Korky the Cat again dropped when the Dandy was re-branded into the magazine-themed "Dandy Xtreme". Korky returned again in the Dandy Xtreme Holiday Special, drawn by new Bananaman artist C. McGhie. , reprints of Korky strips by Nixon are appearing in the Dandy Xtreme. The Dandy was relaunched on 27 October 2010 with Phil Corbett taking over as the Korky artist. Corbett's Korky is squatter than previous incarnations of the cat with dark blue fur rather than black. The trademark red nose, green eyes and fluffy white belly remain the same. Adult comic Viz parodied "Korky the Cat" in a strip entitled "Korky
Beryl the Peril appeared in the first issue of "The Topper" in 1953. She was created to be a female equivalent to "The Beano"'s Dennis the Menace. Davey Law, her artist and creator, drew inspiration from his daughter, who would often pull faces during her tantrums. The strips were similar in concept to the Dennis the Menace ones in that she would cause chaos through menacing her neighbours, parents and school teachers. In 1958, Beryl was chosen as one of the few of D.C. Thomson's characters to earn an annual all to herself, consisting solely from reprints in past years. When Law retired