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"
Astro Boy (character) Astro Boy (character) On 7 April 2003, the City of Niiza registered the character as an actual resident. He was also inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame in 2004. Atom (known as Astro Boy or just Astro in English) originally appeared as a supporting character in the comic "Atom Taishi" ("Ambassador Atom", sometimes referred to as "Captain Atom"), which appeared in "Shonen", a monthly magazine for boys, in April 1951. Tezuka then created a comic series in which Astro was the main character. Osamu Tezuka created Astro to be, in the words of Frederik L. Schodt (creator of the