XOW Logo
Issue: The Beano #1647
Disclose Detail
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagD.C. Thomson
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd
On Sale Date: 02/07/1974
Volume:
Pages: 20
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.02 GBP
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harold Cramond + sub-editors
Disclose Notes: Indicia frequency is stated on the blue bar under the Header on the front page.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: black and white; full colour #2674 onward
Dimensions: magazine-size
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: ongoing
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images0
Issue Image
Have this cover scanned?
Become an editor.
Assets0
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous, nature
Biffo The Bear
Biffo The Bear; Zoo Keeper; Animal Doctor
This is a disaster Biffo - the laughing hyena has stopped laughing!
The laughing hyena has stopped laughing, but Biffo finds a comic way of curing him.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
In full colour.

The tagline above the header reads:
The Comic With "Little Plum!"
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous, nature, western
We're The Three Bears
Pa Bear; Ted
Don't waste your time fishing for tiddlers, Ted!
Pa Bear stop Ted from fishing for tiddlers, as he plans to raid a cargo boat anchored by Hank's Store, but the schemes failure forces a snappy return.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Only colour is red.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Grandpa
Grandpa; Grandpa's two unnamed friend's; Grandpa's dad; Sam (scrapyard owner); Three unnamed children outside scrapyard
Bang! Bang! Got you!
Grandpa and friend's are playing with toy guns when Grandpa's dad drives his old banger of a car around the corner, and promptly breaks down, whereupon he exchanges it for different kinds of bangers.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
No colour.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Minnie The Minx
Minnie The Minx; Minnie The Minx's Dad; Two unnamed children on the way to the studios; Unnamed gardener on the way to the studios; Man at Studio (presumably the Director); Unnamed mother at studios; Seven unnamed children at the studios; Cameraman;
Listen to this Min - "Nice little girl wanted to make a TV commercial film." Guess who's going to get that job?
Minnie's Dad takes her to audition for the the role of 'nice little girl' in a toothpaste commercial, but they both end up appearing in a commercial for slippers instead.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
Only colour is red.

There seems to have been an error with the colouring of this strip. The director's red checked suit has a much tighter check on the right hand page than on the left hand one, except in panel 6 of the right hand page, where the checks have not been coloured at all, leaving him in a plain white suit.

A slogan across the top of the two pages of this strip reads:
You'll never be without "The Beano" - - "If you place a regular order today!
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, childrens, humorous, nature
Lord Snooty
Lord Snooty; Scrapper Smith; Doubting Thomas; Snatch; Angus the Stag; Big Fat Joe; Snitch; The Blacksmith
Come and join us on the slide, Angus!
Lord Snooty and his pals are enjoying an icy slide, but it is too cold for Angus' hooves, so a trip to the Blacksmith is needed, if they can persuade Angus to go there.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
No colour.

The Blacksmith bears rather a resemblance to The Dandy's Desperate Dan.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2025. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.