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The DFC was a weekly British children 's anthology comic , published by David Fickling Books -LRB- an imprint of Random House -RRB- .. David Fickling Books. David Fickling Books. anthology comic. comics anthology. Random House. Random House. The first issue was published at the end of May 2008 .. 2008 in comics. The title stood for `` David Fickling Comic '' .. Its successor , The Phoenix , launched on 7 January 2012 .. The Phoenix. The Phoenix ( comics ). Unlike the vast majority of comics in the current market , The DFC was funded entirely by subscriptions , without any commercial advertising .. It was fully coloured on all 36 pages .