)
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No
11 (1963)
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No
12 (1964)
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No
13 (1964)
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No
14 (1965)
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No
15 (1965)
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No
16 (1966)
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No
17 (1966)
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No
1 (1966 reprint)
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No
2 (1966 reprint)
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No
3 (1967 reprint)
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No
4 (1967 reprint)
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No
18 (1967)
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No
19 (1967)
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No
20 (1968)
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No
21 (1968)
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No
22 (1969)
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No
23 (1969)
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No
24 (1970)
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No
25 (1970)
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No
26 (1971)
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No
27 (1971)
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No
28 (1972)
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No
29 (1972)
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No
30 (1973)
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No
31 (1973)
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No
32 (1974)
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No
33 (1974)
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No
34 (1975)
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No
35 (1975)
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No
36 (1976)
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No
37 (1976)
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No
38 (1977)
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No
39 (1977)
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No
40 (1978)
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No
41 (1978)
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No
42 (1979)
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No
43 (1979)
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No
44 (1980)
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No
45 (1981)
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No
46 (1982)
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Un-numbered
(1981)
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No
46 (1982)
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No
47 (1982)
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No
48 (1983)
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No
49 (1983)
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No
50 (1984)
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No
51 (1984)
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1981
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1982
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1983
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1984
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1985
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1986
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1987
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1988
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You're
a Star Andy Capp 1988
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1989
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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The
Daily Mirror Re-Capp Series "Laugh Again with Andy Capp"
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No
1 (1968)
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No
2 (1968)
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No
3 (1969)
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No
4 (1970)
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No
5 (1971)
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No
6 (1971)
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No
7 (1972)
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No
8 (1972)
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No
9 (1973)
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No
10 (1973)
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No
11 (1974)
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No
12 (1974)
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No
13 (1975)
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No
14 (1975)
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No
15 (1976)
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No
16 (1976)
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No
17 (1977)
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No
18 (1977)
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No
19 (1978)
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No
20 (1978)
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No
21 (1979)
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No
22 (1980)
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No
23 (1980)
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Ravette
Books - "Andy Capp in Colour" series
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No
1 (1992)
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No
2 (1992)
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No
3 (1993)
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No
4 (1993)
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No
1 (2004)
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No
2 (2005)
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No
3 (2006)
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In
addition to all the paperback series above, some larger books have been
printed, some exclusively as hardbacks. This gallery is not the complete
picture from this point on, showing only those that I know about or
have got in my collection...
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Titan Books
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Oct
1990
 Large Paperback |
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2010
 Annual 2011 (Hardback) |
Pedigree Books
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2014
 Yearbook 2015 (Hardback) |
Doubleday Books
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1970
 The Flippin' Best of Andy Capp (Hardback) |
Syndication International Books
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2000
 Large Paperback |
Andrews & McMeel Books
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1984
 Large Paperback |
Daily Mirror Books
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1965
 Large Hardback |
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2017
 Paperback |