The Beano
#966
(January 21st, 1961)
D.C. Thomson,
1950 Series
- Price
- 3 [0-0-3 GBP]
- Pages
- 16
- Indicia Frequency
- every Thursday
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd
- Editing
- Harold Cramond (editor)
[no title indexed]
Biffo the Bear / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wish I was home! This is terrible!
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Biffo; driver
Indexer Notes
Story is on the cover.
[no title indexed]
Dennis the Menace / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Leo Baxendale
- Inks
- Leo Baxendale
- Colors
- ? (red only used)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yesterday Fred Floggit, ear muff salesman, didn't sell a thing -
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Dennis
[no title indexed]
The Three Bears / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Leo Baxendale
- Inks
- Leo Baxendale
- Colors
- ? (red only used)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Bears are going salmon fishing - in the modern style.
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals; western-frontier
- Characters
- Pa; Ma; Teddy
[no title indexed]
The Ting-a-Ling Taylors / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Terry Patrick
- Inks
- Terry Patrick
- Colors
- ? (red only used)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For weeks the scorching tropical sun has beaten down from a cloudless sky,
- Genre
- adventure; jungle
- Characters
- John Taylor; John Taylor II; Mrs. Taylor; Jack Taylor; Jill Taylor
Indexer Notes
Scriptwriter Roy Thomas is not to be confused with Roy Thomas (1940). Confirmed directly with Roy Thomas (1940).
[no title indexed]
Lord Snooty / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh, what are they running for?
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Lord Snooty; Joe; Liz; Tommy; Polly; Snitch; Snatch; police
[no title indexed]
The Bash Street Kids / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Leo Baxendale
- Inks
- Leo Baxendale
- Colors
- ? (red only used)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You've got to start training for the Inter-Schools' Boat Race!
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Class 2B; Teacher
[no title indexed]
The Great Flood of London / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One fine afternoon Ted and Trixie Foster were returning to the famous clocktower...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Ted Foster; Trixie Foster; escaped convicts; policeman; submarine crew
[no title indexed]
Wonder Boy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wonder what it'd be like t'be...a tug-boat skipper?
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Wonder Boy
[You say this is um best retriever dog you've got."]
Little Plum / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Leo Baxendale
- Inks
- Leo Baxendale
- Colors
- ? (red only used)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humour; western-frontier; children
- Characters
- Little Plum; shop keeper
[no title indexed]
The Danger Man / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rifle bullets and shells from an anti-aircraft gun crashed through the tree-tops...
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- The Danger Man; Jet; Jane; Borian soldiers (villains)
[no title indexed]
Minnie the Minx / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Leo Baxendale
- Inks
- Leo Baxendale
- Colors
- ? (red only used)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This Angela Bones, girls.
- Genre
- humour; children
- Characters
- Minnie; Minnie's dad; Angela Bones; Strongo Bones
[no title indexed]
Colonel Crackpot's Circus / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Malcolm Judge
- Inks
- Malcolm Judge
- Colors
- ? (red only used)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Grrr! We're to spend all day carting buckets of water...
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Colonel Crackpot; Charlie Globe; performers
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
["Wish I was home! This is terrible!"]
Biffo the Bear -
2.
["Yesterday Fred Floggit, ear muff salesman, didn't sell a thing -"]
Dennis the Menace -
3.
["The Bears are going salmon fishing - in the modern style."]
The Three Bears -
4.
["For weeks the scorching tropical sun has beaten down from a cloudless sky,"]
The Ting-a-Ling Taylors -
5.
["Gosh, what are they running for?"]
Lord Snooty -
6.
["You've got to start training for the Inter-Schools' Boat Race!"]
The Bash Street Kids -
7.
["One fine afternoon Ted and Trixie Foster were returning to the famous clocktower..."]
The Great Flood of London -
8.
["I wonder what it'd be like t'be...a tug-boat skipper?"]
Wonder Boy -
9.
[You say this is um best retriever dog you've got."]
Little Plum -
10.
["Rifle bullets and shells from an anti-aircraft gun crashed through the tree-tops..."]
The Danger Man -
11.
["This Angela Bones, girls."]
Minnie the Minx -
12.
["Grrr! We're to spend all day carting buckets of water..."]
Colonel Crackpot's Circus -
13.
["Out in the Mid-Atlantic a cable-ship is at work-"]
Jonah
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Shawn Burdette
- John Kerry
- Paul Robinson
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