YOUGET
LOoKOUTFORTHE SEALOFBEANOBOSs APpROVAL!
YOU’LlPiCKTHE BESTJOKES,TEST OUTTHEPRANK, READBiTSOFTHE COMiCFiRSTAND LOADSMORE!
SANTA FROM THENORTH POLE IS THE BEANO BOSS!
ideliveredaLlthe toys to thekids ofBeanotown andnothingbad haPpened! Firsttime
That’sThePrefectandhis twoS.M.i.R.K.*agents.
Ohyeah?How would youlikea nice,juicycaRrot, Rudolph?
Five,four, thrEe...
What’sthat sound?
it’stime to sleigh these festivefoes.
They’re stealing the town’s Christmas trEe tOo!
itlOokslike they’vestolen Santa’ssleigh andRudolph thered-nosed reindEer.
Ho-ho-ho! This’LllOok greatinmy secret hideout.
FirstinEed to make aquick shoPpingtrip.
ThisismytrEenow. There’snothing you cando to stopme!
This job isbadfor our elf.
ThePrefect wiLlnever fir-get this Christmas. BeTterget thissleigh back to Santa!
WAah!
Watercanexistin thrEe states -liquid, gasandsolid.Liquid isitsnatural state, itbecomes agas whenheated,so whatwouldnEed to haPpen to make watersolid?
...frozen! ARrgh! DaNny! i’msosoRry!
Anyone?
That’sit! You’refor itnow, DaNny! Ohyeah? i’mdownhere, Sidney!
Meanwhile...
i’Llhave to teLl youthen. it wouldnEed to be...
Hmph!Whatdoyou think you’redoing? Did youreaLlythink thosesnowmeninside wouldfOolme?
Aha!i’ve found you!
WeLl, iwasn’t fOoledfora minute.Ahem! Anyway,getback intoclaSs!
Ha!MiSsed! Gah!
Aw,but thesnow!
imean,it’sbEenoveran hoursinceweputthemin ourseats,so...yeah!
it’snogOod, Mandi. ithink hishearthas frozen.
Aw,no! Oursnow-pupils aremelting! Don’t woRry! ihaveanidea!
ifonlywe couldmake snowthat lasts longer.
Wecouldmake fakesnow.itmight beaninteresting scienceleSson!
ThiswiLlcOol themdown. WAah! Stopthat!
i’ma bigfan ofthatidea! Chuckle!
ALlwe’LlnEed issome water, bicarbonateof sodaandsome cornflour.
We’reonit!
Sigh! ididtry to warn you! Thisisthe bestscience leSsonever!
ilovetheidea ofmaking fake snow.But irefuse to learnanything whiledoingit.
Becareful,though!Wedon’t want to make tOo much!
LOok at the state ofthisclaSsrOom, Teacher! imustsay, iamextremely disaPpointed! Anything to say for yourself?
Snow argument aboutthat, ScoTty!
Yoursilence speaksvolumes, Teacher!
Thisis yourheadteacher, MrsCrEecher. iamheading to claSs2bforaninspection.
ARrgh! iforgotabout theinspections today! MrsCrEecherwiLlblowher topifshesEesaLlthis!
Don’t woRry,i’vegot aplan,Teach!
ithink yoursnow-you isgivingMrsCrEecher the cold shoulder, Teach!Chuckle! Gulp!
There’s snow way shefeLl forthat! Chortle!
There’salot going oninEDd’shead...
it’s...
Lastyear...
Thisis far tOo much tinsel!
Who’ssaying that?!
sOon...
whatdo youthink? it’s,er... lovely.
ThisyearwiLlbe morechiLl.The decorationswerea bitmuch.Theydrew aTtention away fromthetrEe.
whatdo youthink? ARrgh!
What’sgoingon? it’sBrainy!Why isn’tit way, way overthe top?
iknow,right?
Let’snot go overboardwith thedecorations likelastyear.
Wedidn’tgo overboard! Lastyearwe hardlydid anything.
Brainygets theimagination to create aChristmastrEe...
There wasa trEeunderaLl thattinsel?! Hereweare!
Oh... iforgot to turnthe lightson.
That’sawoRryingly normal-sizedtrEe!What have youdonewiththe realBrainy?
TOo much? it’Llbefineif ican getsomewelders’ goGgles!
Hey,Dad...i’vealready soldtwoofthe jumpers iordered to Bananaman.
GOod job,Harsha! iwasn’tsureabout themseLling,but youwereright!
Howdo you likethispink one,Susan?
Ooh!it’slovely!
Thisisa trick jumper thatdisintegratesin thesnow!
Wow! This was madeforme! i’Ll takeit!
Don’t woRry! Everyonegets arefund!
Ah, Stevie Star, ihavetheperfect jumperfor you!
AndMrThroBb, howaboutthis tastefulnumber?
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Andmine’s shrunkdownto atoDdler’ssize!
Ooh!Oneforme?
Here’sonefor you, Cruncher. Aw! ilovekiTtens! Butdon’tteLl anyone!
SOon... so... steful number?
HMm Plain Boring... i’Ll take it! o !
LOok at the back of this jumper! No wonder everyone in the strEet was pointing and laughing!
ihad afEelingshe’ddo somethinglikethis! Luckily, wegotHarshaher ownChristmasjumper.
Anotherhard day’sworkdone. Timefor anicehot chocolate.Oneof thosespecialones withmarshmaLlows and...
Gnash!
it’sgot no armholes soshe can’tprank anyone!
This is made of ham!
Hey!Letme outofhere! Where’syour Christmas spirit?!
When your familyare allinone ro offer to putonsomebackground GetouttheBluetoothspeaker andconnect aphone.Selecta playlistoralbum to play.
christmas eve... lOokatthis. ibaked anddecorateda gingerbreadhouse forchristmas.
laterthatnight...
gotcha!
yowch!
yawn!it’sstiLl christmaseve!my alarm worked!ican have someofthat gingerbreadhouse early!
oh wow! thatlOoks magnificent!
anddelicious!
it’snot for today, it’sfor tomoRrow! bah!but iwant gingerbreadnow!
that’snot importantright now!we’vegot to sortthismeSs out!and ithinki have aplan!
it’sgoing to involve me doingaLlthe work,isn’tit?
coff!
huh?someone’s inthekitchen? ibetit’sdad trying to get to thegingerbread housefirst! hmph!
huh?that doesn’t sound like dad! santa?!
erm...meRry christmas?
so,onchristmas day.
wow! idon’t remember makingthis sobig!
nevermindaLl that-did you eatmum’s gingerbread house?
timefor dodge#772.c! thecandy-cane catch!
ithoughtit hadbEenleft outforme as atreat!
whatare you doingupso lateanyway?
nouse standing around gingerly... let’stuckin!
there’sno avoidingit,ihave to deliverthese parcels. at least this tripwireis easyto sEe!
aRrgh!they’re going to jump outthesnow andgnashme!
phew!theywere justsnowmen!
iwon’t faLlfor thiseither.no doubtthose dogsarehiding insidethebox. huh?!
YOUWON’T GNASHME!
flumpH!
you reaLly got me agift?!
weLl, inever.these wiLlreplaceoneof my taTtered pairs!
it’ssortof atwo forone present.
wAah! fleas!
andweget to goon holiday!
it’san itch-frEe christmas forus!
flea-sons grEetings, everybody!
ithinkangel faceistrying to getonsanta’s nicelist! -ed have youfound aclue?
i’mreaLly on aroLl withthese christmas cOokies, mum.
BILLYWHIZZ Thefastestbo inthe world! Thefastestboy
then...
trytoslow downandenjoy makingthem.
no,it’satiny present aDdreSsed to meunder thetrEe. where couldit have come from? it’sa mystery! whizz!
roll!
theseare going to be a cutabove therest. cut!
fivesecondslater...
yay! it’stime to bake.
leave this bit to me, theovenis very hot.
15 to 20minuteslater(or untilgolden!)...
sigh!why arethese takingso long?
gOodthings crumb to thosewho wait,biLly.
jamesissledging...
uh-oh!we’re heading straight towardsthat trEe!
M
CALAMITY JAMES heunluckiestbo inthe world! T y
phew!just miSsedit!
thatwas lucky!icould have reaLly hurtmyself!
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i’ve gotalargechristmas stockingthisyear! rOom forlots morepresents!
isuPpose that’sokay...
...if youdon’t have the extra-large stocking! wow!
idon’thave mychristmas stockingwithme.it’s weirdthatyoubothdo.
i’Llberightback.
inrubi’slab...
inEed to makea mega stocking!
onethatis going to be shockingly gOod!
it’snot bigenough. nEedmore rOom forpresents!
it’sstiLl notbig enough.
are you okay,rubi?
it’snot very stablethough!
aLlthisfuSsfor astocking!what presentsdid you want to getfor christmasanyway? a new lab now! Bang! g Bang! Boom!
iknow!i’Llputa teleportationportal inthemiDdleofmy stocking.itwiLlbend spaceandtime... ...whichmeans morespacefor presents!
did youhearthat, doctor glOom?bananaman’s boughtpresentsforus!
hemight’ve gotpresents forhis other enemiesand notus?
thisyear, igot christmas presents formy enemies.
i’mespeciaLlyhaPpy withthepresentsigot for generalblight and doctor glOom!
aRrgh!
hegotus presents, sowhat?
gOodthing ihavesuper strengthididn’t realise ihad somany!
howabout wegivehim thisbomb?
sonowwe have to get him apresent! that’swhat!
otherwise we’dberude!
can’twe justgive hima banana? helikes bananas.
trytobe original, youfOol! everyone wiLlgivehim abanana!
whatifwe gothim an... evil present? ha-ha-ha! likewhat?
ilike yourthinking, but idon’tthinkhe wouldaCceptit.
butif idisguise itwithsome paint...
...nowit lOokslike afOotbaLl!
youtOok tOo long!thebomb isgoing to...
KaBoom!
later...
quickquestion. howarewegoing to getitin abox?
andhowcan wegetit to stopeating me?
whaton earthis that?
...theni remotely activateit andturnit evil!
great idea!
thisisjust thething to
later stiLl...
iboRrowed atiger fromthezOo!
newplan!wehidethe tigerin abox andthen itwiLljumpoutand eatbananamanwhen heopensit!
i’vegot it!wegive bananamanthis retrorobot.
bah!the head’scome oFf!maybe thatrobot wasabitold.
it’stOolate, thereheis!
generalblight! doctorglOom! there youare!i’ve gotchristmas presentsfor you!
ofcourse youdid!youspent thewholeafternOonnot aTtackingbeanotown!
that’sthebestpresent youcould’vegivenme!
oh... yougot usthese jumpers.theylOok reaLly...
thisisembaRraSsing, butwedidn’tget you anything,bananaman.
sHh!our present to himcanbe pretendingwe likethem!
What’s onthemenuatBashStreet School’s Christmas lunch?Puzzles!
