Deck the halls with BEANO jolly!

By John Freeman on September 21, 2025 • ( 0 )

The Christmas adverts have started on the telly, so it’s no surprise to see DC Thomson’s BEANO Christmas Special is on sale, and available to order direct from the publisher web shop here, and online retailers including AmazonUK (Affiliate Link).

BEANO Christmas Special - cover by Nigel Parkinson — *BEANO Christmas Special – cover by Nigel Parkinson*

This year’s Special, featuring a cover by Nigel Parkinson, offers you a take on Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” like you’ve never seen before – “a hilarious retelling of the classic tale by … Watt The Dickens!”

It’s Christmas Eve and Dennis is reading his baby sister, Bea, a bedtime story – the classic tale of “A Christmas Carol”. But during the telling, Dennis decides to add his own bits… lots of his own bits!

This heartwarming tale of Scrooge finding his Christmas spirit features some familiar faces as the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, plus superheroes, robots, secret agents… and one very unlucky caveman!

Join the fun across 76 pages of comics, jokes, puzzles and things to do that’ll make this the most Beano Christmas ever!

Grab it now for a stocking filler later!

• Order your copy of the 2025 Beano Christmas Special here direct from DC Thomson, or AmazonUK (Affiliate Link)

Here’s some sample pages…

BEANO Christmas Special 2025 Sample Pages

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.