The Beano is a British children's comic magazine published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd which was first issued in 1938. There have been several long-running strips over the years. The longest-running strip in the comic as of 2001 is "Dennis the Menace", which first appeared in 1951. Other famous strips include the "Bash Street Kids", "Minnie the Minx", and "Roger the Dodger".

It also has:

• Robbie Rebel (nobody tells him what to do)
• Ball Boy
• Beaginnings (Bea)
• Little Plum
• Freddie Fear
• Bash Street Pups (Pup Parade)
• Billy Whizz
• Ill Will and the germs
• Calamity James
• Tim Traveller
• Tricky Dicky
• Gordon Bennet (sic?)
• Phone-a-Friend
• Edd and the numskulls
• Splodge (the naughtiest, cleverest (he thinks) goblin in Beanotown Wood
• Ivy the Terrible

• Earlier:
• The Belles of St. Lemons
• Tom, Dick and Sally
• Richard the Lion
• The McTickles
• Wee Ben Nevis
• The Three Bears
• Biffo the Bear (later abbreviated to "Biffo")
• The Nibblers
• Sweet Sue
• The Fix-It Twins
• Big Eggo
• Lord Snooty
• Grandpa
• Baby Face Filneyson
• The Q-Bikes
• Billy the Cat and Katie
• Johnny Hawk
• General/Admiral Jumbo
• Ping The Elastic Man

External link

• http://www.beanotown.com

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Beano is also a dietary product that prevents flatulence.

External link

• http://www.beano.net