Dennis the Menace – Best Comic Character Ever

By John Freeman on 13 July 2013

Fab British humour comics new site Wacky Comics reports that the Scottish Sun‘s poll to find out who is the best British comics character ever has closed and the results posted, and – based on a selectuon of ten characters, all of them from DC Thomson comics except Dan Dare, Dennis the Menace has come out top.

Dennis, alongside his trusty sidekick Gnasher, collected 31 per cent of the votes to take the Number One spot, followed by the Bash Street Kids in second place with 15 per cent of the votes and Oor Wullie in third, with 14 per cent.

“Sadly the article only shows who appeared in first, second and third place,” Wacky Comics writer George Shiers notes, “as it would have been interesting to see the full list.”

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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.