Editing The Beano (section)

===Post-war changes (1945–1988)===
December 1945 marked a milestone: issue 272 became the first ''Beano'' issue to sell over a million copies.{{sfnp|''80 Years''|2018|p=19}} The end of the war also ushered in a new era for the comic, debuting [[superhero]] [[Jack Flash]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|title=[[Jack Flash]] the Flying Boy|date=1949-02-19|magazine=The Beano Comic|last=Watkins|first=Dudley D.|publisher=D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.|issue=355|editor-last=Moonie|editor-first=George}}</ref> the debut of [[Biffo the Bear]] as new cover star and a new generation of trouble-making kids: [[Dennis the Menace (Beano Character)|Dennis the Menace]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Dennis the Menace|date=1951-03-17|magazine=The Beano|last=Law|first=Davey|publisher=D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.|issue=452|editor-last=Moonie|editor-first=George}}</ref> [[Minnie the Minx]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Minnie the Minx|date=1953-12-19|magazine=The Beano|last=Baxendale|first=Leo|publisher=D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.|issue=596|editor-last=Moonie|editor-first=George}}</ref> [[The Bash Street Kids]],<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=When the Bell Rings|date=1954-02-13|magazine=The Beano|last=Baxendale|first=Leo|issue=604|publisher=D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.|editor-last=Moonie|editor-first=George}}</ref> and [[Roger the Dodger]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Roger the Dodger|date=1953-04-18|magazine=The Beano|last=Reid|first=Ken|publisher=D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.|issue=561|editor-last=Moonie|editor-first=George}}</ref> DC Thomson also introduced new comic magazines like ''[[The Beezer]]''<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=The Beezer|date=1956-01-21|magazine=The Beezer|publisher=D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.|issue=1}}</ref> and ''[[The Topper (comics)|The Topper]]''<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=The Topper|date=1953-02-06|magazine=The Topper|publisher=D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.|issue=1|publication-date=1953-02-07}}</ref> that a few ''Beano'' artists also created characters and stories for.{{sfnp|''History of The Beano''|2008|p=115}}

After the war saw a drift away from text stories and adventure comics, with the last text story published in 1955; adventure comics lasted longer with 1975 being the last year to feature them as ''[[General Jumbo]]''{{'s}} eighth series drew to a close in issue 1734.<ref>{{Cite magazine|issue=1734|title=[[General Jumbo]]|date=1975-10-11|magazine=The Beano|last=|first=|publisher=D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.|editor-last=Cramond|editor-first=Harold}}</ref>

George Moonie resigned as editor-in-chief in 1959 to develop comics for girls.{{sfnp|''80 Years''|2018|p=24}} Sub-editor of ''The Beezer'' Harry Cramond succeeded Moonie until retiring in 1984, described as the most influential editor in ''The Beano''{{'s}} history.{{sfnp|''80 Years''|2018|p=36}} He oversaw new merchandising, high sales,{{sfnp|''History of The Beano''|2008|p=231}}{{refn|group="Note"|''The Beano'' eventually passed ''The Dandy''{{'s}} sales by 100,000 copies.{{sfnp|''History of The Beano''|2008|p=160}} but both magazines sometimes sold up to four million issues per week.<ref>{{cite news |title=Beano and Dandy trading website |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-sussex-19071071 |work=BBC News |access-date=18 July 2021 |archive-date=12 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712055250/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-sussex-19071071 |url-status=live }}</ref>}} and the thousandth<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=The Beano|date=1961-09-10|magazine=The Beano|publisher=D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.|issue=1000|editor-last=Cramond|editor-first=Harold}}</ref> and two thousandth issues.<ref name=issue2000>{{Cite magazine|title=The Beano|date=1980-11-15|magazine=The Beano|publisher=D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.|issue=2000|editor-last=Cramond|editor-first=Harold}}</ref> DC Thomson's ''Beano'' offices featured on documentary television and Cramond's successor Euan Kerr guest-starred on television for the magazine's 50th anniversary.{{sfnp|''80 Years''|2018|p=46}}