Beano Annual 2022

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Because of his popularity, Dennis the Menace has appeared on the front cover of every annual since the release of the 1979 book in 1978. Front: Dennis is on a "Rebels Wanted!" poster, and he has a Gnasher fan-club type badge on his chest, while other characters are cheering. Front: Dennis, Gnasher, and all the other characters (some retired) are flying through space, using special vehicles. Big Eggo and Koko the Pup are having a pillow fight on a balance beam and it looks like Eggo is going to sneeze. Front: Dennis, Minnie, and Gnasher are practicing karate; Gnasher is wearing a karategi with a red belt.

Biffo is holding a glove puppet of Dennis with a club that has hit him over the head (its box says "GLOVE PUPPET, HARMLESS TOY" but it is clearly not). Front: Dennis is jumping onto a seesaw which causes Gnasher to fly over a fence into the Beanotown Cats' Home. Front: Dennis and Gnasher are jumping on a trampoline trying to get apples from a tree and the Bash Street Kids are watching from over the fence while Dennis's Dad watches them from behind the tree angrily. After paper rationing had ended, The Magic Comic was never revived, but some of the characters who had originally appeared in the pre-war Magic Comic remained as regular strips in the post-1950 Beano Comic (such as Koko the Pup). The latest version came out 2021 and was dated 2022. The book consistently retails at 6.98 from 2022 (released 2021)

Front: In a parody of "Honey I Shrunk The Kids", several miniature characters are jumping across from Gnasher's nose to Dennis'. The Beano Annual is the current name of the book that has been published every year since 1939, to tie in with the children's comic The Beano. As of 2023 [update] there have been 85 editions. The annuals are traditionally published in July or August, in time for Christmas, and since 1965 they have had the date of the following year on the cover. Before then no date was given.

Biffo is completing a jigsaw puzzle of the Bash Street Kids, which shows an angry dog chasing after the Teacher. Front: Dennis and Gnasher are chasing a pair of cats through the snow (and past a Dennis-like snowman).

By 1966, DC Thomson artist Jim Petrie had taken over Minnie the Minx. He would go on to do exactly 2000 Minnie the Minx strips for the weekly comic! Front: Dennis, Biffo the Bear, Walter and the Bash Street Kids are taking part in the "Beano Marathon". Front: Roger (top left), Minnie (top middle), Billy Whizz (top right), the Bash Street Kids (middle left), and Ivy the Terrible (bottom middle). Like the Dandy Annual of the year, it is the first to have a decimalized price instead of the old shillings & pence.