List of Beano comic strips facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

Over the years The Beano has had many different strips, ranging from comic strips to adventure strips to prose stories. Prose stories were the first to go, being phased out in 1955. Adventure strips were phased out in 1975, with the last one being General Jumbo. There have been unsuccessful attempts to reintroduce adventure strips with new series of Billy the Cat and Katie in 2003, 2005 and 2009. The longest-running strip in The Beano is Dennis the Menace, which has been running for seventy years. Other long-running strips include Biffo the Bear, Minnie the Minx, Roger the Dodger, The Bash Street Kids, Little Plum and Billy Whizz. As of 2015, The Beano has been home to 371 different strips (with a further seventeen strips appearing in Comic Idol competitions and not later appearing in the comic).

This list only features strips in the weekly comic and does not list strips that only appeared once. It also includes information about the Comic Idol winners, from 1995 to 2010.

Comic strips
Funsize Funnies
Adventure strips
Prose stories
Comic Idol runners-up
See also

Comic strips

Strip title	Notes	Original artist	Other notable artists	Start date	End date
Big Eggo	Was the first cover star from issue 1 on 30 July 1938 until issue 326 on 10 January 1948. Returned on 7 March 2018. (Returned For 25 issues from issue 3925 on 10 March 2018 to issue 3950 on 1 September 2018).	Reg Carter	Lew Stringer	1938 2018	1949 2018
Ping the Elastic Man		Hugh McNeill		1938	1940
Brave Captain Kipper	About an elderly sailor who was the 'diehard of the Seven Seas'.	Torelli Bros		1938	1939
Lord Snooty and his Pals	Four series. First from issue 1 on 30 July 1938 to issue 367 on 30 July 1949. Second from issue 440 on 23 December 1950 to issue 811 on 1 February 1958. Third from issue 904 on 14 November 1959 to issue 2565 on 14 September 1991.	Dudley Watkins	Leo Baxendale, Robert Nixon, Jimmy Glen, Ken Harrison	1938	1991
Whoopee Hank		Roland Davies		1938	1939
Hooky's Magic Bowler Hat		Charles Gordon		1938	1940
Wee Peem	Three series. First from issue 1 on 30 July 1938 to issue 89 on 6 April 1940. Second entitled Wee Peem's Magic Pills ran from issue 486 on 10 November 1951 to issue 507 on 5 April 1952. Third series with the title changed to just Wee Peem ran from issue 714 on 24 March 1956 to issue 765 on 16 March 1957.	James Jewell	Charles Griggs, Hugh Morren	1938	1957
Little Dead Eye Dick	Three series. First from issue 1 on 30 July 1938 to issue 20 on 10 December 1938. Second from issue 362 on 28 May 1949 to 368 on 6 August 1949. The third and final appeared between issue 375 on 24 September 1949 and issue 410 on 27 May 1950.	Charles Holt		1938	1950
Hairy Dan		Basil Blackaller		1938	1946
Contrary Mary	Comic strip about a stubborn mule. The strip's main character reappeared as one of Lord Snooty's Pals in 1950.	Roland Davies		1938	1940
Smiler the Sweeper		Steve Perkins		1938	1938
Helpful Henry		Eric Roberts		1938	1939
Big Fat Joe	The strip's main character reappeared as one of Lord Snooty's Pals in 1950.	Allan Morley		1938	1939
Rip Van Wink	About a man who had slept for 700 years and his reaction to the modern (1930s) world. Name references the short story Rip Van Winkle. Two series the first of which ran for ten years from issue 1 on 30 July 1938 to issue 336 on 29 May 1948. And the second lasted from issue 857 on 20 December 1958 to issue 866 on 21 February 1959.	Eric Roberts	Gordon Bell	1938	1959
Uncle Windbag	Three series. First from issue 1 on 30 July 1938 to issue 20 on 10 December 1938. Second from issue 579 on 22 August 1953 to issue 596 on 19 December 1953. Third ran from issue 744 on 20 October 1956 to issue 763 on 2 March 1957.	Charles Holt	Charles Grigg, Bill Ritchie	1938	1957
Monkey Tricks		Reg Carter		1938	1938
Tin Can Tommy		Torelli Bros		1938	1947
Hicky the Hare		Torelli Bros		1938	1939
Good King Coke	Two series. First was from issue 21 on 10 December 1938 to issue 177 on 11 April 1942. The second was from issue 256–300 in 1945-1946.	Eric Roberts		1938	1946
Frosty McNab		Sam Fair		1938	1941
Pansy Potter	Also appeared in Sparky. Four series. First from issue 21 on 10 December 1938 to issue 325 on 27 December 1947. Second titled Pansy Potter in Wonderland from issue 369 on 13 August 1949 to issue 652 on 15 January 1955. Third series with original title appeared from issue 812 on 8 February 1958 to issue 854 on 29 November 1958. Fourth series from issue 2474 on 16 December 1989 to issue 2640 on 20 February 1993.	Hugh McNeil	Basil Blackaller, Sam Fair, James Clark, Charles Grigg, Gordon Bell, Barry Glennard	1938	1993
Boney the Brave		Roland Davies		1939	1939
Puffing Billy		Hugh McNeill		1939	1940
Tricky Dicky Ant	Two series. First from issue 38 on 15 April 1939 to issue 62 on 30 September 1939. Second from issue 358 on 2 April 1949 to issue 374 on 17 September 1949.	Torelli Bros	James Clark, Allan Morley	1939	1949
The Pranks of Peanut		Charles Gordon		1939	1939
Deep Down Daddy Neptune		Basil Blackaller		1939	1940
Wily Willie Winkie		Unknown		1939	1940
Laddie Longlegs		Unknown		1939	1939
Cocky Dick		Allan Morley		1939	1947
Winken and Blinken		Sam Fair		1940	1941
Doubting Thomas	The strip's main character reappeared as one of Lord Snooty's Pals in 1950.	James Crighton		1940	1942
Cinderella and the Ugly Sisters		Basil Blackaller		1940	1941
Big Heep		Basil Blackaller		1940	1942
Musso the Wop	Featured the slapstick antics of Benito Mussolini.	Sam Fair		1940	1943
The Magic Lollipops	Featured a boy with lollipops that would turn into what you wanted if you licked them. Two series. First was from issue 152 on 21 June 1941 to issue 306 on 5 April 1947 and the second was from issue 344 on 18 September 1948 to issue 475 on 25 August 1951.	Allan Morley		1941	1951
Handy Sandy	Two series. First appeared between issue 175 on 14 March 1942 and issue 199 on 13 February 1943, the second between 242 on 7 October 1944 and issue 255 on 7 April 1945.	Arthur Jackson		1942	1945
Little Nell and Peter Pell	About a girl called Nell and her pet pelican called Peter.	Allan Morley		1945	1947
Smart Alec		Basil Blackaller		1945	1945
Polly Wolly Doodle and her Great Big Poodle	The strip's main characters reappeared as one of Lord Snooty's Pals in 1950.	George Drysdale		1946	1947
Sammy Shrinko	A strip about a boy with a shrink ray.	Allan Morley		1946	1948
Sticky Willie		Unknown		1946	1947
Wavy Davy and his Navy		Dudley Watkins		1947	1947
Alf Wit the Ancient Brit	About a plucked young caveman who wore sandals exposing his toes as opposed to leather shoes. Only appeared in two issues, though lots of unused material was drawn up.	Bill Holroyd		1947	1947
Freddy Flipperfeet		Reg Carter		1947	1948
Maxy's Taxi	About a man called Maxy and his Taxi.	George Drysdale		1947	1951
Winnie the Witch		James Clark		1948	1948
Peter Penguin		Reg Carter		1948	1949
Biffo the Bear	Was the second cover star from issue 327 on 24 January 1948 until issue 1677 on 7 September 1974. Three series. First from issue 327 on 24 January 1948 to issue 2310 on 25 October 1986. Second from issue 2445 on 27 May 1989 to issue 2954 on 27 February 1999.	Dudley Watkins	David Sutherland, Jimmy Glen, Sid Burgon	1948	1999 and 2013
Cocky Jock		George Drysdale		1948	1949
Swanky Lanky Liz	The strip's main character reappeared as one of Lord Snooty's Pals in 1950.	Charles Holt		1948	1949
Smarty Smokum		Allan Morley		1948	1949
Hairy Hugh and his Cockatoo		Basil Blackaller		1948	1949
Have-A-Go Joe	Two series. First ran from 1949 to 1951. The second featuring the same main character but retitled "The Beano Cinema" ran in 1951.	Bill Holroyd		1949	1951
Wandering Willie		Bill Holroyd		1949	1949
Ding-Dong Belle		Bill Holroyd		1949	1951
Danger! Len at Work		Bill Holroyd		1949	1950
Sammy's Super Rubber		Allan Morley		1950	1951
Dennis the Menace	The third cover star from issue 1678 on 14 September 1974.	David Law	David Sutherland, David Parkins, Nigel Parkinson, Jimmy Hansen, Tom Paterson Barrie Appleby Nigel Parkinson	1951	Present
Skinny Flint		Basil Blackaller		1951	1951
Bucktooth the Boy who Lives in a Barrel	Two series. First from issue 464 on 9 June 1951 to issue 487 on 17 November 1951 and the second from issue 503 on 8 March 1952 to issue 512 on 10 May 1952.	Bill Holroyd		1951	1952
Willie's Wonder Gun		James Clark		1951	1952
Multy the Millionaire		Richard Cox		1952	1953
Wee Davie	Seven series. First from issue 513 on 17 May 1952 to issue 518 on 21 June 1952. Second from issue 568 on 6 June 1953 to issue 582 on 12 September 1953. Third from issue 615 on 1 May 1954 to issue 616 on 8 May 1954. Fourth from issue 619 on 29 May 1954 to issue 625 on 10 July 1954. Fifth from issue 659 on 5 March 1955 to issue 667 on 30 April 1955. Sixth retitled 'Wee Davie and King Willie' ran from issue 680 on 30 July 1955 to issue 712 on 10 March 1956. Seventh series ran from issue 760 on 9 February 1957 to issue 798 on 2 November 1957 with the same title as the previous one.	Ken Hunter		1952	1957
Kat and Kanary	Three series. First from issue 526 on 16 August 1952 to issue 713 on 17 March 1956. The second from issue 770 on 20 April 1957 to issue 794 on 5 October 1957. The third from issue 819 on 29 March 1958 to issue 841 on 30 August 1958.	Charles Grigg	Leo Baxendale, Albert Holroyd, Gordon Bell	1952	1958
The Nippers		Richard Cox		1952	1953
Roger the Dodger	Two series. First from issue 561 on 18 April 1953 to issue 928 on 30 April 1960. The second began on issue 980 on 29 April 1961 and is still ongoing.	Ken Reid	Gordon Bell, Bob McGrath, Robert Nixon, Tom Lavery, Frank MacDiarmid, Barrie Appleby, Jamie Smart	1953	Present
Big Hugh and You	One of the first strips to feature the reader as a character.	Bill Holroyd		1953	1953
Matt Hatter		George Drysdale		1953	1955
Little Plum	Four Series. First from issue 586 on 10 October 1953 to issue 2310 on 25 October 1986. Second from issue 2436 on 25 March 1989 to issue 2470 on 18 November 1989. Third series ran from issue 3154 on 28 December 2002 to issue 3364 on 20 January 2007. The fourth series consisting of reprints of the third series ran in 2011. Fifth series began in 2013. Fifth series began in 2013.	Leo Baxendale	Ron Spencer, Tom Paterson, Hunt Emerson	1953	2015
Minnie the Minx	Was the fourth cover star for the Christmas issue celebrating her 60th anniversary in issue 3715 on 14 December 2013.	Leo Baxendale	Jim Petrie, Tom Paterson, Ken Harrison, Laura Howell, Nigel Parkinson	1953	Present
When the Bell Rings (name changed to The Bash Street Kids in issue 748 on 17 November 1956)		Leo Baxendale	David Sutherland	1954	Present
Jenny Penny		Jimmy Thompson		1954	1955
Dick on the Draw		Jimmy Thompson		1955	1955
Clumsy Claude-The Blunder Boy		Bill Ritchie		1955	1955
Prince Whoopee	Two series. First from issue 680 on 30 July 1955 to issue 759 on 2 February 1957. Second from issue 799 on 9 November 1957 to issue 841 on 30 August 1958.	Charles Grigg	George Drysdale	1955	1958
Scrapper	Two series. A spin-off of the Lord Snooty strip starring Scrapper Smith. First from issue 680 on 30 July 1955 to issue 769 on 13 April 1957. Second from issue 880 on 30 May 1959 to issue 890 on 8 August 1959.	George Drysdale/Albert Holroyd		1955	1959
Grandpa	Two series. First from issue 680 on 30 July 1955 to issue 798 on 2 November 1957. The second ran from issue 1522 on 18 September 1971 to issue 2200 on 15 September 1984.	Ken Reid	Robert Nixon, Jimmy Glen	1955	1984
Our Ned		Albert Holroyd		1956	1958
Daniel the Spaniel		Ken Hunter		1956	1956
Johnny on the Hop (He brings The Beano from the Shop)		George Drysdale		1956	1956
Pooch		Bill Ritchie		1957	1957
Parachute Reg		Albert Holroyd		1957	1957
Wizards at War		Charles Grigg		1957	1957
Dippy the Diver		Hugh Morren		1957	1957
Fusspot Annie		Jimmy Thompson		1957	1958
Bringing up Dennis	Dennis the Menace spinoff with Dennis as a baby.	Ken Wilkins		1957	1958
Quick An' Slick		Frank MacDarmiad		1957	1958
Pom-Pom (The Boy who Brightens Darkest Africa)		Gordon Bell		1958	1958
Jonah		Ken Reid		1958	1963
Cookie		Ken Wilkins		1958	1958
Betty's Grandad		Hugh Morren		1958	1958
Dashalong Dot		Gordon Bell		1958	1959
Joe for Champ		Hugh Morren		1959	1959
The Three Bears	Five series. First in 1959. The second ran from 1960 to 1985. The third ran from 1988 to 1995. The fourth series ran from 1999 to 2007. The fifth series consisting of reprints of the fourth series between 2010 and 2011.	Leo Baxendale	Bob McGrath, Bob Dewar, David Parkins, Mike Pearse, Chris McGhie, Alan Ryan	1959	2016
Lazy Jones		Hugh Morren		1960	1960
Wonder Boy		Bob McGrath		1960	1961
Colonel Crackpot's Circus		Malcolm Judge		1960	1963
Punch and Jimmy	Two series. First ran from 1962 to 1963. The second ran from 1963 to 1967.	Dave Jenner		1962	1967
The Country Cuzzins	About a group of six children who lived in the countryside. They were named Badger, Dicky, Dumpling, Daisy, Scarecrow and Happy. They also appeared in some of The Victor books for boys.	Hugh Morren		1963	1964
Jinx		Ken Reid		1963	1964
Billy Whizz		Malcolm Judge	Steve Horrocks, David Parkins, Trevor Metcalfe, Vic Neill, Graeme Hall, Wayne Thompson, Nick Brennan, Wilbur Dawbarn	1964	Present
Pup Parade	Four series. First from 1967 to 1988. Second ran in 2003. The third ran from 2011 to 2012. The fourth ran from 2016 to present.	Gordon Bell	Nigel Parkinson, Lew Stringer	1967	Present
The Nibblers	Two series. First from 1970 to 1974. Second from 1977 to 1984.	John Sherwood/Ron Spencer		1970	1984
The Belles of St. Lemons		Gordon Bell		1971	1972
The McTickles		Vic Neill		1971	1974
Says Smiffy	Spin-off of The Bash Street Kids. It featured Smiffy testing out inventions sent in by Beano readers.	Jim Petrie		1971	1972
Baby Face Finlayson	Four series. First from 1972 to 1977. Second from 1980 to 1987. Third from 1989 to 1992. Fourth from 2004 to 2005.	Ron Spencer	Emilios Hatjoulis	1972	2005
Wee Ben Nevis		Vic Neill		1974	1977
Richard the Lion		David Gudgeon		1974	1976
Ball Boy	First series from 1975 until April 2014. Second from August 2014 and is ongoing in Summer Specials.	Malcolm Judge	John Dallas, Dave Eastbury, Alexander Matthews	1975	Present
Tom, Dick and Sally		Dave Jenner/Keith Reynolds		1975	1986
Jacky Daw with Maw and Paw	About an obnoxious teenage Jackdaw and his parents' attempts to better him.	David Gudgeon		1976	1978
Two Gun Tony		Bill Ritchie		1977	1978
Gnasher's Tale name changed to Gnasher and Gnipper in 1986	Two series. First from 1977 until 2009. Second from 2014 and is ongoing.	David Sutherland	Barry Glennard Barrie Appleby	1977	present
The Fix-It Twins	About two fraternal twins called Mo and Jo. With an obsession for making people's dreams come true. Title is a play on the TV show Jim'll Fix it.	Ron Spencer		1978	1980
Sweet Sue	About Sue, a sweet and inoffensive young girl who always gets the better of bullies Harriet and Mabel.	Bill Ritchie		1978	1980
Smudge		John Geering	Alan Ryan	1980	Early 2015
Rasher	Two series. First ran from 1984 to 1995. A second consisting of reprints of the first series ran in 2009.	David Sutherland		1984	2009
Pepper the Pony and Lucinda		Ron Spencer		1984	1985
Ivy the Terrible	Two series. First ran from 1985 to 2008. The second ran from 2009 to 2011.	Robert Nixon	Tony O'Donnell, Diego Jourdan, Lew Stringer	1985	2011
Simply Smiffy	Originally ran from 1985 to 1987.	Jerry Swaffield		1985	1987
Foo Foo's Fairy Story	Originally ran in 1986 with Gnasher being missing.	Dave Sutherland		1986	1986
Roger the Dodger's Dodge Clinic		Robert Nixon		1986	1992
Calamity James	Three series. First ran from 1986 to 2007. A second series ran from 2009 to 2011 and a third began in 2012.	Tom Paterson	Steve Bright, Les Stannage	1986	Present
Little Monkey	First appeared in 1986 in the reader's request feature. Started regularly in 1987.	Robert Nixon	Barrie Appleby	1986	1988
Karate Sid	Title was a play on Karate Kid. About a karate loving kid who often fought with his enemies The Dans. Later Returned as a spin-off in 2013 to celebrate 75 years of The Beano.	Steve Bright		1987	1988 And 2013
Number 13	Two series. First ran from 1987 to 1997. The second ran from 2011 to 2012 and consisted of reprints of the first series with the title changed to 'Number 13 Beano street'. Returned in 2014 as a Funsize Funny before being promoted to a full page strip for the third Third series ended in July 2014. Number 13 then returned for The Beano Halloween Special 2015 for one issue only.	John Geering	Alan Ryan	1987	2014 And 2015
The Germs & Ill Will	Two series. First ran from 1987 to 2004. A second series retitled 'Totally Gross Germs' consisting of reprints of the first series ran from 2011 to 2012.	Dave Sutherland	Vic Neill	1987	2012
Gordon Gnome		Eric Wilkinson		1988	1989
Danny's Nanny		David Mostyn		1988	1994
Proctor Doolittle		Ron Spencer		1988	1989
Fatty Fudge		Jim Petrie		1989	1991
Emlyn the Gremlin		Bob Dewar		1989	1990
Little Larry		Tom Paterson		1989	1992
Les Pretend	Two series. First ran from 1990 to 2005. The second ran from 2008 to 2010.	John Sherwood	Trevor Metcalfe	1990	2010
Lee's Fleas		Bob Dewar		1990	1991
Henry Burrows		Trevor Metcalfe		1992	1992
Merboy		Emilios Hatjoulis		1992	1992
Son of Jonah		Jerry Swaffield		1992	1993
The Great Geraldoes		Terry Brave		1992	1993
The Beano Birds		Barry Glennard		1992	1993
Go, Granny, Go!	A strip about Dennis' Grandmother.	Brian Walker		1992	1998
Oscar Knight-Child Actor		David Sutherland		1992	1993
The Yeti with Betty	Originally ran from 1993 to 1994, but returned in 2016.	Robert Nixon	Hugh Raine	1993	Present
The Numskulls	Originally featured in The Beezer comic from 1962 to 1990.	Tom Paterson	Barry Glennard, Nigel Auchterlounie	1993	Present
Vic Volcano	About a boy with a literally fiery temper.	Robert Nixon	Trevor Metcalfe	1995	1996
The World's Worst		Bob Dewar		1995	1998
What to do with a Sleeping Dad	Minnie the Minx spin-off.	Jim Petrie		1995	1997
Joe King	Joe King, whose name was a pun on joking, wore a big red cap with a wavy bit going up, and would tell jokes sent in by Beano readers, who would originally win a Dennis the Menace cycle helmet if their joke were published. Later on came Joe's Joke Corner which would occupy a corner of the page (usually Billy Whizz and Crazy for Daisy), again featuring jokes from Beano readers, as did Anyone Got Any Jokes? from 2001, and also Joe King's Top 40 Joke Box. On The Beano Club pages for a while in 2002 there was "Joe's Joke Spot". He appears briefly in The Beano Christmas Special 2007 along with all The Beano stars of a few years earlier, as the story was a reprint. Due to Billy Whizz being reprinted as well, a Joke Corner appeared once in June 2008, and again in January 2009. In 2015, he returned as a Funsize Funnie by Lew Stringer.	Bob Dewar	Lew Stringer	1995	2001
Tim Traveller		Vic Neill	Keith Reynolds	1997	2004
Crazy for Daisy		Nick Brennan		1997	2008
Even Steven		Steve Simpson	Nigel Parkinson	1998	2000
Beaginnings, later Bea the Mini-Menace		Nigel Parkinson		1998	2008
Mr Ape	Serialisation of a Dick King-Smith story.	John Eastwood		1998	1998
Dean's Dino		John Geering		1999	1999
Dog's Breakfast TV		Steven Baskerville		1999	1999
Splodge		Ken Harrison		2000	2001
Come to Beanotown		John Rushby		2000	2002
Dasher		Gary Whitlock		2001	2001
Freddie Fear Son of a Witch		Dave Eastbury		2002	2012
Robbie Rebel	Two series. First ran from 2002 to 2008. The second ran from 2010 to 2011.	Ken Harrison		2002	2011
Hotfoot		From an Agency		2002	2002
Doctor Beastly's Tales of the Slightly Unpleasant		Brian Walker		2002	2002
Ricky Grainger He Laughs at Danger		Tom Plant		2003	2003
Joe Jitsu	Similar to 80s strip Karate Sid.	Wayne Thompson		2004	2006
Colin the Vet	The strip was about a veterinarian called Colin, who encounters all sorts of crazy animals. The title was a pun on the phrase "call in the vet". It was one of the nominees to be voted into The Beano by readers in early 2004. Although Joe Jitsu won, it was only a 1% victory over Colin, so both were added to The Beano. A running gag in the strip included hidden "Celebrity Pets", which are fictional pets owned by famous people. Many of the pets' descriptions are puns on the name of the celebrity. (Such as "Ant and Dec's Ant on decks").	Duncan Scott		2004	2006
Derek the Sheep		Gary Northfield		2004	2009
Bash Street Kids - Singled Out		Mike Pearse	Tom Paterson	2004	2009
Zap Zodiac		Steve Horrocks		2005	2005
Gordon Bennett	Second Series. First was a Comic Idol Runner-up.	Jimmy Hansen		2005	2005
The Neds		Duncan Scott		2005	2007
Nicky Nutjob		Kelly Dyson	Nick Brennan, Wayne Thompson	2006	2007
Big Brad Wolf		Ken Harrison		2006	2006
Ratz	Developed by artist Hunt Emerson to replace the retired strip Little Plum, which he had worked on since 2002. The stories follow the lives of a group of rats who live in the sewers beneath Beanotown, the main characters being Keef (the nominal leader), Rod (a spiv), and Herman, their naive sidekick. Other characters, such as Patti, Rubella and RastaRat make occasional appearances. Hunt Emerson was the original artist, with Laura Howell inking in his pencils from October 2006 onwards and on occasion drawing the strip. In The Beano Annual 2008, Ratz is changed to "Its a Ratz Life!" because the usual Ratz characters were not the main focus, but instead a pair of Ratz setting up home together (on a rubbish dump), and this strip was done before the strip first appeared in the comic itself (when the strip was going to be given that title). Laura Howell has announced that with Hunt Emerson drawing the Fred's Bed strip (which was previously reprints), she will be drawing Ratz as well as writing it. In a couple of issues in September 2011, Ratz was the first strip inside the comic, a slot usually reserved for Dennis and Gnasher, although Dennis appeared on the cover as usual. Before this strip was Rats, a very similar strip about smelly rodents in a sewer, although these bunch were more friends. It was drawn by Terry Bave and Nigel Parkinson, appearing in the 1994–2003 Beezer Books and The Dandy issue 3281.	Hunt Emerson	Laura Howell	2006	2013
Pirates of the Caribeano		Barrie Appleby		2006	2009
Fred's Bed	First series in The Beano, reprinted from Beezer and Topper.	David Parkins	Tom Paterson (reprints), Hunt Emerson, David Sutherland, Tom Paterson, Nigel Parkinson (all new strips)	2007	2012
The Riot Squad	Reprints from Hoot.	Ken Harrison		2007	2008
Tales of Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green		Laura Howell		2007	2010
London B412		Barrie Appleby		2007	2008
Olaff the Madlander	Reprints from The Beezer and Topper.	Sid Burgon		2008	2008
Lord Snooty the Third		Nigel Parkinson		2008	2011
Bea and Ivy	This strip used characters from the two previously separate strips of Ivy the Terrible and Bea the Mini-Menace.	Nigel Parkinson		2008	2009
Super School		Lew Stringer		2008	2012
Beano Manga		Laura Howell		2009	2011
Sixty Second Dennis		Nigel Parkinson	Tom Paterson/Barrie Appleby	2009	2011
Meebo and Zuky		Laura Howell		2010	2013
The Bea Team	The third series involving Dennis the Menace's younger sister.	Nigel Parkinson		2010	2010
Gnasher's Bit(e)	Second Series involving Gnasher as the main character.	Barrie Appleby	Jimmy Hansen	2011	2013
At Home with the BSK!	Short lived Bash Street Kids spinoff.	David Sutherland		2011	2011
Dangerous Dan	The strip is about a boy who thinks he is a secret agent and believes that an organisation called SMIRK, (Secret Ministry of Intelligent Rotters Komittee) is conspiring against him. Two Series. First: 2011 – 2011 Second: 2015 – Present Only in The Beano every two issues.	Nigel Parkinson		2011	Present
The Adventures of Wenlock and Mandeville	Partnership for 2012 London Olympics.	Nigel Parkinson		2011	2012
Bananaman	First Series in The Beano (reprints) also appeared in The Dandy and The Nutty.	John Geering	Barrie Appleby, Tom Paterson, Steve Bright, Chris McGhie, Wayne Thompson	2012	Present
Belle's Magic Mobile	Only appeared twice.	Steve English		2012	2012
Beano's Got Talent	Had a short run and disappeared after four weeks.	Dave Mostyn		2012	2012
Big Time Charlie	Ended in July 2013.	Alexander Matthews		2013	2013
Tricky Dicky	Previously appeared in The Topper who also appeared in The Beano a few times around the turn of the millennium as a guest star trying to be voted in. This strip follows the adventures of a new Tricky Dicky. The first series ended in July 2013, and the second started in January 2014. As of 2021, however, it seems to have been replaced by Har Har's Joke Shop.	Rianne Rowlands		2013	2021
Fight My Monster	Previously appeared in The BeanoMAX. Appeared in The Beano every four issues.	Unknown		2013	2013
El Poco Loco		Jamie Smart		2013	2013
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turkeys	Parody of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.	Dean Rankine		2013	2013
Will.i.am the Conqueror		Laura Howell		2013	2013
Wallace and Gromit	Previously appeared in The BeanoMAX. (Previously appeared in the 2012 Christmas issue).	Andy Janes		2013	2015
Mega Mega Mootants		Steve Beckett		2013	2013
The Castle Rock		Gary Boller		2013	2013
Pie Face	Dennis the Menace spin-off featuring Pie Face. Originally featured in The Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Megazine before it was renamed to Dennis the Menace and Gnasher's Epic Magazine. Now appears in The Beano week.	Diego Jourdan	Emily McGorman-Bruce	2014	2015
Gwynedd's Book of Records		Stephen Waller		2014	2014
Fun Kids	Based on the kids radio station Fun Kids.	Barrie Appleby		2014	2016
My Menace Name later renamed to Make me A Menace	This strip doesn't feature regular characters instead readers send in their suggestions for a character. And a cartoon is created based on their idea featuring themselves as the star.	Hunt Emerson		2015	present
Adventure Tim		Alan Ryan		2015	2015
Dawgtective		Marc Jackson		2015	2015
Holly Wood		Steve Beckett		2015	2015
Shouty McShoutface				2016	2017
Zoo-Ella	Funny animal parody of the YouTuber Zoella.	Gary Northfield		2017	2017
Har Har's Joke Shop	Beanotown’s joke shop and the funny family that own it.	Emily McGorman-Bruce		2021	Present
JJ	Based on a character featured in Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!	Wayne Thompsom		2021	Present
Angel Face Investigates	Based on a character featured in Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (2009 TV series). But now she's a detective. Angel Face was also the name of a short lived comic strip in the Dandy.	George Gant		2021	Present
Rubi's Screwtop Science	Based on a character featured in Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!. Her father is Professor Screwtop a rebooted version of character who originally appeared in Lord Snooty.	Rianne Rowlands	Emily McGorman-Bruce	2017 (TV) 2019 (strip)	Present
Stevie Star	About a wannabe influencer.	Nick Brennan		2022	Present
Sketch Khad	About a hijab wearing girl whose sketches come to life.	Emily McGorman-Bruce		2022	Present
Mahira of the Match	Similar to Ball Boy but with a female lead.			2022	Present

Funsize Funnies

In 2012, the Beano began printing a new section called the Funsize Funnies. This section featured short three- to four-panel comic strips. It originally featured old and existing Beano characters in these stories, but as time went on, the section began to feature celebrity parodies and wholly original characters.

Strip title	Notes	Original artist	Other notable artists	Start date	End date
Little Plum	Previously appeared as a regular comic strip which ran from 1953 to 2014.	Laura Howell	Hunt Emerson	2012	2015
Pup Parade	Previously appeared as a regular comic strip in three separate series from 1967 to 2012. Spin off from The Bash Street Kids.	Nigel Auchterlounie	Steve Beckett, Lew Stringer	2012	2014
Baby Face Finlayson	Previously appeared as regular comic strip in four separate series from 1972 to 2005.	Alexander Matthews		2012	2013
Rasher	Previously appeared as a regular strip from 1984 to 1995 before being reprinted in 2009. In July 2013 the Funsize Funnies strip's title was changed to Watch-Hog and the strip became a parody of the TV series Watchdog. The strip was then renamed to Rasher. Spin-off of Dennis the Menace and Gnasher.	Lew Stringer		2012	2016
Simply Smiffy	Previously appeared as a regular strip from 1985 to 1987. Spin off of The Bash Street Kids.	Paul Palmer		2012	2016
Les Pretend	Previously appeared as a regular strip from 1990 to 2007.	Laura Howell	Alan Ryan	2012	Present
Gnash Gnews	Spin-off of Dennis the Menace and Gnasher.	Barrie Appleby		2012	2013
Winston	Spin off of The Bash Street Kids.	Paul Palmer		2012	2013
Pansy Potter	Originally appeared in the comic in a number of separate series which ran from 1938 to 1993.	Nigel Parkinson	Kev F Sutherland	2013	2014
Biffo the Bear	Previously appeared as a regular strip from 1948 to 1999.	Wayne Thompson	Paul Palmer	2013	2014
Lord Snooty	Previously appeared as a regular strip in three separate series from 1938 to 1991.	Alexander Matthews	Lew Stringer	2013	2014
Gnasher and Gnipper	Spin-off of Dennis the Menace and Gnasher.	Graham Howie		2013	2013
BSK CCTV	Spin off of The Bash Street Kids.	Paul Palmer		2013	2014
BamBeanos		Wayne Thompson		2013	2013
Stunt Gran	In 2014, she made appearances in Grandpa.	Steve Beckett		2013	2013
Hero or Zero?		Rebecca Burgess		2013	2013
Skanky Pigeon	Drawn by a 13-year-old. Appears in The Beano every four issues.	Zoom Rockman		2013	Present
High School Moozical		Steve Beckett		2013	2013
Celebrity Believe It or Not		Philip Neill		2013	2013
Neigh-Bours		Rick Eades		2013	2013
I Pity the School	A reprint from The Dandy.	Alexander Matthews		2013	2013
Murs Attacks		Andy Fanton		2013	2013
Ashley's Banjo		Paul Palmer		2013	2013
Coronation Bleat		Stephen Waller		2013	2013
Jose's Back... and This Time it's Personal		Wayne Thompson		2013	2013
Simon's Bowel		Dean Rankine		2013	2013
Guess Who?		Garry Davies		2013	2013
Danny Diddly O'Donoghue		Alan Ryan		2013	2013
The Bone Ranger	Parody of The Lone Ranger.	Steve Beckett		2013	2013
The Forsyth Saga – How old is Brucie		Wayne Thompson		2013	2013
Handy Murray		Paul Palmer		2013	2013
Smiffy's Top Tips		Paul Palmer		2013	2013
The Incredible Skunk		Gary Boller		2013	2013
Fatty's Kitchen Nightmares		Mike Pearse		2013	2013
Man VS. Wood	Parody of Man v. Food but every episode he has a contest against something wooden.	Nick Brennan		2013	2013
Jessie's J		Paul Palmer		2013	2013
Not so Horrible Histories with Terry Deary				2013	2013
Penguin Club	Name is a reference to Club Penguin.			2013	2013
Angel Face	Based on a character featured in Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (2009 TV series). She would later have a full size strip.	Deqo		2013	2013
The Great Beanotown Face Off	Featuring Dennis the Menace and Walter.	Deqo		2013	2013
The Fresh Prince of Buckingham Palace	Strip featuring Prince George of Cambridge and his parents.	Andy Fanton		2013	2013
Doctor Flu		Lew Stringer		2014	2014
Grandpa	Previously appeared as a full page strip from 1955 to 1984.	Steve Beckett		2014	2014
Karate Sid	Previously appeared as a full-page strip.	Paul Palmer		2014	2014
Animals Crossing		Stu Munro		2014	2014
Ninja Nuns		Andy Fanton		2013	2014
Celebs on a Sledge		Lew Stringer		2013	2014
Breaking Dad		Stu Munro		2013	2014
Gnipper				2013	2014
Bottom Gear	Parody of Top Gear.			2013	2014
Rubbish Robots		Lew Stringer		2013	2014
Rooney Tunes		Alan Ryan (comics)		2013	2014
Pun Direction		Stu Munro		2014	2014
Constable Caveman		Andy Fanton		2014	2014
Bea	Previously appeared as a full-page strip. Spin-off of Dennis the Menace and Gnasher.	Nigel Parkinson		2014	2015
Tom, Dick and Sally	Previously appeared as a full-page strip.	Steve Beckett		2014	2014
Emlyn the Gremlin	Previously appeared as a full-page strip.	Andy Fanton		2014	2015
Lenny the Lettuce		Marc Jackson		2014	2014
Robin Rebel	One-off by a competition winner.	Robin Fitzgerald		2014	2014
Kick-Ass Koalas	Previously appeared in The BeanoMAX.	Pete Player		2014	2014
Ivy the Terrible	Previously appeared as a full page strip.	Lew Stringer		2014	2014
No Direction		Alan Ryan (comics)		2014	2015
Beanotown Zoo		Barry Glennard		2014	2015
Sleepy Ed		Paul Palmer		2015	2015
Chewie Suarez	Won a competition against two other strips.	Alan Ryan		2015	2015
Joe King	Originally appeared in 1995.	Lew Stringer		2015	2015
Robopop	Parody of RoboCop.	Andy Fanton		2015	2015
Mr. E		Gary Boller		2015	2015
The Bash Street Squelchies	Spin-off of The Bash Street Kids and Calamity James.	Les Stannage		2015	2015
King of The Ring	Starring wrestling superstar Tommy King.	The Sharp Brothers		2015	2016
Bannavengers	Spin-off of Bananaman.			2015	2015
Betti and her yeti				2015	present
Jurassic play park	parody of Jurassic Park.			2015	2015
Dawgtective				2015	2015
Movie Madness	Parodies of movies.Replaced Robopop.			2015	2015
Pant-Man	Replaced Jurassic play park.			2015	2015
Bash street behind the scenes	Spin off to the Bash street kids.			2015	2015
Minedaft	Spoof of Minecraft.			2015	2015
Bantersarous				2015	2015

Adventure strips

Ever since the first issue of the Beano until 1975 there have been adventure strips in the comic. However, they continued in the Annuals and attempts were made to revive them in the comic in the 2000s with three new series of Billy the Cat and the release of the Beano Action Special. Some of these strips started off being adapted from earlier prose stories. The longest running Adventure strips are Tom Thumb (1938–1958), Jack Flash (1949–1958), Jimmy and his Magic Patch (1944–1959), The Iron Fish (1949–1967), Red Rory of the Eagles (1951–1962), General Jumbo (1953–1975) and Billy the Cat (1967–1974, 2003–2009). Of these seven long-running adventure strips Tom Thumb, The Iron Fish, and Red Rory began as Prose stories. During their run in the comic, there were 85 different adventure strips.

Strip title	Notes	Original artist	Start date	End date
Morgyn the Mighty	Originally appeared in The Rover in 1928. Later appeared in The Victor.	George Anderson	1938	1938
Cracker Jack		Jack Glass	1938	1939
Wild Boy of the Woods	Three series. First from 1938 to 1942. Second from 1947 to 1949. Third in 1958.	Richard Baines	1938	1958
Lost Among the Silver Dwarfs		James Walker	1938	1940
Young Strongarm the Axeman	Three series. First from 1939 to 1940. Second in 1949. Third from 1957 to 1958 titled just 'Strongarm the Axeman'.	Jack Glass	1939	1940
Tiger Trail to Kandabar		James Walker	1940	1940
The Whistling Scythe	Sequel to the prose story entitled 'Follow the Secret Hand'. Reappeared as a prose story in 1949.	Jack Glass	1940	1942
Tom Thumb	Previously appeared as a prose story. Two separate runs of adventure strips. First ran from 1941 to 1949. The second ran from 1957 to 1958. Prose stories involving the character appeared between these two runs.	Dudley Watkins	1941	1958
Lone Wolf		Dudley Watkins	1942	1943
The Shipwrecked Circus		Dudley Watkins	1943	1958
Jimmy and his Magic Patch	Original run from 1944 to 1950. Reprinted from 1955 to 1959.	Dudley Watkins	1944	1959
Strang the Terrible	Previously appeared in Adventure in 1936.	Dudley Watkins	1944	1945
Six Brands for Bonnie Prince Charlie		Dudley Watkins	1945	1945
Jack Flash	First ran from 1949 to 1951. Then from 1955 to 1958.	Dudley Watkins	1949	1958
The Invisible Giant	Unrelated to older prose story with same title. Two series. First in 1949 and a second in 1957. A prose story version also appeared from 1949 to 1950.	James Clark	1949	1957
Little Noah's Ark	Previously appeared as a prose story.	James Clark	1949	1949
Chingo the Fearless		James Clark	1949	1949
The Horse that Jack Built	Originally ran from 1949 to 1950. Appeared again from 1950 to 1951 under the title Tick-Tock Tony. Appeared for a final time from 1954 to 1957.	Bill Holroyd	1949	1957
The Runaway Robinsons		Fred Sturrock	1949	1950
Sinbad the Sailor	Two separate series. First in 1950. Second ran from 1958 to 1959. There was also a prose story involving the character that ran from 1951 to 1952.	Paddy Brennan	1950	1950
The Hungry Little Goodwins	Picture adaptation of earlier prose story The Hungry Goodwins. Features Dick Turpin as a main character.	Fred Sturrock	1951	1951
The Wily Ways of Simple Simon	Previously appeared as a prose story.	George Drysdale	1951	1951
The Iron Fish	Previously appeared as a prose story.	Bill Holroyd	1951	1967
Hawkeye Bravest of the Braves		Richard Baines	1951	1951
Runaway Jack		Bill Holroyd	1952	1952
Grip		Richard Baines	1952	1952
Red Rory of the Eagles	Previously appeared as a prose story.	Paddy Brennan	1952	1962
Wildfire the Magic Horse	Sequel to prose story entitled 'Prince on the Flying Horse'.	Ken Hunter	1952	1952
Ali Ha Ha and the Potty Thieves		Ken Hunter	1952	1952
Waifs of the Wild West	Unrelated to first Waifs of the Wild West.	Bill Holroyd	1952	1952
The Bird Boy	Previously appeared as a prose story.	Paddy Brennan	1952	1956
Nobby The Enchanted Bobby		Bill Holroyd	1952	1954
Big Bazooka	About an ostrich who liked to play football.	Charles Grigg	1952	1953
General Jumbo		Paddy Brennan	1953	1975
Get Rid of the Runaway Twins		James Walker	1954	1954
Smarty Smokey	Previously appeared as a prose story.	James Clark	1954	1954
Hookey's Bust 'em Book	Original run from 1954 to 1955. Reappeared in 1958.	Charles Grigg	1954	1958
Longlegs the Desert Wild Boy	Two series. First from 1954 to 1955. Second from 1957 to 1959.	Paddy Brennan	1954	1959
Thunderflash	About a ram in the Rockies.	Ken Hunter	1955	1955
Jack of Clubs	Previously appeared as a prose story.	Michael Darling	1955	1955
On the Heels of the Hated Hooknose		Bill Holroyd	1955	1955
Runaways with Turpin		James Walker/John Nichol	1955	1956
Young Davy Crockett		Paddy Brennan	1956	1956
Nik O' Lightning		Michael Darling	1956	1956
The Wooden Horse		Paddy Brennan	1956	1957
Tick-Tock Timothy	Picture Version of earlier prose story Tick-Tock Timothy.	John Nichol	1956	1957
The Vengeance of One-Eye		Andy Hutton	1957	1957
Kilty Mactaggart		Andy Hutton	1957	1957
Brannigan's Boy		John Nichol	1957	1957
Thrill-a-Day Jill		John Nichol	1957	1957
Runaways with Thunderbird		John Nichol	1957	1957
Tough Duff		Andy Hutton	1957	1958
Johnny Go Back!		Albert Holroyd	1958	1958
Bristol Billy		Victor Peon	1958	1958
Rattlesnake Ranch		John Nichol	1958	1958
The Hogan Boy		John Nichol	1958	1958
The Blinding Shield		Victor Peon	1958	1958
Sparky's Space Helmet		Albert Holroyd	1958	1959
Fox on the Run		Albert Holroyd	1958	1959
Black Star		John Nichol	1959	1959
The Vengeance of the Lost Crusader		Victor Peon	1959	1959
Dick Turpin Special Investigator		John Nichol	1959	1959
Smarty Smokey The Wee Black Dragon	Unrelated to other Smarty Smokey.	Victor Peon	1959	1959
The Danger Man		Michael Darling	1959	1962
Bob on the Beat		John Nichol	1959	1959
The Kangaroo Kid	Picture strip version of The Ape's Secret.	Andy Hutton	1959	1959
Mountain Boy		Victor Peon	1959	1960
Pete of the Spitfires	Picture story version of prose story which appeared in The Magic Comic.	Michael Darling	1959	1960
Teeko	Picture strip version of Little Master of the Mighty Chang.	Andy Hutton	1959	1960
The Laughing Pirate		Victor Peon	1960	1960
Danny on a Dolphin	Three series. First in 1960. Second in 1962 and third in 1968.	David Sutherland	1960	1968
The Queen's Highway		Tery Patrick	1960	1960
The Ting-A-Ling Taylors		Terry Patrick	1960	1961
The Great Flood of London		David Sutherland	1960	1961
The Cannonball Crackshots		David Sutherland	1961	1961
The Adventures of Johnny Leopard		Michael Darling	1961	1961
Paddy's Private Army	Two Series. First appeared from 1961 to 1962. The second appeared in 1965.	James Walker	1961	1965
G for Giant		Ken Hunter	1962	1962
Lester's Little Circus		David Sutherland	1962	1963
The Q Bikes		Andy Hutton	1963	1971
The Danger Bus		Terry Patrick	1963	1964
Billy the Cat	Original run from 1967 to 1974. Reappeared in 2003, 2005 and again from 2008 to 2009.	David Sutherland	1967	2009
The King Street Cowboys		Sandy Calder	1968	1968
Send for the Hovertank		Sandy Calder	1968	1969
Johnny Hawke	About a boy who was able to communicate with birds. Similar to Red Rory of the Eagles.	Andy Hutton	1973	1973

Prose stories

From The Beano's first issue up until 1955, it contained prose stories. These were similar to other text stories found in older story papers and featured a prose story usually of one or two pages (they could be longer in the annuals) and often featured an illustration at the top of the page with the title of the prose story. A number of these prose stories went on to become adventure strips and some adventure strips even had prose story versions. During their lifetime in The Beano there were 79 different prose stories of which 15 also appeared as Adventure strips. These strips were Jack of Clubs, Tom Thumb, Little Noah's Ark, The Iron Fish, Red Rory of the Eagles, Sinbad the Sailor, Little Master of the Mighty Chang, The Bird Boy, The Wily Ways of Simple Simon, The Invisible Giant, The Hungry Goodwins, Tick Tock Timothy, Smarty Smokey, Prince on the Flying Horse and Follow the Secret Hand. The issue following the 75th Anniversary Special in 2013 introduced a new text story called Diary of an Ugly Kid, which disappeared later that year. In 2014 yet another appeared titled Diary of a Bash Street Kid.

Strip title	Notes	Original artist	Start date	End date
Tom Thumb	Tom Thumb also appeared in Bimbo. Two Prose series. First was from 1938 to 1941. Second was from 1949 to 1950. In between the character appeared in picture strips.	Dudley Watkins	1938	1950
Black Flash the Beaver		Richard Baines	1938	1938
Granny Green	Originally ran from 1938 to 1939. Reprinted from 1945 to 1946. Returned again in 1951.	Charles Gordon	1938	1951
The Wishing Tree	Originally ran from 1938 to 1939. Reprinted in 1946.	Jack Glass	1938	1946
The Shipwrecked Kidds		Jack Glass	1938	1938
My Dog Sandy		Jack Glass	1938	1938
The Ape's Secret		Richard Baines	1938	1938
Jimmy's Pet-The Kangaroo		Richard Baines	1938	1939
The Prince on the Flying Horse	Originally ran from 1938 to 1940. Reprinted in 1947.	James Walker	1938	1947
Little Master of the Mighty Chang		Jack Glass	1938	1939
The Little Magic Man		George Ramsbottom	1938	1939
King of Thunder Mountain		Richard Baines	1939	1939
The Singing Giant		Richard Baines	1939	1939
Twelve Happy Horners		George Ramsbottom	1939	1939
The Bulldog Trail		Jack Glass	1939	1939
The Little Joker in the Land of Nod	Originally ran from 1939 to 1940. Partially reprinted in 1948 under the title 'Sammy B Smart in the Land of Nod'.	James Walker	1939	1948
Hands off the Talking Lamb		James Walker	1939	1939
Jack Sprat's Battle Cat	Ran under the title 'When will the Golden Peacock Speak?' in 1940.	James walker	1939	1940
Follow the Secret Hand	Originally ran as a prose story from 1939 to 1940. Then as a picture strip with the title 'The Whistling Scythe'. A sequel story ran in 1949 entitled 'Keeper of the Magic Sword'. With another sequel appearing in 1950 entitled 'The Boy with the Wonder Horse'.	Dudley watkins	1939	1950
The Boy with the Magic Masks	Originally appeared in 1940. Reprinted in 1948.	Dudley Watkins	1940	1948
Keeper of the Crooked Cross		George Ramsbottom	1940	1940
The King's got a Tail		Dudley Watkins	1940	1940
Down with Lord Haw-Haw		Jack Glass	1940	1940
The White Mouse will Get You		Dudley Watkins	1940	1942
Little Noah's Ark	Two Prose series. First ran from 1940 to 1941. Second appeared in 1952. There was also a picture strip version in 1949.	Richard Baines	1940	1952
A Wonderful Bird is Bill Pelican		Richard Baines	1940	1940
The Black Witch is Waiting		George Ramsbottom	1940	1947
The March of the Wooden Soldiers		Fred Sturrock	1941	1941
The Boy who bossed the Man in the Moon		James Crighton	1941	1941
The Invisible Giant		Jack Glass	1941	1942
Waifs of the Wild West		George Ramsbottom	1941	1941
Blacksmith Bob eats Hay at Night		James Crighton	1941	1941
Plucky Little Nell	Originally ran from 1941 to 1942. Reappeared in a slightly reworked form in 1952 as 'Plucky Little Nellie Kelly'.	Jack Prout	1941	1952
Nobody Wanted Nancy		Jack Prout	1942	1942
Jack in the Bottle	Originally ran from 1942 to 1943. Reprinted from 1950 to 1951 under the title 'Bob in the Bottle'.	James Crighton	1942	1951
Jimmy's Mother Wouldn't Run Away		Jack Gordon	1942	1943
The Goat with the Magic Wand		James Crighton	1943	1943
The Girl with the Golden Voice	Originally appeared in 1943. Reprinted as 'In the Clutches of the Wicked Wilsons' from 1952 to 1953.	Jack Prout	1943	1953
Kitty with the coat of many colours		James Crighton	1943	1944
King Kong Charlie		Jack Gordon	1944	1944
Wun Tun Joe		James Crighton	1944	1944
The Wicked Uncle and the Terrible Twins		Jack Prout	1944	1945
Whitefang Guards the Secret Gold		James Crighton	1944	1945
The Boy that Nobody Wanted		Richard Baines	1945	1945
Tick-Tock Timothy		Jack Prout	1945	1946
The Witch's Spell on Poor King Kell		Jack Prout	1946	1946
Sooty Solomon		Jack Prout	1946	1947
Ben O' the Beanstalk		Jack Prout	1946	1947
The Runaway Russells		Fred Sturrock	1947	1948
The Magic Penny		Jack Prout	1947	1948
The Hungry Goodwins	Featured Dick Turpin as a main character.	Fred Sturrock	1948	1949
One-off Lucky Mascot Stories		Fred Sturrock, Jack Gordon, Sam Fair & Jack Prout	1948	1949
The Iron Fish	Later appeared in a picture strip.	Jack Glass	1949	1950
Sandy's Magic Bagpipes		Jack Glass	1949	1950
The Invisible Giant	Unrelated to 1941 story with the same name. Prose story adaptation of the adventure strip with the same name.	Fred Sturrock	1949	1950
Skinny Flint the Meanest Uncle in the World		James Walker	1949	1949
The Ticklish Tasks of Billy Barrel		George Drysdale	1950	1950
Ting-A-Ling Bell		Jack Glass	1950	1950
The Wily Ways of Simple Simon		George Drysdale	1950	1950
The Bird Boy	Later appeared in a picture strip.	Jack Glass	1950	1951
Tommy's Clockwork Town	Titled 'Tommy's Clockwork Brother' in 1952.	Billy Holroyd	1951	1952
Jack of Clubs		Jack Glass	1951	1951
Smarty Smokey		James Clark	1951	1954
Red Rory of the Eagles	Later appeared in a picture strip.	Jack Glass	1951	1951
Willie in the Lost World		James Clark	1951	1951
Goggo The Wizard in the Goldfish Bowl		David Law	1951	1952
Sinbad the Sailor	Prose story version of earlier Sinbad adventure strip.	Paddy Brennan	1951	1952
Rolling Jones		James Clark	1952	1952
Mickey's Magic Bone	In 1954 ran under the title 'Slave to the Talking Horse'.	David Law	1952	1954
Young Robin Hood		Jack Glass	1952	1952
TV Stevie The Boy on Hookey's Wrist		George Drysdale	1952	1952
Catapult Jack		Jack Glass	1952	1952
The Boy on the Flying Trapeze		James Clark	1952	1953
Percy from the Pole Star		James Crighton	1953	1953
Cast-Iron Stan Circus Superman		Bill Holroyd	1953	1953
Nutty the Coal Imp		Bill Holroyd	1953	1954
The Magic Bottle		James Walker	1953	1953
Runaways with Grandad		James Walker	1953	1953
The Spell of Geordie's Whistle		James Walker	1954	1955
Ace from Space		Leo Baxendale	1955	1955
Diary of an Ugly Kid		Currently unknown	2013	2013
Diary of a Bash Street Kid		Nigel Auchterlounie	2014	2014

Comic Idol runners-up

The following is a list of comic strips which appeared in The Beano during a Comic Idol or similar competition but did not win. Many of these strips appeared in annuals and Gordon Bennet went on to appear in The Beano a few years after coming runner-up in a Comic Idol competition. Even though these strips did not win a Comic Idol competition many of them lasted longer than a number of other Beano comic strips such as Alf Wit which only lasted two issues. Phone-a-Fiend and Space Kidette are the only two strips on this list that appeared as one-offs.

In 2014, it was called Beanotown's Got Talent.

Strip title	Notes	Original artist	Start date	End date
Minder Bird	About a bird who had to look after a lively child called Terry the Terror.	Terry Willers	1995	1995
Sort Out Squad	Four kids, a cat and a parrot who would help people.	Robert Nixon	1995	1995
Chip – The Stone Age Boy		John Dallas	1995	1995
Have-A-Go Jo		David Mostyn	1997	1997
Camp Cosmos	About an inter-galactic holiday camp. Also appeared in one annual.	John Geering	1997	1997
SYDD (Sneaky, Yucky, Dump Dweller)		David Mostyn	1997	1997
Trash Can Alley		Bob Dewar	1997	1997
Inspector Horse and Jocky	About an inspector who was also a horse. and his human sidekick and Jockey called Jocky. Title was a play on Inspector Morse.	Terry Bave	1999	2000
Tricky Dicky	About a son of a joke shop owner who had plenty tricks up his sleeve. The strip's main character had previously appeared in The Topper. A re-creation of the strip saw a new Tricky Dicky appear in The Beano in 2013.	John Dallas	1999	2000
Gordon Bennet	About a little boy who would drive his next door neighbour mad.	Jim Hansen	1999	2000
Space Kidette	This strip was about an alien whose spacecraft crash-landed on Earth. Only two strips ever appeared and they were in the same issue. Its premise was similar to the later strip Zap Zodiac.	Robert Nixon	2002	2002
Phone-a-Fiend	About a group of monsters that were hired to scare troublemakers into changing their ways. A similar strip appeared in the 2011 Beano Annual entitled Fiends Reunited drawn by Nick Brennan.	Wayne Thompson	2002	2002
Dean's Dino	The character previously appeared as a regular comic strip in 1999.	Geoff Waterhouse	2004	2004
Christmas Carole	About a girl who wanted it to be Christmas every day. Previously appeared in The Beezer Book.	Keith Page	2005	2005
Hugh Dunnit	About a boy detective.	David Mostyn	2005	2005
Mia Starr		Duncan Scott	2006	2006
Scammin' Sam		Steve Horrocks	2006	2006
Uh Oh Si Co	About a boy who'd go berserk at the slightest negative comment.	Nigel Parkinson	2010	2010
Home Invasion	About aliens who invade Earth.	David Sutherland	2010	2010
Granny Theft Auto	About Grannies behaving badly.	Steve Beckett	2014	2014
Dangerous Dan	About a boy who is a spy.	Nigel Parkinson	2011	Present