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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous

Feature(s): Biffo The Bear

Character(s): Biffo the Bear; Beano Editor; "Beano" Artist; Biffo's unnamed nephew 1; Biffo's unnamed nephew 2

First Line: Report to the "Beano" artist's office at 9o'clock, Biffo - He wants to paint your portrait

Synopsis: Biffo is due to have his portrait painted by the Beano artist... but gets the mumps.

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Pages: 1

Notes: In full colour.

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, western

Feature(s): We're The Three Bears

Character(s): Pa Bear; Ted; Hank; Ma Bear

First Line: Why are you dipping that piece of wood into your soup, Ted?

Synopsis: Pa bear steals Hank's bread, then "uses his loaf" to prevent Hank from taking it back.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Grandpa

Character(s): Grandpa; Grandpa's dad; Two unnamed boys; Doctor

First Line: Aargh! What a mess! You and your football! Why can't you play nice gentle games like I did in the old days?

Synopsis: Grandpa comes in dirty from playing football, and his dad's attempt to persuade Grandpa to play something less messy backfires... on Grandpa.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Minnie The Minx

Character(s): Minnie The Minx; The Man Next Door; Minnie The Minx's Dad; Mr Green

First Line: Minnie! Stop that at once!

Synopsis: Minnie minxes the man next door, so dad tells her she should help her neighbours, not pester them. Minnie's attempts to obey dad's wishes results in a neighbour, Mr Green helping dad... to whack Minnie.

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The pages this story are on have a slogan printed across the top that reads:
You're clever! - you read "The Beano" - But do your friends? Better make sure they do!

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Genres: childrens, historical, humorous

Feature(s): Lord Snooty

Character(s): Lord Snooty; Big Fat Joe; Snitch; Snatch; Scrapper Smith (?); Doubtful Thomas; 3 unnamed children

First Line: The castle coat-of-arms looks very noble up there

Synopsis: Snitch and Snatch move the castle coat of arms to a 'better place', and end up having to replace it themselves.

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Genres: adventure

Feature(s): Billy the Cat and Katie

Character(s): Billy The Cat [aka William Grange]; Philippe De Bohune; Unnamed schoolchildren; Katie [aka Kathleen Grange]; A recently discharged servant of Philippe De Bohune's

First Line: Well, children, let's begin the tour. The chateau was built in 1692 and...

Synopsis: Billy and Katie are acting as bodyguards to schoolchildren on a special educational cruise abroad. The pupils are off on a trip to an old chateau, but is someone trying to do the chateau's owner in?

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Pages: 2.5

Notes: No colour, even in the final half page which happens to be printed on a 'red' page but left black and white, presumably to match the rest of the strip.

Pets' Picture Gallery 05-01-74

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Genres: anthropomorphic, nature, non-fiction

Feature(s): Pets' Picture Gallery

Character(s): Smokey (a pig); Monty (a mouse); Sixer (a ladybird); Tiggy (a cat); Anthony (an ant); Sarah (an insect or arachnid?); High Jumper (a frog?); Herbert-Sherburt (a cat?)

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Notes: Only colour is red, and even then only in header and background.

Reader submitted drawing of their pets.

Smokey (a pig) - by Rebecca Hindley of Bingley, Yorks;
Monty (a mouse) - by Simon Poffley of Salisbury, Wilts;
Sixer (a ladybird) - by Sarah Fowler of Colne, Lancs;
Tiggy (a cat) - by Sue Walcot of Mayfield, Sussex;
Anthony (an ant) - by Malcolm Blythe of Solihull, Warks;
Sarah (an insect or arachnid?) - by Emma Lincoln of Dorridge, Warks;
High Jumper (a frog?) - by Martin Prince of Stafford, Staffs;
Herbert-Sherburt (a cat?) - by Beverley Harrison of Nottingham, Notts;

Interesting (sort've) that here there is a mouse called Monty, as the comic would introduce a short-lived Monty Mouse character around 20 years later (though mostly as a small image hidden somewhere in the comic for readers to hunt out).

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): The Bash Street Kids

Character(s): Head; Teacher; Cuthbert Cringeworthy; Danny; Plug; Smiffy; Wilfrid; Ned Markins (Pony Ride Owner); Spotty; Fatty; Sid; Smiffy's Uncle Samuel (Scrapyard Owner); David Brush (of Blob St. and district club); Pony Club Trials Commentator; Pony Club Trials trophy presenter (who may also be H.Smith, Pony Club President, as referenced in the letter shown in the first panel)

First Line: How nice!

Synopsis: Bash Street School are invited to compete in the area pony club trials.

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Pages: 2

Notes: In full colour.

Toots was clearly bunking off school that week, as she doesn't appear in this strip. 'Erbert must have got lost on his way to school that day, as he too doesn't appear in this strip, unless he is meant to be one of the two non-specific Bash Street Kids in the top right of the last panel.

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, nature

Feature(s): Pup Parade with The Bash Street Dogs

Character(s): Bones; Pug; Blotty; Tubby; 'Enry; Park-keeper; Man in park with Pug-like face; Sniffy; Lady with shopping basket; Manfrid; Peeps; Wiggy

First Line: Groan! We're starving Bones - how can we get some food?

Synopsis: The hungry pups make a plan to get grub from people, which Sniffy gets wrong as usual, but only one pup ends up with a bone.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Billy Whizz

Character(s): Billy Whizz; Billy Whizz's dad; Whizztown Castle tour guide; 3 unnamed adults also on the guided tour

First Line: Hold it, Billy!

Synopsis: Billy's dad takes Billy for a guided tour of Whizztown Castle, in an attempt to keep Billy from rushing around town, and whilst there finds a suit-able way of slowing Billy down.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Roger the Dodger

Character(s): Roger the Dodger; Roger the Dodger's dad; Joe the Crow; Unnamed boy (friend of Roger The Dodger's)

First Line: You're going to make it a new year's resolution to do exactly as you're told, Roger...

Synopsis: Roger does exactly as he is told when his dad tells him his (Roger's) new year's resolution is going to be to do exactly as he is told... but the ensuing chaos his literal obedience causes means Roger can't dodge a whacking from dad.

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Pages: 1.5

Notes: No colour.

The pages that this strip and the half-page feature Teaser Time are on has the following slogan across the top:
Don't dodge sending a puzzle to "TEASER TIME" - - You could win 50p!

Teaser Time 05-01-74

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): Teaser Time

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Reader submitted puzzles.

Cross-number puzzle by Nicholas Bates of Leicester;
Beano Objects by M.A.Wilson of Rugby, Warks;
Man's Job by Bruce MacDonald of Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancs;
Pop Groups by Muriel Barker of Wigan;
Word-Circle by S. Hughan of London;
"Help Sniffy find a way through the maze..." by I.M.Heywood of Middlesborough;
Beano Pal by Mark Allister of Nuneaton, Warks.

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Genres: childrens, humorous, western

Feature(s): "Baby-Face" Finlayson - The Cutest Bandit In The West!

Character(s): "Baby-Face" Finlayson; Marshal Mallow

First Line: Want to learn the reason for my gloom, readers? It started one day last week when Marshal Mallow set a trap for me...

Synopsis: Marshal Mallow has caught "Baby-Face" stealing and made him sign a new year's resolution not to steal during 1974. Can "Baby-Face" return to his pinching ways?

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In the final panel "Baby-Face" holds a copy of the Beano and we can see the front cover, which is presumably meant to show the cover star of the time, Biffo the Bear, yet the cover star on "Baby-Face"'s Beano actually looks much more like Mickey Mouse, so this could perhaps be some sort of in-joke or hidden nod to Disney.

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Chief Jock McTickle; Leonardo McTickle (famous artist); Nickol McTickle; Donald McTickle; Morag McTickle; Fatty McTickle

First Line: This is Leonardo McTickle, the famous artist

Synopsis: The famous artist Leonardo McTickle creates a masterpiece, which is unexpectedly appreciated by Fatty McTickle.

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, nature

Feature(s): The Nibblers

Character(s): Whiskers; Porky; Enor Mouse; Scritch; Scratch; Gordonzola; Cheddar George; His Nibs; Chiseller; Sniffler

First Line: That was a fine walk in the crisp frosty air - and my hands are nice and warm in these cosy gloves!

Synopsis: Whiskers is cold after a walk out with Porky, so the nibblers decide to teach Porky a lesson using his gloves.

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Genres: humorous, western

Feature(s): Little Plum

Character(s): Little Plum; Prairie Flower; Mister Ivan Awfulitch (on holiday in america from Poland); Chiefy; Three unnamed characters (in the last panel)

First Line: I'd like to go in for that but I don't have um pole

Synopsis: Little Plum wants to enter a pole-vaulting championship, but doesn't have a pole, though he doesn't let this stop him from having some pole related fun.

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Pages: 1

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There are three unnamed characters in the last panel of this strip, who may or may not be regulars, one of whom may in fact be the sheriff who is more usually seen in the "Baby-Face" Finlayson strips. Another appears to be a strong-man and the third is an official at the pole-vaulting championships.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

Character(s): Dennis The Menace; Dennis The Menace's mum; Gnasher; Driver of Jim Coull's Cold Storage van; Dennis The Menace's dad

First Line: I'm off to sail my boats at the pond, Mum

Synopsis: On the way to the park to sail his boats Dennis gives a lorry driver incorrect directions, which leads to Dennis have a cool time skating at the lake, much to his parent's puzzlement.

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Notes: In full colour. This strip is on the back cover.