Oor Wullie tries a bowler hat on for style Billy Whizz prints Excerpted from the first time

Excerpted from the first time that Dennis the Menace made it onto the front cover of The Beano in 1974

It's such a joyful image

Dennis himself first appeared in 1951 and has gone through various phases since he first appeared

She is a kind of girl version of Dennis the Menace – and even wears a similar striped jersey

Watkins drew Biffo from the character’s debut until he died on 20 August 1969

Oor Wullie tries a bowler hat on for style Billy Whizz prints Excerpted from the first timeHandmade 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 DC Thomson & Co Ltd