Dennis Menace's First Ever Strip, 1951 Biffo the Bear prints This panel is taken from

This panel is taken from the very first Billy Whizz strip

dated 25 October 1986)

Note the animal skulls in the foreground

Popeye and Olive Oyl are an archetypal couple – they are obviously attracted to each other

And of course he was a working-class hero – the phrase “The Tough of the Track” was a sort of pun – it referred to his humble background as much as his gritty determination in competition

Dennis Menace's First Ever Strip, 1951 Biffo the Bear prints This panel is taken fromHandmade screen print on cotton paper. Signed and numbered out of 200 in pencil by the printer, John Patrick Reynolds. Standard size: 26cm x 19cm Medium size: 48cm x 38cm Large size: 76cm x 56cm Dennis has one of the most recognisable faces in Britain. That chaotic shock of hair, that round face, that grin. Hes also come to be associated with the colour red the colour of the stripe on his football jersey and the colour of danger. Dennis and Gnasher