Vic Volcano - List of Beano Adventure Strips

List of Beano 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 the 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 Dwarves 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 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 - 1974.

Reappeared in 2003, 3005 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

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