The Beano Book

1967

The Bash Street Kids And Teacher: The Kids Try To Go Home Early Only Resalting Them To Do Hard Sums All Day

Little Plum: Plum Tries To Get A Present For Prairie Blossom Thinking All Hope Is Lost Plum Sleeps Realizing That He Coud Use His Wigwam For Her Dollhouse

2001

The first proper year of the millennium is ushered in with Dennis going on an adventure worthy of Clarke and Kubrick. Er, sort of.

: Dennis the Menace in Robot Rumble!: Dennis and Gnasher fly to an alien planet where they fight robot versions of Beano characters. The robots and backgrounds are all computer-generated 3D models.
: Bea Ginnings: Bea gives Walter a makeover.
: Smiffy's So Daft...: A page of single-panel cartoons mocking the yellow-jerseyed one. "Smiffy's so daft he went to a football match and supported the referee!"
: General Jumbo: The school dinner ladies are replaced by criminals.
: Licensed to Menace: Quiz designed to guage one's naughtiness.
: Billy Whizz: Billy helps out at a safari park.
: Plug's So Ugly...: More single-panel mocking of the afflicted. "...when it was his turn to have the school photo taken, the camera ran away!"
: Tim Traveller: Tim interferes with the English civil war.
: Design of the Times: Double-page spread. Italian designer Luco Verere gives plug a makeover. Plug gets his kicks dressing as Marge Simpson.
: Roger the Dodger: Roger goes sledging.
: Pooh's Who?: Puzzle page. Identify silhouettes of characters obscured by Bea's flatulance.
: The Bash Street Kids in Must Fly: Teacher takes control of an aeroplane.
: Gnasher: Gnasher attaches ice lollies to his feet.
: Gordon Bennett: Gordon is hypnotised into thinking he's a dog.
: Ivy the Terrible: Ivy visits a rugby match.
: Ivy the Terrible: Ivy presents a comic strip she drew herself.
: Calamity James is So Unlucky...: "...he was hit by a tital wave - in his bath!"
: Dennis the Menace and Gnasher: Rasher's turned green.
: The Beano Bugs: Cuthbert Cringeworthy shows us his collection of insect versions of Beano characters.
: Mad About Bugs: Double-page spread. Cuthbert picks Christmas pressies for his insects.
: The Beano Bugs: Continuing the insects' adventures.
: The Three Bears: Pa sits on a geyser.
: The Beano Stars on a Roll: A game of hockey against the Eagles.
: The Numskulls: The Numskulls lose a bit of jigsaw.
: Num yer Skull!: Numskull-themed puzzles.
: Calamity James: Trendy kid Luke Kool wants to be buddies with James.
: Les Pretend: Les pretends to be a tour guide.
: A Day in the Park: A Dennis the Menace story told in rhyming couplets.
: Minnie the Minx: Minnie goes to school.
: Roger the Dodger: Roger finds unusual uses for a hula hoop. Pervert.
: Billy Whizz is So Fast...: "...he once ran a lap of Beanotown track and overtook himself!"
: Dog's Breakfast TV: Spaniel O'Doggerel's newscast is interrupted by Sniffy.
: Behind the Mask!: Puzzle page. Identify the Beano characters disguised as other Beano characters.
: Fun and Games with Dennis the Menace: Text story. Dennis holds his own Olympics.
: The Bash Street Kids:Teacher has trouble parking his car.
: Paws for Thought: Puzzles themed around Gnasher's paw prints.
: Crazy for Daisy: Ernest goes looking for Daisy at a farm. Oo-arr!
: Walter's so soft...: "...he wears water-wings in case he floods the place watching soppy films."
: Les Pretend: Les causes class conflict by dressing up as some kind of 18th century nobleman in a council estate.
: Look Out For Dennis and Gnasher: Where's Wally-influenced shenanigans at a beach, only without that topless sunbather.
: Ball Boy is Sports Personality of the Year: Ball Boy meets Des Lynam and Kevin Keegan.

: Notes: The book's endpapers showcase pastel-on-canvas art of the Beano regulars by Glasgow artist Neil Smith.

2010

• "The Bash Street Kids": The kids create inflatable replicas of themselves.
• "Roger the Dodger: What to do if... You fancy freshly cooked pancakes!" Roger and pancakes.
• "Minnie the Minx": Minnie messes about with springs.
• "Dennis the Menace": Bea's farts are studied by a scientist.
• "The Numskulls": Edd gets tattooed.
• "What to do if... You can't get to sleep!": Smiffy suffers from insomnia.
• "Billy Whizz": Billy plays football.
• "Freddie Fear: What to do if... Your dragon gets hiccups": Little Plum cameos.
• "Lord Snooty the Third": Snooty takes up ice sculpting.
• "Ratz": The rodents are bored.
• "What to do if... You need self protection!": Cuthbert Cringeworthy incurs the wrath of Fatty.
• "Pirates of the Caribeano": The governor has a glass boat.
• "Ball Boy!": Ball Boy is taken to a dog obedience school.
• "Derek the Sheep": Derek is kept awake by squirrels.
• "Beano Winter Olympic Games": One-page drawing.
• "Roger the Dodger": Roger fantasises about finding a meteorite.
• "Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green": Johnny makes a scarecrow.
• "Beano Winter Olympic Games Prize Giving Ceremony": Single-page drawing. Dennis took the gold.
• "Gnasher and Gnipper": Trouble from a dog-catcher.
• "Fred's Bed": Fred makes off in a bi-plane.
• "Wish You Were Here...?" Single-page illustration. The Bash Street Kids muck about with one of those put-your-face-through-the-picture seaside attractions.
• "Bea & Ivy": Ivy reads Bea a bedtime story.
• "The Numskulls": Ed appears on a quiz show.
• "Biffo the Bear": Biffo researches his family tree.
• "Bet You're Glad You're Not Here!!!": Single-page illustration. The Bash Street Kids are still mucking about with one of those put-your-face-through-the-picture seaside attractions.
• "Billy the Cat and Katie": Starring Billy's Victorian ancestor William the Cat.
• "Menace-Puzzle Tree!": Treehouse-themed puzzle pages.
• "Dennis the Menace": The softies team up with the Colonel's great nephew.
• "Calamity James": James meets a hermit.
• "Les Pretend": Les pretends to be a mole.
• "Are You Smarter than Smiffy?": Quiz about the preceeding strips.
• "Aiken Drum": Hunt Emerson illustrates a Scottish nonsense song.
• "The Bash Street Kids": The kids go into space.
• "Minnie the Minx": Minnie infiltrates a hospital.
• "Billy the Cat and Katie": The steampunk continues.
• "Roger the Dodger": Teddy Slogan hosts the Eurovision Dodge Contest.