The free gift with The Beano was a 'Whoopee Mask' which was pretty much a green mask. Only one is in existence and it, with the first issue, recently notched up a high price on ebay. At least back then many of the gifts were actually free.
Next, the Shiver and Shake issue 1 gift. You had a choice of 4 jokes which were, a fake spoon, a plastic buscuit, a rubber pencil and fake liquorice. I would have chosen the liquorice.
Thank you, soon I will be looking at many more free gifts. I hope you enjoy this blog.
I think the mask that came with The Beano actually came in a variety of colours. The Hotspur No. 1 from 1933 came with a really similar felt mask, but this was only avaliable in black. Since The Beano was aimed at a much younger audience than The Hotspur they used brighter colours, not black (although many, if not all, of the Beano no. 1 reprints come with a black mask for some reason).
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Thanks for that info George! :)
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