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Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens, humorous, nature

Feature(s): Biffo The Bear

Character(s): Biffo The Bear; Big Fat Joe; Lord Snooty; Scrapper Smith; Two unspecific pals of Lord Snooty's inside his carriage in the first panel (maybe Snitch and Snatch wearing top hats?); Swanky Lanky Liz

First Line: Would you like to join us on the ceremonial ride round the Bunkerton estate, Biffo?

Synopsis: Biffo joins Lord Snooty's ceremonial ride round Bunkerton estate, and Snooty lets him blow the horn when there is a warning to sound, but Biffo really should take heed of the warning himself!

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Pages: 1

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, nature, western

Feature(s): We're The Three Bears

Character(s): Pa Bear; Ma Bear; Ted; Gus; Unnamed race starter; Two unnamed race contestants; Various unnamed crowd members; Unnamed race man with chequered flag

First Line: Oh, boy! That's for me! I must buy a team of huskies!

Synopsis: Pa Bear sees an advert for a grand dog sled race, with a large banquet as the prize, and enters, but ends up dogged by bad luck!

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Grandpa

Character(s): Grandpa; Unnamed boy (Grandpa's neighbour); Grandpa's dad; Janitor

First Line: Wish I had one of those!

Synopsis: Grandpa sees his neighbour's spinning top and wishes he had one, so his dad finds his old one in the attic. Grandpa quickly loses it, but is given a top replacement.

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"I think Olda Sherbet, the gymnast, is wonderful reader, readers!

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Minnie The Minx

Character(s): Minnie The Minx; Minnie The Minx's dad; Minnie The Minx's mum

Synopsis: Minnie has a poster of the famous gymnast Olda Sherbet, and attempts to show her readers her own gymnastic skills, much to her dad's annoyance. But who unexpectedly turns out to be a talented gymnast?

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Slogan across the top of the two pages of this strip reads:
Become a "Beano" regular - - Place a weekly order at your newsagent's today!

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Feature(s): Lord Snooty

Character(s): Aunt Mat; Polly; Driver; Swanky Lanky Liz; Lord Snooty; Snatch; Big Fat Joe; Doubting Thomas; Scrapper Smith; Snitch

First Line: Come on, pals, let's get a lift to the village.

Synopsis: Lord Snooty and his pals climb into Aunt Mat's car, but it breaks under their weight, so Lord snooty suggests an older form of transport, then Aunt Mat has another suggestion.

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Genres: adventure, childrens, superhero

Feature(s): Billy the Cat and Katie

Character(s): Billy The Cat [aka William Grange]; Katie The Cat [aka Katie Grange]; Peter Robertson; Various unnamed school pupils and crewmen aboard the Polonia

First Line: Hey you two! Look at these stupid fish jumping around!

Synopsis: Peter Robertson thinks that Dolphins are stupid fish, so Billy and Katie set out to prove him wrong.

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Pages: 2.5

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

Pets' Picture Gallery 19-01-74

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): Pets' Picture Gallery

Character(s): Hooter (an owl); Kim (a dog); Buzzy Bee (a bee); Horace (no idea what Horace is meant to be, but he has a very human looking face); Jock (a dog); Fred (a frog); Grunter (a pig); Marianne Muskrat (presumably a muskrat, although looks very cat-like)

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Hooter by Helen Sales of Edenbridge, Kent;
Kim by Phillip Wareing of Peterborough, Northants;
Buzzy Bee by Timothy Conniff of Bedford, Beds;
Horace by Adrian Green of Blackpool, Lancs;
Jock by Lorayne Walker of Alfreton, Derbys;
Fred by Kirk Panter of Laughton, Essex;
Grunter by Cheryl and Julie Hurst of Scarborough, Yorks;
Marianne Muskrat by Jayne Battersby of Swinderby, Lincs.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): The Bash Street Kids

Character(s): Head; Danny; Wilfrid; Plug; Smiffy; Teacher; Cuthbert Cringeworthy; Fatty; Spotty; Sidney; Toots; 'Erbert; Stanley Twitchivitch (gymnastics champion of the school); James 'Jim' Nastics (a new boy)

First Line: Tsk! Tsk! How unfit the children are! Somethingmust be done!

Synopsis: Head decides that the children are getting unfit, and that something must be done, so teacher, together with school gymnastics champion Stanley Twitchovitch, try in vain to get them fit. By the end of the strip the kids aren't all that's unfit.

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Pages: 2

Notes: In full colour.

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, nature

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

Character(s): 'Enry; Blotty; Peeps; Woofums (a toy poodle); Woofums' owner; Bones; Sniffy; Manfrid; Pug; Tubby; Wiggy

First Line: In you come Woofums!

Synopsis: Peeps mocks a toy poodle called Woofums, who gets revenge on her, but does she get away with it?

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Billy Whizz

Character(s): Billy Whizz's dad; Billy Whizz

First Line: Gosh! My lawn's all bumpy! I'll have to flatten it out one day.

Synopsis: Billy Whizz's dad is pondering his bumpy lawn, when he is disturbed by thuds and bangs inside... Billy dancing to a record. Dad has an idea to solve both problems and leave them both happy.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Roger the Dodger

Character(s): Roger The Dodger; Joe The Crow; Jim Brown (school team's star player); Mr Kerr (school sports master); Twelve unnamed pupils at the match

First Line: Huh! Just look at this list of jobs mum's given me to do! I wanted to have a lazy morning, too!

Synopsis: Roger's mum has given him a list of jobs to do, and just then Jim Brown, the school team's star player, walks past, giving Roger an idea for a dodge, though Roger's day won't be as restful as he hopes.

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Pages: 1.5

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Teaser Time 19-01-74

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): Teaser Time

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Pages: 0.25

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Reader submitted puzzles.

"Help "Baby-Face" Finlayson to reach his motorised pram..." by Michael Hopkins of Poynton, Cheshire;
Beano Pet by Deanna Jackson of Sheffield;
Word-changing by C. Hammond of Leicester;
Cross-Number Puzzle by Adrian Dickson of Sunderland.

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: non-fiction

Feature(s): The Beezer

Character(s): A black-face animal with a bobble hat (no idea if this is a regular Beezer character or not, as I don't know the Beezer)

First Line: Whee! It's free!

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Notes: In-house advertisement for a free glow mask (of the character described above), which would be given away in The Beezer dated 26th January 1974, and on sale on 21st January 1974, priced 3p (0.03GBP).

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Genres: childrens, humorous, western

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

Character(s): "Baby-Face" Finlayson; Mister Rory Story (Vulture Gulch's town crier); Unnamed lady who's milk pail "Baby-Face steals; Ice Cream Parlour worker/owner

First Line: Yonder gentleman is Mister Rory Story, Vulture Gulch's town crier.

Synopsis: "Baby-Face" hears the town crier shouting that there is a reward for the capture of "Baby-Face", so "Baby-Face" attempts to stop him, but reduces him to a different sort of town crier.

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Genres: humorous

Feature(s): The McTickles

Character(s): Chief Jock McTickle; Donald McTickle; Nickol McTickle; 1 unnamed child-sized McTickle; Murdo McTickle

First Line: Fall in for a route-march to toughen you up

Synopsis: The McTickles go on a route-march, and Murdo's long beard proves to be just a nuisance... or is it?

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, nature

Feature(s): The Nibblers

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

First Line: I'm staying up all night to guard Porky's favourite cakes from the Nibblers. Good job I'm not afraid of the dark.

Synopsis: Whiskers stays up all night to guard Porky's favourite cakes, but the Nibblers spook him to try and get to the food. Do they have a ghost of a chance?

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Genres: humorous, western

Feature(s): Little Plum

Character(s): Chiefy; Little Plum; Three unnamed Indians

First Line: These eastern chap have um right idea!

Synopsis: Chiefy sees a tv programme about sedan chairs, and thinks it's a good idea, though Little Plum and his friends aren't so keen.

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Feature(s): Dennis the Menace and Gnasher

Character(s): Dennis The Menace; Gnasher; Dennis The Menace's mum

First Line: Let's go and watch mum in the kitchen.

Synopsis: Dennis' mum is entertaining the Ladies' Circle that night, and has to make a cake and some sandwiches. Dennis is bored and wants some food now, so his mum reluctantly agrees to let him make just one sandwich for himself... but Dennis and his mum have very different sandwiches in mind.

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Notes: In full colour.