Minnie the Minx

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Minnie the Minx is a comic strip character published in the British comic magazine The Beano. Created and originally drawn by Leo Baxendale to be a female version of Dennis the Menace, she first appeared in issue 596, dated 19 December 1953, making her the third longest running Beano character behind Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger. She would later be drawn by Jim Petrie, Tom Paterson, Ken H. Harrison and Laura Howell. She would also appear in animated films. Minnie is depicted as a tomboy, with a real name of Hermione Makepeace Like Desperate Dan from The Dandy, she has a statue in Dundee. In 2021, Minnie the Minx featured on a commemorative UK postage stamp issued by the Royal Mail to mark 70 years of Dennis the Menace.

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