The Beano Summer Special is like the Beano with extra comic strips, which as its name suggest was released during the summer months and cost more than the regular comics. This special first started in 1963 with a joint Beano-Dandy summer special and then in 1964 the first Beano summer special appeared. These ran continually until 2003 when they were replaced by Beano specials, which was a series of monthly special Beanos including a Summer Special released in the Summer. In 2006, the Beano specials was discontinued in favour of BeanoMAX. However in 2011 an ultimate summer special exclusive to WHSmith was released and so was the The Beano 3-D Summer Annual 2011. Unlike the traditional Beano of the time, this edition of the comic had a more colourful appearance to it. The front cover of these comics often had one picture which had a caption encouraging the reader to turn to the rear cover to see what happens next. As well as Beano Summer Specials there were also Bash Street Kids Summer Specials.
Year |
Cover Price |
Front Cover Contents |
Image |
1973 |
10 Pence |
Biffo the Bear riding a train with Bash Street kids as passengers, whilst Gnasher sleeping on track with Dennis the Menace looking on. |
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1974 |
12 Pence |
Gnasher racing to catch a green/white/red beach ball. Front Cover says "Is Gnasher going to ruin the game?" Back Cover says "Ha! Ha! Gnasher just wants to join in the fun!" |
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1975 |
15 Pence |
Bash street kids partaking in a wheel barrow race on the beach. |
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1977 |
20 Pence |
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher jumping from high board with the Bash Street Kids looking on |
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1978 |
22 Pence |
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher busking on the beach. |
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1980 |
28 Pence |
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher in tree attempting to steal food from Bash Street Kids picnic |
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1981 |
32 Pence |
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher at swimming pool riding a dolphin water pistoling the Bash Street Kids |
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1982 |
32 Pence |
Dennis the Menace, Gnasher and the Bash Street Kids taking part in a raft race |
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1983 |
40 Pence |
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher wind surfing. |
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1984 |
43 Pence |
Dennis the Menace, Gnasher and the Bash Street Kids on beach taking part in a sack race. |
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1985 |
48 Pence |
Dennis the Menace, Gnasher pushing Walter the Softy on the swing. |
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1988 |
65 Pence |
Dennis the Menace, Gnasher bouncing on a Bouncy Castle. This comic offers a chane to "WIN A TRIP TO Alton Towers! SEE INSIDE FOR DETAILS!" at the bottom. |
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1989 |
70 Pence |
Dennis the Menace, Gnasher riding a donkey over a beach picnic as Bash Street Kids look on horrified. |
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1992 |
90 Pence |
Dennis the Menace, Gnasher and Rasher playing at the playground on a swinging tyre. |
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1998 |
£1.10 |
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher on beach whilst Dennis is roller skating. |
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The Beano
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Current strips |
- Baby Face Finlayson
- Ball Boy
- Bananaman
- The Bash Street Kids
- Biffo the Bear
- Billy Whizz
- Calamity James
- Dennis the Menace
- Fred's Bed
- Gnasher's Bit(e)
- Gnash Gnews
- Gnipper
- Les Pretend
- Little Plum
- Lord Snooty
- Meebo and Zuky
- Minnie the Minx
- Number 13 Beano Street
- The Numskulls
- Pansy Potter
- Pup Parade
- Rasher
- Ratz
- Roger the Dodger
- Simply Smiffy
- Super School
- Totally Gross Germs
- Winston
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Notable former strips |
- The Bash Street Kids - Singled Out
- Beaginnings
- The Belles of St. Lemons
- Big Eggo
- Billy the Cat
- Colin the Vet
- Colonel Crackpot's Circus
- Crazy for Daisy
- Danny's Nanny
- Derek the Sheep
- 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 the Third
- The Magic Lollipops
- Maxy's Taxi
- The McTickles
- Morgyn the Mighty
- The Nibblers
- Nicky Nutjob
- Olaff the Madlander
- Ping the Elastic Man
- Pirates of the Caribeano
- Robbie Rebel
- Richard the Lion
- 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
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Supporting characters |
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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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