''Wee Peem'' was a British comic strip character in ''

The Beano ''The Beano'' (formerly ''The Beano Comic'') is a British anthology comic magazine created by Scottish publishing company DC Thomson. Its first issue was published on 30 July 1938, and it published its 4000th issue in August 2019. Popular and ...

'', first written and designed by James Jewell. He starred in two comic strips between 1938 and 1957, and would get up to various forms of mischief in a similar way to later ''Beano'' strips such as '' Dennis the Menace'' and '' Minnie the Minx''.

Synopsis

Peem is a little boy with a large, round head with long limbs, usually dressed in a stripy jumper, shorts, and a strip cap too small for his head. His stories would be about his misbehaviours irritating and angering adults. His name is "Little James" in the Scots language.

Character history

Peem debuted in ''Wee Peem (He's a Proper Scream)'' in ''The Beano'' first issue with '' Lord Snooty and His Pals'', '' Helpful Henry'', '' Morgyn the Mighty'', ''The Adventures of Tom Thumb'', and ''

Big Eggo ''Big Eggo'' was a British comic strip series about an eponymous ostrich, published in the British comic magazine '' The Beano''. He first appeared in issue 1, dated 30 July 1938, and was the first cover star. His first words in the strip were ...

''. ''The Beano'' magazine contained two types of children's fiction: comic strips and adventure

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stories; ''Wee Peem'' was the former, inspired by the funny pages of American newspapers. When it ended in issue 89,

DC Thomson DC Thomson is a media company based in Dundee, Scotland. Founded by David Couper Thomson in 1905, it is best known for publishing ''The Courier (Dundee), The Courier'', ''Evening Telegraph (Dundee), The Evening Telegraph'' and ''The Sunday Pos ...

reprinted some of the ''Wee Peem'' strips in '' The People's Journal'', along with some new stories by James Malcolm. A similar character in both appearance and mannerisms appeared in the first '' Dandy Monster Comic'' under the name Dipper the Dodger. Peem returned to ''The Beano'' a decade later in issue 486's ''Wee Peem's Magic Pills'', a 21-issue series by Charles Grigg about Peem and his mischief after finding a bottle of tablets (named B-Pills) that fell from Dr Quack's medicine truck. Peem made his first ''Beano Annual'' appearance in 1940. In 1956, the ''Wee Peem'' strip got rebooted by Hugh Morren for 51 stories between issues 714 and 765. As of 2021, it was the last time Peem had a ''Beano'' series, although he would make appearances for the 80th anniversary in both the 2019 ''Beano'' Annual and the 80th-anniversary issue.

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