Wee Ben Nevis was a British

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comic, published in the comic book magazine '' The Beano'', first appearing in issue 1678, dated 14 September 1974, and continuing until 7 May 1977. It was drawn by

Vic Neill Vic Neill (24 November 1941 - 24 December 1999) was a British cartoonist who drew for D.C. Thomson and I.P.C.'s comics. His first notable comic work was on Sparky strip Peter Piper. In 1969, he replaced Dudley Dexter Watkins on Topper cover s ...

, and replaced '' The McTickles'', another Scottish themed strip by the same artist.

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Wee Ben Nevis was a fictional

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boy of superhuman strength. In the first storyline, Wee Ben is sent by his father (Big Ben Nevis) to Pudding College in England. On arriving, he meets the headmaster Prof. Egwell Fryd, who instructs him to "tidy up the classroom". Unfortunately, Wee Ben's idea of "tidying up" involves stuffing all the other students into cupboards. For the next few years, he brought chaos to staff and students alike. Much of the humour stemmed from the fact that Wee Ben never realised (or at least never anticipated) his own strength. His name is a pun on the Scottish mountain Ben Nevis. Beano strips British comics characters 1974 comics debuts Comics characters introduced in 1974 1977 comics endings Fictional Scottish people Comics characters with superhuman strength School-themed comics Male characters in comics Child characters in comics Gag-a-day comics Comics set in Scotland {{UK-comics-stub