The Dandy Annual name changed to The Dandy Book in 1952 and continued, the year changing for each subsequent annual, until the release of the 2003 book in 2002 when it was renamed "The Dandy Annual". Despite the comic's relaunch as Dandy Xtreme in 2007, the annual was still known as "The Dandy Annual". This is likely because the annuals of the time were mostly made up of "Dandy Comix", due to the topical nature of the magazine's "Xtreme" content. In unison with the comic at the time, the front cover usually featured Korky the Cat. After Desperate Dan took over the front
Billy the Cat and Katie Cat story, though he reappeared in the 2010 annual, starring "William the cat" in a Victorian setting which turns out to be the hallucination of an unconscious William Grange, on a school trip to a museum. He made a guest appearance in the 70th anniversary Beano in 2008, this time drawn in a Manga-like style by Laura Howell. Billy returned to the comic shortly after in issue 3454 (dated 18 October 2008), as a single-page strip illustrated by Barrie Appleby. Despite this, Nigel Dobbyn's version of the strip appeared in the Beano Annual 2011 . However, Dobbyn was unhappy with