Beano Annual 2022

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Big Eggo and all the other (then-current) characters are playing leapfrog as they approach a pool full of water. Front: Dennis is walking through Beanotown, and switches on his torch to find many "Beano Bugs" flying around him. 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: Many multi-coloured Pop-Art style pictures of the characters adorn the cover, with a gigantic hole in the centre where Dennis and Gnasher have driven through it with their Menace Car from the previous annual (Smiffy's head is also displayed upside-down). Front: All the characters are at the Beano's 75th birthday street party (this was a reference to all the street parties that were held over the country in 2012 to celebrate The Queen's Diamond Jubilee).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.

Front: Little Plum and Minnie the Minx (the latter is wearing a red-and- yellow striped jumper) are blowing up a giant balloon which is shaped like Biffo's head.Front: Dennis and Gnasher are chasing a pair of cats through the snow (and past a Dennis-like snowman). From 1943 to 1950 the annual was called "The Magic-Beano Book", which referred to the short-lived Magic Comic that had ceased publication in 1941 due to the Second World War's paper rationing. The name reverted to the original title of "The Beano Book" in 1950 and continued, the year changing for each subsequent annual, until the release of the 2003 book in 2002 when it was renamed "The Beano Annual". The 2011 Beano Annual is taller and wider than previous annuals.

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 is about to score a goal, for his football team. Gnasher is growling at the Bash Street Kids (who are all on top of the goalpost). Front: The Bash Street Kids are bouncing across a farm on a spacehopper (or a "Super Bouncer", as the book refers to it) that has Dennis's face. Biffo the Bear watches Dennis, as he plays a game of leapfrog with Little Plum, and a goat is about to butt him.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! Dennis rides his bike over a river into his Dad's prize apple tree, and all the other characters cheer him on.