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Archive: Beano Annual 1989

Take a peek inside this 1980’s annual, filled with classic comic strips and adventure stories!

1989 Beano Annual

This annual was the first Beano Book to have half of its pages printed in full colour, rather than two colours of ink. Check out the contrast!

The Scariest House in Beanotown

Come to Number 13! Just two years after its weekly debut, this family of creeps made it into the Beano annual.

What a difference!

Colour colour everywhere, right before your eyes! The following year would see full colour across all its pages, with the weekly comic following suit in October 1993.

Gnasher, Gnipper, Gnatasha, Gnaomi, Gnora, Gnancy, and Gnanette!

Gnice to meet you, readers! Check out this rare appearance from the whole Gnasher lineage, following on from the notorious “Gnasher Goes Missing” storyline of 1986. Click through to see the pages in full colour!

Click below to check out all the Beano Annuals from the 80s!