Goodwill ambassador Dennis the Menace mascot at the Hartlepool 2010 Tall Ships Race, Village and Marina, Teesside, North Yorkshire, UK

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Dennis the Menace (known as Dennis the Menace and Gnasher since 1970) is a long-running comic strip featured in The Beano children's comic, published by D. C. Thomson & Co., Dundee, Scotland. The strip first appeared in issue 452, released on 15 March 1951 (cover dated for the off-sale date of 17 March), and is the longest running strip in the comic. From issue 1678 onwards (dated 14 September 1974) Dennis the Menace replaced Biffo the Bear on the front cover, and has been there ever since

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Size: 2333px × 3500px
Location: Hartlepool Harbour and Victoria Docks, Hartlepool, North Teeside, UK
Photo credit: © MediaWorldImages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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