Christmas comes early for BEANO fans this week, with a special issue on sale today, loaded as usual with laughs, jumping with jokes and packed with pranks!
BEANO No. 4266, on sale now in all good newsagents, comes in a card envelope, just like previous year’s Christmas special issues, offering six free gifts including a game, jigsaw, activity comic and poster.
Inside, Santa is on board as this week’s editor, The Bash Street Kids try to evade Teacher by replacing themselves with snowmen, Gnasher has an… unusual present for Postie, but Bananaman‘s enemies don’t seem to appreciate he’s bought them something.
The big story, though, is a “Beano All-Stars” tale, as Beanotown’s finest – Minnie the Minx, Roger the Dodger, The Bash Street Kids and more – take on “The Grumpus“, who has stolen everyone’s presents! Do they have the presence of mind to find him and reclaim their gifts? (Oh, all right, I’ll get my coat and leave the jokes to Nigel Auchterlounie and Nigel Parkinson, readers!)
If you’re after more BEANO-inspired fun, be sure to check in at Beano.com, where you can currently play “Santa’s Gone Missing” – and grab a free gift if you find him!
With puzzles, laughs, stories, and comic strips, The Beano No. 4266 is on sale now in all good newsagents, some run by the Grumpus, and various digital platforms
This Christmas, get 15 issues for £30 by subscribing! Packed with epic adventures, pranks, jokes and more | Subscribe to Beano today so you don’t miss out! (15 issue pre-pay)
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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.
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