List of Beano comic strips

Over the years the Beano has had many different strips ranging from comic strips to adventure strips to prose stories. However eventually the Beano changed from having all these different types of strips to having only comic strips. Prose stories were the first to go being phased out in 1955. Adventure Strips were phased out in 1975 with the last adventure strip being General Jumbo however there have been unsuccessful attempts to reintroduce adventure strips with new series of Billy the Cat and Katie in 2003, 2005 and 2009. The longest running strip in the Beano is Dennis the Menace which has been running for over sixty years. Lord Snooty which first appeared in the first issue of the Beano and after having been discontinued and then brought back thrice currently exists as Lord Snooty the Third is another long-running comic strip. Other long-running strips include Biffo the Bear, Minnie the Minx, Roger the Dodger, The Bash Street Kids, Little Plum and Billy Whizz. Currently the Beano has been home to 338 different strips with a further seventeen strips appearing in Comic Idol competitions and not later appearing in the comic. This list only features strips in the weekly comic and does not list Strips which only appeared once. It also includes information about the Comic Idol winners, from 1995 to 2010.

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List of Beano Comic Strips

Originally the Beano consisted of Comic Strips, Adventure strips and Prose stories however by 1975 only comic strips remained. There have currently been 193 different comic strips in The Beano since the comic began in 1938. During the days where adventure strips coexisted in the Beano alongside Comic strips a number of strips blurred the lines between the two genres.

Strip Title Notes Original Artist Other Notable Artists Start Date End Date
Big Eggo First Series Reg Carter 1938 1949
Ping the Elastic Man First Series Hugh McNeill 1938 1940
Brave Captain Kipper First Series

About an elderly sailor who was the 'diehard of the Seven Seas'.

 Torelli Bros 1938 1939
Lord Snooty First Series Dudley Watkins 1938 1949
Whoopee Hank First Series Roland Davies 1938 1939
Hooky's Magic Bowler Hat First Series Charles Gordon 1938 1940
Wee Peem First Series James Jewell 1938 1940
Little Dead Eye Dick First Series Charles Holt 1938 1938
Hairy Dan First Series Basil Blackaller 1938 1946
Contrary Mary First Series Roland Davies 1938 1940
Smiler the Sweeper First Series Steve Perkins 1938 1938
Helpful Henry First Series Eric Roberts 1938 1939
Big Fat Joe First Series Allan Morley 1938 1939
Rip Van Wink First Series

About a man who had slept for 700 years and his reaction to the modern (1930s) world. Name references the short story Rip Van Winkle.

 Eric Roberts 1938 1948
Uncle Windbag First Series Charles Holt 1938 1938
Monkey Tricks First Series Reg Carter 1938 1938
Tin Can Tommy First Series Torelli Bros 1938 1947
Hicky the Hare First Series Torelli Bros 1938 1939
Good King Coke First Series Eric Roberts 1938 1942
Frosty McNab First Series Sam Fair 1938 1941
Pansy Potter First Series Hugh McNeil Basil Blackaller, Sam Fair 1938 1947
Boney the Brave First Series Roland Davies 1939 1939
Puffing Billy First Series Hugh McNeill 1939 1940
Tricky Dicky Ant First Series Torelli Bros 1939 1939
The Pranks of Peanut First Series Charles Gordon 1939 1939
Deep Down Daddy Neptune First Series Basil Blackaller 1939 1940
Wily Willie Winkie First Series Unknown 1939 1940
Laddie Longlegs First Series Unknown 1939 1939
Cocky Dick First Series Allan Morley 1939 1947
Winken and Blinken First Series Sam Fair 1940 1941
Doubting Thomas First Series James Crighton 1940 1942
Cinderella and the Ugly Sisters First Series Basil Blackaller 1940 1941
Big Heep First Series Basil Blackaller 1940 1942
Musso the Wop First Series Sam Fair 1940 1943
The Magic Lollipops First Series Allan Morley 1941 1947
Handy Sandy First Series Arthur Jackson 1942 1943
Handy Sandy Second Series Arthur Jackson 1944 1945
Smart Alec First Series Basil Blackaller 1945 1945
Good King Coke Second Series Eric Roberts 1945 1946
Polly Wolly Doodle and her Great Big Poodle First Series George Drysdale 1946 1947
Sammy Shrinko First Series Allan Morley 1946 1948
Sticky Willie First Series Unknown 1946 1947
Wavy Davy and his Navy First Series Dudley Watkins 1947 1947
Alf Wit the Ancient Brit First Series Bill Holroyd 1947 1947
Freddy Flipperfeet First Series Reg Carter 1947 1948
Maxy's Taxi First Series George Drysdale 1947 1951
Winnie the witch First Series James Clark 1948 1948
Peter Penguin First Series Reg Carter 1948 1949
Biffo the Bear First Series Dudley Watkins David Sutherland, Jimmy Glen 1948 1986
Cocky Jock First Series George Drysdale 1948 1949
Swanky Lanky Liz First Series Charles Holt 1948 1949
Smarty Smokum First Series Allan Morley 1948 1949
Hairy Hugh and his Cockatoo First Series Basil Blackaller 1948 1949
The Magic Lollipops Second Series Allan Morley 1948 1951
Have-A-Go Joe First Series Bill Holroyd 1949 1951
Tricky Dicky Ant Second series James Clark Allan Morley 1949 1949
Skinny Flint the Meanest Uncle in the World First Series James Walker 1949 1949
Wandering Willie First Series Bill Holroyd 1949 1949
Little Dead Eye Dick Second Series Charles Holt 1949 1949
Ding-Dong Belle First Series Bill Holroyd 1949 1951
Pansy Potter in Wonderland Second series James Clark 1949 1955
Little Dead-Eye Dick Third series Charles Holt 1949 1950
Danger! Len at Work First Series Bill Holroyd 1949 1950
Sammy's Super Rubber First Series Allan Morley 1950 1951
Lord Snooty Second Series Dudley Watkins Leo Baxendale 1950 1958
Dennis the Menace First Series David Law David Sutherland, David Parkins, Nigel Parkinson, Jimmy Hansen, Tom Paterson Barrie Appleby 1951 Present
Skinny Flint First Series Basil Blackaller 1951 1951
Bucktooth the Boy who Lives in a Barrel First Series Bill Holroyd 1951 1951
The Beano Cinema Second Series of Have-A-Go Joe[1] Bill Holroyd 1951 1951
Willie's Wonder Gun First Series James Clark 1951 1952
Wee Peem's Magic Pills Second Series Charles Griggs 1951 1952
Multy the Millionare First Series Richard Cox 1952 1953
Bucktooth The Boy who lives in a Barrel Second Series Bill Holroyd 1952 1952
Wee Davie First Series Ken Hunter 1952 1952
Ali Ha Ha and the Potty Thieves First Series Ken Hunter 1952 1952
Kat and Kanary First Series Charles Grigg Leo Baxendale 1952 1956
Nobby The Enchanted Bobby First Series Bill Holroyd 1952 1953
The Nippers First Series Richard Cox 1952 1953
Roger the Dodger First Series Ken Reid Gordon Bell 1953 1960
Wee Davie Second Series Ken Hunter 1953 1953
Big Hugh and You First Series Bill Holroyd 1953 1953
Uncle Windbag Second Series Charles Grigg 1953 1953
Matt Hatter First Series George Drysdale 1953 1955
Little Plum First Series Leo Baxendale Ron Spencer 1953 1986
Minnie the Minx First Series Leo Baxendale Jim Petrie, Tom Paterson, Ken Harrison, Laura Howell, Nigel Parkinson 1953 Present
Nobby The Enchanted Bobby Second Series Bill Holroyd 1953 1954
When the Bell Rings name changed to The Bash Street Kids in 1956 First Series Leo Baxendale David Sutherland 1954 Present
Wee Davie Third Series Ken Hunter 1954 1954
Wee Davie Fourth Series Ken Hunter 1954 1954
Smarty Smokey Fourth Series James Clark 1954 1954
Jenny Penny First Series Jimmy Thompson 1954 1955
Dick on the Draw First Series Jimmy Thompson 1955 1955
Clumsy Claude-The Blunder Boy First Series Bill Ritchie 1955 1955
Wee Davie Fifth Series Ken Hunter 1955 1955
Prince Whoopee First Series Charles Grigg 1955 1957
Wee Davie and King Willie Sixth Series Ken Hunter 1955 1956
Scrapper First Series George Drysdale/Albert Holroyd 1955 1957
Grandpa First Series Ken Reid 1955 1957
Our Ned First Series Albert Holroyd 1956 1958
Daniel the Spaniel First Series Ken Hunter 1956 1956
Johnny on the Hop (He brings the Beano from the Shop) First Series George Drysdale 1956 1956
Wee Peem Third Series Hugh Morren 1956 1957
Uncle Windbag Third Series Bill Ritchie 1956 1957
Wee Davie and King Willie Seventh Series Ken Hunter 1957 1957
Pooch First Series Bill Ritchie 1957 1957
Parachute Reg First Series Albert Holroyd 1957 1957
Kat and Kanary Second Series Albert Holroyd 1957 1957
Wizards at War First Series Charles Grigg 1957 1957
Dippy the Diver First Series Hugh Morren 1957 1957
Prince Whoopee Second Series George Drysdale 1957 1958
Fusspot Annie First Series Jimmy Thompson 1957 1958
Bringing up Dennis

Dennis the Menace spinoff with Dennis as a baby

 First Series Ken Wilkins 1957 1958
Quick An' Slick First Series Frank MacDarmiad 1957 1958
Pansy Potter Third Series Charles Grigg/Gordon Bell 1958 1958
Pom-Pom (The Boy who Brightens Darkest Africa) First Series Gordon Bell 1958 1958
Jonah First Series Ken Reid 1958 1963
Kat and Kanary Third Series Gordon Bell 1958 1958
Cookie First Series Ken Wilkins 1958 1958
Betty's Grandad First Series Hugh Morren 1958 1958
Sparky's Space Helmet First Series Albert Holroyd 1958 1959
Dashalong Dot First Series Gordon Bell 1958 1959
Rip Van Wink Second series Gordon Bell 1958 1959
Joe for Champ First Series Hugh Morren 1959 1959
Scrapper Second Series Albert Holroyd 1959 1959
The Three Bears First Series Leo Baxendale 1959 1959
Lord Snooty Third Series Dudley Watkins Robert Nixon, Jimmy Glen, Ken Harrison 1959 1991
Lazy Jones First Series Hugh Morren 1960 1960
Wonder Boy First Series Bob McGrath 1960 1961
The Three Bears Second Series Leo Baxendale Bob McGrath 1960 1985
Colonel Crackpot's Circus First Series Malcolm Judge 1960 1963
Roger the Dodger Second Series Bob McGrath Ken Reid, Robert Nixon, Tom Lavery, Frank MacDiarmid, Barrie Appleby 1961 Present
Punch and Jimmy First Series Dave Jenner 1962 1963
The Country Cuzzins First Series Hugh Morren 1963 1964
Punch and Jimmy Second Series Dave Jenner 1963 1967
Jinx First Series Ken Reid 1963 1964
Billy Whizz First Series Malcolm Judge Steve Horrocks, David Parkins, Trevor Metcalfe, Vic Neill, Graeme Hall, Wayne Thompson, Nick Brennan 1964 Present
Pup Parade First Series Gordon Bell 1967 1988
The Nibblers First Series John Sherwood/Ron Spencer 1970 1974
The Belles of St. Lemons First Series Gordon Bell 1971 1972
Grandpa Second Series Robert Nixon Jimmy Glen 1971 1984
The McTickles First Series Vic Neill 1971 1974
Says Smiffy First Series Jim Petrie 1971 1972
Baby Face Finlayson First Series Ron Spencer 1972 1977
Wee Ben Nevis First Series Vic Neill 1974 1977
Richard the Lion First Series David Gudgeon 1974 1976
Ball Boy First Series Malcolm Judge John Dallas, Dave Eastbury 1975 Present
Tom, Dick and Sally First Series Dave Jenner/Keith Reynolds 1975 1986
Jacky Daw with Maw and Paw First Series. About an obnoxious teenage Jackdaw. David Gudgeon 1976 1978
Two Gun Tony First Series Bill Ritchie 1977 1978
The Nibblers Second Series John Sherwood/Ron Spencer 1977 1984
Gnasher's Tale name changed to Gnasher and Gnipper in 1986 First Series David Sutherland Barry Glennard 1977 2009
The Fix-It Twins First Series.

About two fraternal twins called Mo and Jo. With an obsession for making people's dreams come true.

Title is a play on the TV show Jim'll Fix it.

 Ron Spencer 1978 1980
Sweet Sue First Series

About Sue, a sweet and inoffensive young girl.

 Bill Ritchie 1978 1980
Baby Face Finlayson Second Series Ron Spencer 1980 1987
Smudge First Series John Geering 1980 1994
Rasher First Series David Sutherland 1984 1995
Pepper the Pony and Lucinda First Series Ron Spencer 1984 1985
Ivy the Terrible First Series Robert Nixon Tony O'Donnell 1985 2008
Simply Smiffy First Series Jerry Swaffield 1985 1987
Foo-Foo's Fairy Story First Series Dave Sutherland 1986 1986
Roger the Dodger's Dodge Clinic First Series Robert Nixon 1986 1992
Calamity James First Series Tom Paterson Steve Bright 1986 2007
Karate Sid First Series

Title was a play on Karate Kid. About a karate loving kid who often fought with his enemies The Dans.

 Steve Bright 1987 1988
Little Monkey First Series Robert Nixon Barrie Appleby 1987 1988
Number 13 First Series John Geering 1987 1997
The Germs First Series Dave Sutherland Vic Neill 1987 2004
The Three Bears Third Series Bob Dewar David Parkins 1988 1995
Gordon Gnome First Series Eric Wilkinson 1988 1989
Danny's Nanny First Series David Mostyn 1988 1994
Proctor Doolittle First Series Ron Spencer 1988 1989
Fatty Fudge First Series Jim Petrie 1989 1991
Biffo the Bear Second Series Sid Burgon 1989 1999
Emlyn the Gremlin First Series Bob Dewar 1989 1990
Baby Face Finlayson Third Series Ron Spencer 1989 1992
Little Larry First Series Tom Paterson 1989 1992
Pansy Potter Fourth Series Barry Glennard 1989 1993
Les Pretend First Series John Sherwood Trevor Metcalfe, Laura Howell 1990 2005
Lee's Fleas First Series Bob Dewar 1990 1991
Henry Burrows First Series Trevor Metcalfe 1992 1992
Merboy First Series Emilios Hatjoulis 1992 1992
Son of Jonah First Series Jerry Swaffield 1992 1993
The Great Geraldoes First Series Terry Brave 1992 1993
The Beano Birds First Series Barry Glennard 1992 1993
Go, Granny, Go First Series.

A strip about Dennis' Granny.

 Brian Walker 1992 1998
Oscar Knight-Child Actor First Series David Sutherland 1992 1993
The Yeti with Betty First Series Robert Nixon 1993 1994
The Numskulls First Series Tom Paterson Barry Glennard 1993 Present
Vic Volcano First Series Robert Nixon Trevor Metcalfe 1995 1996
The World's Worst First Series Bob Dewar 1995 1998
What to do with a Sleeping Dad First Series Jim Petrie 1995 1997
Joe King First Series Bob Dewar 1995 2001
Tim Traveller First Series Vic Neill Keith Reynolds 1997 2004
Crazy for Daisy First Series Nick Brennan 1997 2007
Little Plum Second Series Tom Paterson 1998 1998
Even Steven First Series Mark Morgan 1998 2000
Beaginnings, later Bea the Mini-Menace First Series Nigel Parkinson 1998 2008
Mr Ape First Series (based on a Dick King-Smith Story) John Eastwood 1998 1998
Dean's Dino First Series John Geering 1999 1999
Dog's Breakfast TV First Series Steven Baskerville 1999 1999
The Three Bears Fourth Series Mike Pearse Chris McGhie, David Parkins 1999 2007
Splodge First Series Ken Harrison 2000 2001
Come to Beanotown First Series John Rushby 2000 2002
Dasher First Series Gary Whitlock 2001 2001
Freddie Fear Son of a Witch First Series Dave Eastbury 2002 Present
Robbie Rebel First Series Ken Harrison 2002 2008
Hotfoot First Series From an Agency 2002 2002
Doctor Beastly's Tales of the Slightly Unpleasant First Series Brian Walker 2002 2002
Little Plum Third Series Hunt Emerson 2002 2007
Pup Parade Second Series Gordon Bell 2003 2003
Ricky Grainger He Laughs at Danger First Series Tom Plant 2003 2003
Joe Jitsu First Series

Similar to 80s strip Karate Sid.

 Wayne Thompson 2004 2006
Colin the Vet First Series Duncan Scott 2004 2006
Derek the Sheep First Series Gary Northfield 2004 2009
Bash Street Kids - Singled Out First Series Mike Pearse Tom Paterson 2004 2009
Baby Face Finlayson Fourth Series Emilios Hatjoulis 2004 2005
Zap Zodiac First Series Steve Horrocks 2005 2005
Gordon Bennett Second Series (First was a Comic Idol Runner-up) Jimmy Hansen Robert Leighton 2005 2005
The Neds First Series Duncan Scott 2005 2007
Nicky Nutjob First Series Kelly Dyson Nick Brennan, Wayne Thompson 2006 2007
Big Brad Wolf First Series Ken Harrison 2006 2006
Ratz First Series Hunt Emerson Laura Howell 2006 Present
Pirates of the Caribeano First Series Barrie Appleby 2006 2009
Fred's Bed First Series (Reprints from The Beezer and Topper) David Parkins Tom Paterson 2007 2009
The Riot Squad First Series (Reprints from Hoot) Ken Harrison 2007 2008
Tales of Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green First Series Laura Howell 2007 2010
London B412 First Series Barrie Appleby 2007 2008
Olaff the Madlander First Series (Reprints from The Beezer and Topper) Sid Burgon 2008 2008
Lord Snooty the Third First Series Nigel Parkinson 2008 2011
Les Pretend Second Series John Sherwood Laura Howell 2008 2010
Bea and Ivy Second Series Nigel Parkinson 2008 2009
Super School First Series Lew Stringer 2008 Present
Rasher Second Series David Sutherland 2009 2009
Fred's Bed Second Series Tom Paterson David Sutherland/Ken Harrison/Hunt Emerson 2009 Present
Ivy the Terrible Third Series Robert Nixon Diego Jourdan 2009 2011
Beano Manga First Series Laura Howell 2009 2011
Sixty Second Dennis First Series Nigel Parkinson Tom Paterson/Barrie Appleby 2009 2011
Calamity James Second Series Tom Paterson Steve Bright 2009 2011
Meebo and Zuky First Series Laura Howell 2010 Present
The Three Bears Fifth Series (reprints of Fourth Series) Mike Pearse 2010 2011
The Bea Team Third Series Nigel Parkinson 2010 2010
Robbie Rebel Second Series Ken Harrison 2010 2011
Little Plum Fourth Series (reprints) Hunt Emerson 2011 2011
Gnasher's Bit(e) Second Series involving Gnasher as the main character Barrie Appleby Jimmy Hansen 2011 Present
Pup Parade Third Series (reprints) Gordon Bell 2011 Present
Where's Dennis First Series (Reprints from Where's Dennis Book) Evi De Bono 2011 2011
At Home with the BSK! First Series David Sutherland 2011 2011
Dangerous Dan First Series Nigel Parkinson 2011 2011
The Adventures of Wenlock and Mandeville First Series Nigel Parkinson 2011 Present
Totally Gross Germs Second Series (reprints) (It was originally called The Germs) David Sutherland 2011 Present
Number 13 Beano Street Second Series (reprints) (It was originally called Number 13) John Geering 2011 Present
Bananaman First series in The Beano, from 1985-2012 appeared in The Dandy. John Geering Barrie Appleby, Tom Paterson, Steve Bright, Chris McGhie, Wayne Thompson 2012 Present

List of Beano Adventure Strips

Ever since the first issue of The Beano until 1975 there have been adventure strips in the comic. However they continued in the Annuals and attempts were made to revive them in the comic in the 2000s with three new series of Billy the Cat and the release of The Beano Action Special.[2] Some of these strips started off being adapted from earlier prose stories hence some strips starting on this list are on for example their second series, due to earlier series being prose stories. The longest running Adventure strips are Tom Thumb (1938–1958), Jack Flash (1949–1958), Jimmy and his Magic Patch (1944–1959), The Iron Fish (1949–1967), Red Rory of the Eagles (1951–1962), General Jumbo (1953–1975) and Billy the Cat (1967–1974, 2003–2009). Of the these seven long running adventure strips Tom Thumb, The Iron Fish and Red Rory began as Prose stories. A number of adventure strips in The Beano appeared in other comic as well for example Morgyn the Mighty appeared in Victor Book for Boys and Tom Thumb appeared in Bimbo. During their run in the comic there were 81 different adventure strips. Note that the strips which direct to Dick Turpin do so because the strips featured him as a main character.

Strip Title Notes Original Artist Start Date End Date
Morgyn the Mighty First Series George Anderson 1938 1938
Cracker Jack First Series Jack Glass 1938 1939
Wild Boy of the Woods First Series Richard Baines 1938 1942
Lost Among the Silver Dwarves First Series James Walker 1938 1940
Young Strongarm the Axeman First Series Jack Glass 1939 1940
Tiger Trail to Kandabar First Series James Walker 1940 1940
The Whistling Scythe Second Series Jack Glass 1940 1941
Tom Thumb Third Series Dudley Watkins 1941 1947
The Whistling Scythe Third Series Jack Glass 1942 1942
Lone Wolf First Series Dudley Watkins 1942 1943
The Shipwrecked Circus First Series Dudley Watkins 1943 1943
Jimmy and his Magic Patch First Series Dudley Watkins 1944 1944
Strang the Terrible First Series Dudley Watkins 1944 1945
Six Brands for Bonnie Prince Charlie First Series Dudley Watkins 1945 1945
Jimmy and his Magic Patch Second Series Dudley Watkins 1945 1946
The Shipwrecked Circus Second Series Dudley Watkins 1946 1947
Jimmy and his Magic Patch Third Series Dudley Watkins 1947 1949
Wild Boy of the Woods Second Series Richard Baines 1947 1949
Tom Thumb Fourth Series James Crighton 1948 1949
Jack Flash First Series Dudley Watkins 1949 1949
The Invisible Giant First Series

unrelated to older prose story with same title

 James Clark 1949 1949
Wild Boy of the Woods Third Series Richard Baines 1949 1949
Young Strongarm the Axeman Second Series Fred Sturrock 1949 1949
Little Noah's Ark Second Series James Clark 1949 1949
Chingo the Fearless First Series James Clark 1949 1949
The Horse that Jack Built First Series Bill Holroyd 1949 1950
The Runaway Robinsons First Series Fred Sturrock 1949 1950
Sinbad the Sailor First Series Paddy Brennan 1950 1950
Jack Flash Second Series Fred Sturrock 1950 1950
Jimmy and his Magic Patch Fourth Series Paddy Brennan 1950 1951
The Horse that Jack Built Second Series

this one titled Tick-Tock Tony the Clockwork Horse

 Bill Holroyd 1950 1951
The Hungry Little Goodwins Second Series

Picture adaptation of earlier prose story The Hungry Goodwins

 Fred Sturrock 1951 1951
Jack Flash Third Series Paddy Brennan 1951 1951
The Wily Ways of Simple Simon Second series George Drysdale 1951 1951
The Iron Fish Fourth Series Bill Holroyd 1951 1951
The Shipwrecked Circus Third Series Paddy Brennan 1951 1952
Hawkeye Bravest of the Braves First Series Richard Baines 1951 1951
Runaway Jack First Series Bill Holroyd 1952 1952
Grip First Series Richard Baines 1952 1952
The Iron Fish Fifth Series Bill Holroyd 1952 1952
Red Rory of the Eagles Second Series Paddy Brennan 1952 1952
Wildfire the Magic Horse Fifth Series of Prince on the Flying Horse Ken Hunter 1952 1952
Waifs of the Wild West First Series

Unrelated to first Waifs of the Wild West

 Bill Holroyd 1952 1952
The Bird Boy Second Series Paddy Brennan 1952 1952
Big Bazooka First Series Charles Grigg 1952 1953
Red Rory of the Eagles Third Series Paddy Brennan 1953 1953
The Iron Fish Sixth Series Jack Glass 1953 1953
General Jumbo First Series Paddy Brennan 1953 1954
Get Rid of the Runaway Twins First Series James Walker 1954 1954
The Horse that Jack Built Third Series Ken Hunter 1954 1954
The Bird Boy Third Series Bill Holroyd 1954 1954
Red Rory of the Eagles Fourth Series Bill Holroyd 1954 1954
The Iron Fish Seventh Series Bill Holroyd 1954 1954
The Iron Fish Eighth Series Jack Glass 1954 1954
Hookey's Bust 'em Book First Series Charles Grigg 1954 1954
Longlegs the Desert Wild Boy First Series Paddy Brennan 1954 1955
The Horse that Jack Built Fourth Series Jack Glass 1955 1955
Red Rory of the Eagles Fifth Series Bill Holroyd 1955 1955
Longlegs the Desert Wild Boy Second Series Paddy Brennan 1955 1955
Hookey's Bust 'em Book Second Series Bill Holroyd 1955 1955
The Shipwrecked circus Fourth Series Paddy Brennan 1955 1955
Thunderflash First Series Ken Hunter 1955 1955
Jimmy and his Magic Patch Fifth Series

Reprints from 1944 and 1945

 Dudley Watkins 1955 1955
Red Rory of the Eagles Sixth Series Bill Holroyd 1955 1955
Jack of Clubs Second Series Michael Darling 1955 1955
On the Heels of the Hated Hooknose First Series Bill Holroyd 1955 1955
Jack Flash Fourth Series Paddy Brennan 1955 1956
Runaways with Turpin First Series James Walker/John Nichol 1955 1956
The Iron Fish Ninth Series John Nichol 1956 1956
The Horse that Jack Built Fifth Series Bill Holroyd 1956 1956
Young Davy Crockett First Series Paddy Brennan 1956 1956
Nik O' Lightning First Series Michael Darling 1956 1956
Red Rory of the Eagles Seventh Series Bill Holroyd 1956 1956
Jimmy and his Magic Patch Sixth Series

Reprints from the 1940s

 Dudley watkins 1956 1956
General Jumbo Second Series John Nichol 1956 1956
The Bird Boy Fourth Series Andy Hutton 1956 1956
Jack Flash Fifth Series Paddy Brennan 1956 1956
Young Davy Crockett Second Series Andy Hutton 1956 1956
The Wooden Horse First Series Paddy Brennan 1956 1957
Tick-Tock Timothy Second Series

Picture Version of earlier prose story Tick-Tock Timothy

 John Nichol 1956 1957
Longlegs the Desert Wild Boy Third Series Paddy Brennan 1957 1957
The Horse that Jack Built Sixth Series Michael Darling 1957 1957
The Shipwrecked Circus Fifth Series Paddy Brennan 1957 1957
Red Rory of the Eagles Eighth Series Andy Hutton 1957 1957
The Vengeance of One-Eye First Series Andy Hutton 1957 1957
The Iron Fish Tenth Series John Nichol 1957 1957
Kilty Mactaggart First Series Andy Hutton 1957 1957
Brannigan's Boy First Series John Nichol 1957 1957
The Invisible Giant Third Series Bill Holroyd 1957 1957
Thrill-a-Day Jill First Series John Nichol 1957 1957
Jimmy and his Magic Patch Seventh Series (Reprints) Dudley Watkins 1957 1957
Jack Flash Sixth Series Paddy Brennan 1957 1957
Red Rory of the Eagles Ninth Series John Nichol 1957 1957
Runaways with Thunderbird First Series John Nichol 1957 1957
Strongarm the Axeman Third Series Albert Holroyd 1957 1958
Tom Thumb Seventh Series John Nichol 1957 1958
Tough Duff First Series Andy Hutton 1957 1958
Red Rory of the Eagles Tenth Series Andy Hutton 1958 1958
Wild Boy of the Woods Fourth Series Andy Hutton 1958 1958
Johnny Go Back! First Series Albert Holroyd 1958 1958
The Iron Fish Eleventh Series John Nichol 1958 1958
Jack Flash Seventh Series Andy Hutton 1958 1958
Bristol Billy First Series Victor Peon 1958 1958
Rattlesnake Ranch First Series John Nichol 1958 1958
Hookey's Bust 'em Book Third Series Albert Holroyd 1958 1958
The Shipwrecked Circus Sixth Series (Reprints) Dudley Watkins 1958 1958
Longlegs the Desert Wild Boy Fourth Series Paddy Brennan 1958 1958
Red Rory of the Eagles Eleventh Series Andy Hutton 1958 1958
The Hogan Boy First Series John Nichol 1958 1958
The Blinding Shield First Series Victor Peon 1958 1958
The Iron Fish Twelfth Series Jack Glass 1958 1959
Sinbad the Sailor Third Series Michael Darling 1958 1959
Fox on the Run First Series Albert Holroyd 1958 1959
Red Rory of the Eagles Twelfth Series Andy Hutton 1959 1959
Black Star First Series John Nichol 1959 1959
The Vengeance of the Lost Crusader First Series Victor Peon 1959 1959
Longlegs the Desert Wild Boy Fifth Series Andy Hutton 1959 1959
Dick Turpin Special Investigator First Series John Nichol 1959 1959
Smarty Smokey The Wee Black Dragon First Series

unrelated to other Smarty Smokey

 Victor Peon 1959 1959
The Danger Man First Series Michael Darling 1959 1960
Bob on the Beat First Series John Nichol 1959 1959
The Kangaroo Kid First Series Andy Hutton 1959 1959
Jimmy and his Magic Patch Eighth Series Paddy Brennan 1959 1959
Mountain Boy First Series Victor Peon 1959 1960
Pete of the Spitfires First Series Michael Darling 1959 1960
Teeko Second Series

Picture strip version of Little Master of the Mighty Chang

 Andy Hutton 1959 1960
The Laughing Pirate First Series Victor Peon 1960 1960
Danny on a Dolphin First Series David Sutherland 1960 1960
The Queen's Highway First Series Tery Patrick 1960 1960
The Ting-A-Ling Taylors First Series Terry Patrick 1960 1961
The Great Flood of London First Series David Sutherland 1960 1961
The Danger Man Second Series Michael Darling 1960 1961
The Cannonball Crackshots First Series David Sutherland 1961 1961
The Adventures of Johnny Leopard First Series Michael Darling 1961 1961
Paddy's Private Army First Series James Walker 1961 1962
The Danger Man Third Series Michael Darling 1961 1962
G for Giant First Series Ken Hunter 1962 1962
Danny on a Dolphin Second Series David Sutherland 1962 1962
Red Rory of the Eagles Thirteenth Series Andy Hutton 1962 1962
Lester's Little Circus First Series David Sutherland 1962 1963
General Jumbo Third Series Paddy Brennan 1963 1963
The Q Bikes First Series Andy Hutton 1963 1964
The Danger Bus First Series Terry Patrick 1963 1964
The Iron Fish Thirteenth Series Albert Holroyd 1964 1964
General Jumbo Fourth Series David Sutherland 1964 1965
The Q Bikes Second Series Andy Hutton 1964 1965
Paddy's Private Army Second Series James Walker 1965 1965
General Jumbo Fifth Series David Sutherland 1965 1966
The Iron Fish Fourteenth Series Sandy Calder 1965 1966
The Q Bikes Third Series Andy Hutton 1966 1967
The Iron Fish Fifteenth Series Sandy Calder 1966 1967
Billy the Cat First Series David Sutherland 1967 1968
The Q Bikes Fourth Series Andy Hutton 1967 1968
Danny on a Dolphin Third Series Sandy Calder 1968 1968
The King Street Cowboys First Series Sandy Calder 1968 1968
Billy the Cat Second Series David Sutherland 1968 1969
Send for the Hovertank First Series Sandy Calder 1968 1969
General Jumbo Sixth Series Sandy Calder 1969 1970
The Q Bikes Fifth Series Andy Hutton 1969 1970
Billy the Cat Third Series Sandy Calder 1970 1971
General Jumbo Seventh Series Sandy Calder 1971 1971
The Q Bikes Sixth Series Andy Hutton 1971 1971
Billy the Cat Fourth Series Sandy Calder 1971 1973
Johnny Hawke First Series

About a boy who was able to communicate with birds.

Similar to Red Rory of the Eagles.

 Andy Hutton 1973 1973
Billy the Cat Fifth Series Sandy Calder 1973 1974
General Jumbo Eighth Series Sandy Calder 1974 1975
Billy the Cat Sixth Series Wayne Thompson 2003 2003
Billy the Cat Seventh Series Nigel Dobbyn 2005 2005
Billy the Cat Eighth Series Barrie Appleby 2008 2009

List of Prose Stories

From the Beano's first issue up until 1955 the Beano contained Prose stories. These were similar to other text stories found in older story papers and featured a prose story usually of one or two pages (they could be longer in the annuals) and often featured an illustration at the top of the page with the title of the prose story. A number of these prose stories went on to become comic strips or adventure strips and even some adventure strips and comic strips had prose story versions. Note that the strips which direct to Dick Turpin do so because the strip prominently featured him as a character. During their lifetime in The Beano there were 79 different prose stories of which 14 also appeared as Adventure strips. These strips were Jack of Clubs, Tom Thumb, Little Noah's Ark, The Iron Fish, Red Rory of the Eagles, Sinbad the Sailor, Little Master of the Mighty Chang, The Bird Boy, The Wily Ways of Simple Simon, The Invisible Giant, The Hungry Goodwins, Tick Tock Timothy, Prince on the Flying Horse and Follow the Secret Hand. As well as this Smarty Smokey appeared as a comic strip.

Strip Title Notes Original Artist Start Date End Date
Tom Thumb First Series Dudley Watkins 1938 1940
Black Flash the Beaver First Series Richard Baines 1938 1938
Granny Green First Series Charles Gordon 1938 1939
The Wishing Tree First Series Jack Glass 1938 1939
The Shipwrecked Kidds First Series Jack Glass 1938 1938
My Dog Sandy First Series Jack Glass 1938 1938
The Ape's Secret First Series Richard Baines 1938 1938
Jimmy's Pet-The Kangaroo First Series Richard Baines 1938 1939
The Prince on the Flying Horse First Series James Walker 1938 1939
Little Master of the Mighty Chang First Series Jack Glass 1938 1939
The Little Magic Man First Series George Ramsbottom 1938 1939
King of Thunder Mountain First Series Richard Baines 1939 1939
The Wishing Tree Second Series Jack Prout 1939 1939
The Singing Giant First Series Richard Baines 1939 1939
Twelve Happy Horners First Series George Ramsbottom 1939 1939
The Prince on the Flying Horse Second Series this one titled King on the Flying Horse James Walker 1939 1939
The Bulldog Trail First Series Jack Glass 1939 1939
The Little Joker in the Land of Nod First Series James Walker 1939 1940
Hands off the Talking Lamb First Series James Walker 1939 1939
Jack Sprat's Battle Cat First Series James walker 1939 1940
Follow the Secret Hand First Series of Whistling Scythe Dudley watkins 1939 1940
When will the Golden Peacock Speak? Second Series (Sequel to Jack Sprat's Battle Cat) James Walker 1940 1940
The Prince on the Flying Horse Third Series Jack Glass 1940 1940
The Boy with the Magic Masks First Series Dudley Watkins 1940 1940
Keeper of the Crooked Cross First Series George Ramsbottom 1940 1940
The King's got a Tail First Series Dudley Watkins 1940 1940
Down with Lord Haw-Haw First Series Jack Glass 1940 1940
The White Mouse will Get You First Series Dudley Watkins 1940 1941
Little Noah's Ark First Series Richard Baines 1940 1941
Tom Thumb Second Series Dudley Watkins 1940 1941
A Wonderful Bird is Bill Pelican First Series Richard Baines 1940 1940
The Black Witch is Waiting First Series George Ramsbottom 1940 1947
The March of the Wooden Soldiers First Series Fred Sturrock 1941 1941
The Boy who bossed the Man in the Moon First Series James Crighton 1941 1941
The Invisible Giant First Series Jack Glass 1941 1942
Waifs of the Wild West First Series George Ramsbottom 1941 1941
Blacksmith Bob eats Hay at Night First Series James Crighton 1941 1941
Plucky Little Nell First Series Jack Prout 1941 1942
The White Mouse will Get You Second series James Crighton 1941 1942
Nobody Wanted Nancy First Series Jack Prout 1942 1942
Jack in the Bottle First Series James Crighton 1942 1943
Jimmy's Mother Wouldn't Run Away First Series Jack Gordon 1942 1943
The Goat with the Magic Wand First Series James Crighton 1943 1943
The Girl with the Golden Voice First Series Jack Prout 1943 1943
Kitty with the coat of many colours First Series James Crighton 1943 1944
King Kong Charlie First Series Jack Gordon 1944 1944
Wun Tun Joe First Series James Crighton 1944 1944
The Wicked Uncle and the Terrible Twins First Series Jack Prout 1944 1945
Whitefang Guards the Secret Gold First Series James Crighton 1944 1945
The Boy that Nobody Wanted First Series Richard Baines 1945 1945
Granny Green Second Series (Reprint of 1938 story) Charles Gordon 1945 1946
Tick-Tock Timothy First Series Jack Prout 1945 1946
The Witch's Spell on Poor King Kell First Series Jack Prout 1946 1946
The Wishing Tree Third Series (Reprint of 1938 story) Jack Glass 1946 1946
Sooty Solomon First Series Jack Prout 1946 1947
Ben O' the Beanstalk First Series Jack Prout 1946 1947
The Prince on the Flying Horse Fourth Series (Reprint of 1939 story) Jack Prout 1947 1947
The Runaway Russells First Series Fred Sturrock 1947 1948
The Magic Penny First Series Jack Prout 1947 1948
Sammy B Smart in the Land of Nod Second Series (Partial Reprint of The Little Joker in the Land of Nod) Fred Sturrock 1948 1948
The Boy with the Magic Masks Second Series (Reprint) Fred Sturrock 1948 1948
The Hungry Goodwins First Series Fred Sturrock 1948 1949
One-off Lucky Mascot Stories First Series Fred Sturrock, Jack Gordon, Sam Fair & Jack Prout 1948 1949
Keeper of the Magic Sword Fourth Series of Whistling Scythe Fred Sturrock 1949 1949
The Iron Fish First Series Jack Glass 1949 1949
Tom Thumb Fifth Series Fred Sturrock 1949 1949
Sandy's Magic Bagpipes First Series Jack Glass 1949 1950
The Invisible Giant Second Series (unrelated to 1941 story) Fred Sturrock 1949 1950
The Ticklish Tasks of Billy Barrel First Series George Drysdale 1950 1950
Bob in the Bottle Second Series (Reprint of Jack in the Bottle) Fred Sturrock 1950 1950
The Iron Fish Second Series Jack Glass 1950 1950
The Boy with the Wonder Horse Fifth Series of Whistling Scythe Fred Sturrock 1950 1950
Ting-A-Ling Bell First Series Jack Glass 1950 1950
The Wily Ways of Simple Simon First Series George Drysdale 1950 1950
The Iron Fish Third Series Jack Glass 1950 1950
Tom Thumb Sixth Series George Drysdale 1950 1950
The Bird Boy First Series Jack Glass 1950 1951
Bob in the Bottle Third Series Fred Sturrock 1951 1951
Tommy's Clockwork Town First Series Billy Holroyd 1951 1951
Granny Green Third Series George Ramsbottom 1951 1951
Jack of Clubs First Series Jack Glass 1951 1951
Smarty Smokey First Series James Clark 1951 1951
Red Rory of the Eagles First Series Jack Glass 1951 1951
Willie in the Lost World First Series James Clark 1951 1951
Goggo The Wizard in the Goldfish Bowl First Series David Law 1951 1952
Sinbad the Sailor Second Series Paddy Brennan 1951 1952
Rolling Jones First Series James Clark 1952 1952
Mickey's Magic Bone First Series David Law 1952 1952
Young Robin Hood First Series Jack Glass 1952 1952
Tommy's Clockwork Brother Second Series (Sequel to Tommy's Clockwork Town) Bill Holroyd 1952 1952
Little Noah's Ark Third Series Richard Baines 1952 1952
Smarty Smokey Second Series James Clark 1952 1952
TV Stevie The Boy on Hookey's Wrist First Series George Drysdale 1952 1952
Plucky Little Nellie Kelly Second Series (Reworking of Plucky Little Nell) James Clark 1952 1952
Catapult Jack First Series Jack Glass 1952 1952
The Boy on the Flying Trapeze First Series James Clark 1952 1953
In the Clutches of the Wicked Wilsons Second Series (Reprint of Girl with the Golden Voice) James Walker 1952 1953
Percy from the Pole Star First Series James Crighton 1953 1953
Cast-Iron Stan Circus Superman First Series Bill Holroyd 1953 1953
Mickey's Magic Bone Second Series George Drysdale 1953 1953
Nutty the Coal Imp First Series Bill Holroyd 1953 1954
The Magic Bottle First Series James Walker 1953 1953
Runaways with Grandad First Series James Walker 1953 1953
Smarty Smokey Third Series George Drysdale 1954 1954
Nutty the Coal Imp Second Series Bill Holroyd 1954 1954
Slave to the Talking Horse Third Series (Sequel to Mickey's Magic Bone) James Walker 1954 1954
The Spell of Geordie's Whistle First Series James Walker 1954 1955
Ace from Space First Series Leo Baxendale 1955 1955

List of Comic Idol Runners Up

The following is a list of comic strips which appeared in The Beano during a Comic Idol or similar competition but did not win. Many of these strips appeared in annuals and Gordon Bennet went on to appear in The Beano a few years after coming runner up in a Comic Idol competition. Even though these strips did not win a Comic Idol competition many of them lasted longer than a number of other Beano comic strips such as Alf Wit which only lasted two issues. Phone-a-Fiend and Space Kidette are the only two strips on this list which appeared as one-offs.

Strip Title Notes Original Artist Start Date End Date
Minder Bird About a bird who had to look after a lively child called Terry the Terror. Terry Willers 1995 1995
Sort Out Squad Four kids, a cat and a parrot who would help people. Robert Nixon 1995 1995
Chip - The Stone Age Boy John Dallas 1995 1995
Have-A-Go Jo David Mostyn 1997 1997
Camp Cosmos About an inter-galactic holiday camp.

Also appeared in one annual.

 John Geering 1997 1997
SYDD (Sneaky, Yucky, Dump Dweller) David Mostyn 1997 1997
Trash Can Alley Bob Dewar 1997 1997
Inspector Horse and Jocky About an inspector who was also a horse

and his human sidekick and Jockey called Jocky.

Title was a play on Inspector Morse.

 Terry Bave 1999 2000
Tricky Dicky About a son of a joke shop owner who had plenty tricks up his sleeve. John Dallas 1999 2000
Gordon Bennet About a little boy who would drive his next door neighbour mad. Jim Hansen 1999 2000
Space Kidette This strip was about an alien

whose spacecraft crash-landed on Earth.

Only two strips ever appeared and they were in the same issue.

Its premise was similar to the later strip Zap Zodiac.

 Robert Nixon 2002 2002
Phone-a-Fiend About of a group of monsters that

were hired to scare troublemakers into changing their ways.

A similar strip appeared in the 2011 Beano Annual entitled

Fiends Reunited drawn by Nick Brennan.

 Wayne Thompson 2002 2002
Dean's Dino Second Series Geoff Waterhouse 2004 2004
Christmas Carole About a girl who wanted it to be Christmas every day.

Previously appeared in The Beezer Book.

 Keith Page 2005 2005
Hugh Dunnit About a boy detective. David Mostyn 2005 2005
Mia Starr Duncan Scott 2006 2006
Scammin' Sam Steve Horrocks 2006 2006
Uh Oh Si Co About a boy who'd go berserk at the slightest negative comment. Nigel Parkinson 2010 2010
Home Invasion About aliens who invade Earth. David Sutherland 2010 2010

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See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.beano.com/retro-beano/have-a-go-joe?decade=1940
  2. ^ Beano Special no. 13 dated 12 May 2005
  3. ^ The History of the Beano. Dundee, Scotland: D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.. 2008. pp. 304–41. ISBN 978-1-902407-73-9. 

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