The Dandy most notably Bananaman from Nutty and Cuddles from Hoot, who teamed up with a "Dandy" character to form a new strip entitled Cuddles and Dimples. Both have been quite long-running, having been in the "Dandy" since the 1980s and each having appeared on the front cover of both "The Dandy" and the comics from which they originated. After the closure of "The Beezer" and "The Topper", "The Dandy" inherited some of its strips as well, including Beryl the Peril, Puss 'n' Boots (who had been in "Sparky" before being moved to "The Topper") and Owen Goal (who appeared in "Nutty"
The Unexpected was "Johnny Peril" which ran from issues #106–117. For issues #111–on, the titular protagonist was billed as an "adventurer of the weird". Johnny Peril would again appear in issues #200 and 205–213. Johnny Peril's roots, prior to his first appearance, came in the one-off story "Just a Story" in All-American Comics' "Comic Cavalcade" #15 (July 1946), by writer–artist Howard Purcell. With issue #22 (Sept. 1947), the anthological "Just a Story" series gained newspaper-reporter character Johnny Peril, who often acted as witness or narrator rather than as an integral part of the narrative. With this issue, the series title became "Johnny