In the late 1980s and 1990s, with the expansion of
children's television and
video games taking a greater share of children's time, sales of comics began to fall. So D. C. Thomson decided to modernise the
Topper, relaunching it as ''Topper '89'' from February 1989. In September 1990, it was decided to merge the
Topper with another of D. C. Thomson's long-running comics,
The Beezer and the two comics combined as
Beezer and Topper. This continued in publication until 1993; it subsequently closed, with a small amount of content from the combined comic subsequently relocating into other D. C. Thomson publications
The Beano and
The Dandy. Despite the closure of the
Topper as a standalone title,
The Topper Book continued as an annual, separate from
The Beezer Book, until the 1994 annual (published 1993, the year new issues of
Beezer and Topper ceased). Vintage stories from the
Topper appeared alongside stories from other D. C. Thomson publications in
Classics from the Comics, a compilation magazine series which ran from 1996 to 2010. In March 2012, the
Royal Mail launched a special stamp collection to celebrate Britain's rich comic book history. The collection featured
The Beano,
The Dandy,
Eagle,
The Topper,
Roy of the Rovers,
Bunty,
Buster,
Valiant,
Twinkle and
2000 AD. ==Strips==