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Big Eggo was an ostrich and fictional character who had his own comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. He first appeared in issue 1, dated 30 July 1938, and was the first ever cover star. His first words in the strip were 'Somebody's taken my egg again!'. It was drawn throughout by Reg Carter.
Eggo remained on the cover of The Beano until issue 326, dated 10 January 1948. Biffo the Bear took over two weeks later, as at this time the comic was published fortnightly due to paper rationing. He continued inside the comic until 1949, although a picture of him remained on the front cover (next to 'The Beano' legend) until 1954. He would later appear in the 65th anniversary issue (3185, 2 August 2003) when he met Gnasher and Gnipper.
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