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Dennis the Menace

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Penciller(s): David Parkins ?

Inker(s): David Parkins ?

Colorist(s): David Parkins ?

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Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens, humorous

Character(s): Dennis's dad; Dennis's mum; Dennis's granny; Slasher (Dennis's granny's pet cat); zookeeper; Roger the Dodger

First Line: I've asked Dennis to look after my pet while I'm on holiday

Synopsis: Dennis's granny leaves her pet cat, Slasher, with Dennis to look after while she's on holiday. Gnasher and Slasher fight. Dennis's dad returns home with a fish he's caught for tea but Slasher eats it first. Dennis tries to replace it by taking a fish from the penguins at the local zoo.

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Pages: 3

Notes: Story continues from the front cover onto the following two pages.

Title of the strip appears in the first panel on page 2.

Les Pretend

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Character(s): Les Pretend; tramp

First Line: Chris Torrent here, viewers. Let's see who wants to be a billionaire this week.

Synopsis: Les pretends to be Chris Torrent (a pastiche of Chris Tarrant) and asks a tramp some questions.

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Notes: Chris Tarrant hosted the original series of Who Wants to be a Millionaire (1998 - 2014) in the UK.

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous

Character(s): Kia-Ora; Dawg; various anthropomorphic crows in suits

First Line: Let's visit the funfair, Dawg.

Synopsis: Kia-Ora visits the funfair with his friends

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Pages: 1

Notes: Kia-Ora is a character in the strip as well as the drink.

Not to be confused with the French three part comic series Kia Ora (2007 - 2009)

Dog's Breakfast TV

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Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens, humorous

Character(s): Retriever MacDonald; Spaniel O'Doggerel

First Line: It's news time with Retriever MacDonald-

Synopsis: Spaniel O'Doggerel insults a member of the audience causing a fight to break out.

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Calamity James

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Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens, humorous

Character(s): Calamity James; Alexander Lemming; Calamity James's mum; cleaning lady

First Line: Poor mum's in hospital with a sprained toenail.

Synopsis: Calamity James visits his mum in hospital. While there he catches multiple infections.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Paterson's signature striped smelly sock appears in panel seven.

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First Line: Manic Mayhem and 8 can play that game.

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Pages: 1

Notes: Advertisement for Micro Machines 64 Turbo multi-player racing game.

The Numskulls

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Character(s): Edd; Brainy; Radar; Snitch; Blinky; Cruncher; Edd's mum

First Line: Phew! It's hot in this supermarket!

Synopsis: Edd goes to a supermarket with his mum. The various antics of the numskulls is reflected in Edd's erratic behaviour. Edd is sent outside by his mum to wait with the tied up dogs.

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Pages: 1.5

Notes: Paterson's signature striped smelly sock appears in panel six.

Gnasher's Snaps

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Synopsis: A selection of photographs sent in by Beano readers. Gnasher appears in the title sequence and two head drawings.

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Pages: 0.5

Off the Wall

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Character(s): Minnie the Minx; Plug; Roger the Dodger; Little Plum

Synopsis: Letters from Beano readers. These contain a joke, cartoon, funny drawing or funny strip.

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Pages: 1

Notes: The featured characters appear in the header or as a head drawing.

Ed, Edd n Eddy

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First Line: Anyone for trash can diving?

Synopsis: Advert for Ed, Edd and Eddy with their new cartoon series on the Cartoon Network.

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Ivy the Terrible

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Character(s): Ivy the Terrible; Ivy's dad; pet shop proprietor; Hobbs the Hamster; a big bully; Growler (the bully's dog)

First Line: Dad's got me a really cool, tough pet!

Synopsis: Ivy's dad buys her a new tough pet - Hobbs the hamster. Hobbs soon proves his toughness by biting the finger of an off-panel reader and then overcomes the bully by diving inside his clothes to tickle him.

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The Bash Street Kids

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Character(s): the Bash Street Kids [Danny; Plug; Toots; Wilfrid; 'Erbert; Fatty, Smiffy; Spotty; Sidney]; Teacher; Winston (school cat)

First Line: Aha! I need this tea in the morning.

Synopsis: The kids build a space rocket using Teacher's chair and other items scavenged from the school. Teacher offers to stand away so that he can watch the take-off from a safe distance. The kids respond that he's trying to trick them because they're waiting for night when the stars come out.

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Pages: 2

Notes: N.P. signature is in the lower right of the large panel.

Billy the Whizz

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Character(s): Billy the Whizz; Billy's dad; Billy's mum; Alfie (Billy's brother); doctor

First Line: You've got the flu. Stay in bed for a few days.

Synopsis: Billy is in bed and starts running in his sleep. He wears through the bed base so his feet stick through. While still asleep Billy races out of house in the bed and accidentally takes part in a race which he wins.

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Joe's Joke Corner

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Character(s): Joe King

Synopsis: Joe introduces a panel containing a joke sent in by a reader.

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Pages: 0.2

Hot Wheels Interactive

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First Line: With the Hot Wheels Stunt Track Driver CD-Rom,E

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Bea-Ginnings

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Character(s): Bea's dad; the Colonel; Bea's mum;

First Line: Psst! Colonel! Bea doesn't know what's happening tonight.

Synopsis: Bea overhears her dad arranging with Colonel to borrow a suit. It's a suit or armour and it's needed because Bea is having her nails cut for the first time.

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Notes: N.P. signature is in the lower left of the first panel on the second line.

Th Legend of Zelda Links Awakening DX

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First Line: Link's fate lies in your hands

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Notes: Advert for a new game for the Nintendo Game Boy Color.

Ball Boy

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Character(s): Ball Boy

First Line: Lots of football players are models.

Synopsis: Ball Boy decides to become a model as well as playing football.

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Fox Kids

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

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First Line: Keep up with Dennis & Gnasher at 5.00

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Pages: 1

Notes: Advert for Fox Kids

Minnie the Minx

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Character(s): Fatty Fudge (partial side shot of head);Dozy Dan; Bert (dog walker)

First Line: Yo! Yo!

Synopsis: Minnie has fun with her yo-yo.

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Pages: 1.9

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First Line: More animal antics with Dennis & Gnasher at 5.00

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Pages: 0.1

Notes: Advertisement for Fox Kids.

Tim Traveller

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Character(s): Tim Traveller; Tim's mum; Tim's grandad; football team for Slagworks Victoria

First Line: Mum! I need new football boots.

Synopsis: Tim's grandad gives him a pair of his old heavy football boots. Tim goes back in time to when these boots were used.

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Colorist(s): Photo montage

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First Line: "You shouldn't wear a short skirt. Use your brain or the boys will sneak a look. Choose one from the schoolwear section" advised Norm.

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Notes: Advertisement for Twix chocolate bar. The page can be folded à la the Mad fold-in to reveal the message "a break from the Norm"

Roger the Dodger

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Genres: childrens, humorous

Character(s): Roger the Dodger; Miss Twostep (dance teacher); Wendy (schoolgirl from 3A)

First Line: Aagh! Spider! Maths class abandoned.

Synopsis: Roger gets the class out of a maths lesson but this is replaced with a dance lesson which means mixing with girls. Wendy wants to dance with him but he dodges his way out of that. Later Roger and Wendy go to the funfair where Roger is very ill on the waltzer.

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Animals and You special Dolphin Issue

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Character(s): Anthropomorphic drawing of a dolphin

First Line: Buy it and get this excellent Dolphin necklace FREE!

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Promotional advert for Animals and You magazine.

Issue 32
On sale April 16 - April 29 £1.10

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First Line: You can still join Dennis's Fan Club

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Dean's Dino

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Genres: anthropomorphic, childrens, humorous

Character(s): Dean's Dino; Dean; Agnes (female dinosaur)

First Line: Ah! The Highland Games. Are there many Highlanders around here?

Synopsis: Dean and his Dino visit the Highland games. The Dino takes part in a few games. This makes him hungry and he eats all the burgers from a burger van. Later he takes Agnes out for a romantic dinner.

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First Line: Psst! By the way - Fruit Fizzers by Swizzles Matlow are free in the Beano next week.

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Notes: Advert promotes the issue as being on sale Wednesday April 21 even though the cover of this issue of the Beano (and every concurrent issue) gives the day as Thursday. To further complicate matters, the publishing date of this issue is given as April 17th, which is a Saturday.

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Character(s): Danny (from the Bash Street Kids); Fatty (from the Bash Street Kids)

First Line: Er... I don't suppose there's a new bike in that Beano Club goodie bag?

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Notes: Promotional advert publicising the Beano Club which costs £11 and lasts for two years.