Controversy The Beano has had a few controversies throughout its lifetime, but aspects have either been discontinued, phased out or changed to not cause offence. Its infamous changes are the removal of corporal punishment (e.g. Dennis the Menace often depicted receiving bottom spanks with a slipper by his furious father) and misbehaving characters abandoning slingshots—the latter irritating former readers for being a "politically correct" notion, usually highlighted with claim "Dennis has lost his menace". thumb|Peanut stands to the masthead's left holding a slice of watermelon. Racist depictions and terminology have been removed through the years as well. Little Plum sub-title "Your redskin chum" was not included in its 2002 revival. The first masthead character was a caricatured design of a black boy named Peanut, mascot of the Little Peanut's Page of Fun joke page (appeared from issues 1 to 112), usually eating watermelon. His last masthead feature was in December 1947, but subsequent reprints of the first issues have removed him. Hard-Nut the Nigger and Musso the Wop have not had reprints since their last appearances, the latter being printed during World War II when Britain was at war with Fascist Italy.
controversy the beano has had a few controversies throughout its lifetime but aspects have either been discontinued phased out or changed to not cause offence its infamous changes are the removal of corporal punishment (eg dennis the menace often depicted receiving bottom spanks with a slipper by his furious father) and misbehaving characters abandoning slingshots—the latter irritating former readers for being a "politically correct" notion usually highlighted with claim "dennis has lost his menace" thumb|peanut stands to the masthead's left holding a slice of watermelon racist depictions and terminology have been removed through the years as well little plum sub-title "your redskin chum" was not included in its 2002 revival the first masthead character was a caricatured design of a black boy named peanut mascot of the little peanut's page of fun joke page (appeared from issues 1 to 112) usually eating watermelon his last masthead feature was in december 1947 but subsequent reprints of the first issues have removed him hard-nut the nigger and musso the wop have not had reprints since their last appearances the latter being printed during world war ii when britain was at war with fascist italy