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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: D.C. Thomson
Title: The Beano
Page Count: 20
Genre: Adventure, Animal, Anthropomorphic-funny Animals, Children, Humor, Superhero, Western-frontier
Era: Bronze
Cover Price: 0.02 GBP
Cover Date: January 1974
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Country: United Kingdom
Peter Robertson thinks that Dolphins are stupid fish, so Billy and Katie set out to prove him wrong.; Minnie has a poster of the famous gymnast Olda Sherbet, and attempts to show her readers her own gymnastic skills, much to her dad's annoyance. But who unexpectedly turns out to be a talented gymnast?; Head decides that the children are getting unfit, and that something must be done, so teacher, together with school gymnastics champion Stanley Twitchovitch, try in vain to get them fit. By the end of the strip the kids aren't all that's unfit.; Roger's mum has given him a list of jobs to do, and just then Jim Brown, the school team's star player, walks past, giving Roger an idea for a dodge, though Roger's day won't be as restful as he hopes.; Pa Bear sees an advert for a grand dog sled race, with a large banquet as the prize, and enters, but ends up dogged by bad luck!; Grandpa sees his neighbour's spinning top and wishes he had one, so his dad finds his old one in the attic. Grandpa quickly loses it, but is given a top replacement.; Lord Snooty and his pals climb into Aunt Mat's car, but it breaks under their weight, so Lord snooty suggests an older form of transport, then Aunt Mat has another suggestion.; Peeps mocks a toy poodle called Woofums, who gets revenge on her, but does she get away with it?; Billy Whizz's dad is pondering his bumpy lawn, when he is disturbed by thuds and bangs inside... Billy dancing to a record. Dad has an idea to solve both problems and leave them both happy.; "Baby-Face" hears the town crier shouting that there is a reward for the capture of "Baby-Face", so "Baby-Face" attempts to stop him, but reduces him to a different sort of town crier.; The McTickles go on a route-march, and Murdo's long beard proves to be just a nuisance... or is it?; Whiskers stays up all night to guard Porky's favourite cakes, but the Nibblers spook him to try and get to the food. Do they have a ghost of a chance?; Chiefy sees a tv programme about sedan chairs, and thinks it's a good idea, though Little Plum and his friends aren't so keen.; Dennis' mum is entertaining the Ladies' Circle that night, and has to make a cake and some sandwiches. Dennis is bored and wants some food now, so his mum reluctantly agrees to let him make just one sandwich for himself... but Dennis and his mum have very different sandwiches in mind.