Richard The Lion

Richard the Lion was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, starting in issue 1678, dated 14 September 1974, and continuing for another few years afterwards.

Drawn by David Gudgeon, Richard, a mangy lion and self-styled "king" of Lord Threadbare's safari park, managed the other animals for his Lordship. Other regular characters included Lord Threadbare's butler and his nephew Oswald.

D. C. Thomson comics
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  • BeanoMAX
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Pre-School Comics
  • Bimbo
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  • Twinkle
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  • Alf Tupper
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  • Bananaman
  • The Bash Street Kids
  • Beryl the Peril
  • Black Bob
  • Biffo the Bear
  • The Broons
  • Calamity James
  • Cuddles and Dimples
  • Dennis the Menace
  • Desperate Dan
  • Ginger
  • Gnasher
  • Ivy the Terrible
  • Keyhole Kate
  • Korky the Cat
  • Little Plum
  • Lord Snooty
  • Matt Braddock
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  • The Numskulls
  • Pansy Potter
  • Roger the Dodger
  • Oor Wullie
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  • The Beezer Book
  • The Bimbo Book
  • The Dandy Annual
  • The Hotspur Book for Boys
  • The Sparky Book
  • The Topper Book
  • The Victor Book for Boys
  • Warlord Book for Boys
Character annuals
  • Bananaman Annual
  • The Bash Street Kids Annual
  • Beryl the Peril Annual
  • Black Bob Book
  • The Broons Annual
  • Dennis the Menace Annual
  • The Desperate Dan Book
  • Oor Wullie Annual
Notable Artists
  • Leo Baxendale
  • Gordon Bell
  • Nick Brennan
  • Paddy Brennan
  • Sid Burgon
  • John Geering
  • Barry Glennard
  • Ken H. Harrison
  • Laura Howell
  • Malcolm Judge
  • David Law
  • Allan Morley
  • Dave Mostyn
  • Robert Nixon
  • Gary Northfield
  • Nigel Parkinson
  • Tom Paterson
  • Jim Petrie
  • Ken Reid
  • Bill Ritchie
  • David Parkins
  • David Sutherland
  • Kev F. Sutherland
  • Dudley D. Watkins
  • Wilbur Dawbarn
  • Karl Dixon
  • The Etherington Brothers
  • Andy Fanton
  • Nigel Auchterlounie
  • Lew Stringer
  • Alexander Matthews
  • Jon Rushby
  • Trevor Metcalfe
  • Barrie Appleby
  • Charles Grigg
  • Vic Neill
  • Jamie Smart
See Also
  • Beanotown Racing
  • List of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd publications
  • List of Fleetway and IPC Comics publications
  • List of Beano comic strips
  • List of Dandy comic strips
  • List of Beezer comic strips
  • List of Beezer and Topper comic strips
The Beano
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  • Ball Boy
  • Bananaman
  • The Bash Street Kids
  • Bash Street Kids - Singled Out
  • Billy Whizz
  • Calamity James
  • Dennis the Menace
  • Fred's Bed
  • Gnasher's Bit(e)
  • Gnash Gnews
  • Les Pretend
  • Little Plum
  • Meebo and Zuky
  • Minnie the Minx
  • Number 13 Beano Street
  • The Numskulls
  • Rasher
  • Pup Parade
  • Ratz
  • Roger the Dodger
  • Simply Smiffy
  • Super School
  • Totally Gross Germs
  • Winston
Notable former strips
  • Alf Wit
  • Beaginnings
  • Beano's Got Talent
  • The Belles of St. Lemons
  • Biffo the Bear
  • Big Eggo
  • Billy the Cat
  • Dangerous Dan
  • Colin the Vet
  • Colonel Crackpot's Circus
  • Crazy for Daisy
  • Danny's Nanny
  • Derek the Sheep
  • Doctor Beastly
  • Fatty Fudge
  • Freddie Fear
  • General Jumbo
  • Gnasher's Tale
  • Gnasher and Gnipper
  • Gordon Bennett
  • Grandpa
  • Hairy Dan
  • Helpful Henry
  • Ivy the Terrible
  • Jack Flash
  • Jimmy and his Magic Patch
  • Joe Jitsu
  • Joe King
  • Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green
  • Jonah
  • Lord Snooty
  • Lord Snooty the Third
  • The Magic Lollipops
  • Maxy's Taxi
  • The McTickles
  • Morgyn the Mighty
  • The Nibblers
  • Nicky Nutjob
  • Olaff the Madlander
  • Pansy Potter
  • Ping the Elastic Man
  • Pirates of the Caribeano
  • Robbie Rebel
  • Richard the Lion
  • Singled Out
  • Smudge
  • Splodge
  • The Three Bears
  • Tim Traveller
  • Tin-Can Tommy
  • Tom, Dick and Sally
  • Tricky Dicky
  • Wee Ben Nevis
  • Wee Peem
  • The Yeti with Betty
  • Zap Zodiac
Supporting characters
  • Walter the Softy
  • Foo Foo
See also
  • Bash Street School
  • Beanotown
  • The Beano Annual
  • Beano comic libraries
  • BeanoMAX
  • The Beano Summer Special
  • List of Beano comic strips
  • List of Beano comic strips by annual
  • Beanotown Racing


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