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=== For [[The Dandy (
* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: The near-universal reaction to ''Dandy Xtreme'', the [[Totally Radical]] [[Retool]], which very nearly [[Franchise Killer|killed the title off completely]].
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*** And let's not forget the frankly [[Off-Model|weird new looks]] for old favourites Korky the Cat, Bananaman and Desperate Dan.
** Uh oh. ABC readership figures reveal a 48% drop from July-December 2010 to January-June 2011. The readers are voting with their money it seems, yelling a loud chorus of [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]. That could prove to be the [[Franchise Killer]].
* [[Unfortunate Implications]] / [[Values Dissonance]]: being a [[Cowboy]], Desperate Dan is pretty much set in the rootin'est, tootin'est depiction of the [[Wild West]] ever published in the UK. Of course, the also means that he lives right next to [[Injun Country]]. As a result, modern Dandy editors consider Dan something of an embarrassment, and have even tried to put people off Dan by making him [[Took a Level In Dumbass|a complete idiot]], and when that didn't work they [[Put
* [[Were Still Relevant Dammit]]: Mostly [[Averted]] with the new reboot. Dandy Xtreme... not so much.
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