“Publishing giant DC Thomson has been criticised after it reprinted a 1939 annual which contained racist references to black people. A reader condemned the inclusion of a comic strip from the original 1939 Dandy annual which included a term deemed unacceptable in modern society. The issue has led to calls for the withdrawal of the ‘facsimile’ publication from sale. Dundee-based DC Thomson said it would be unfair to tamper with the reprint.”

The full story.