Beano and The Dandy - Appliance of Science #[nn]

This 2024 collection from D.C. Thomson brings together the best science-themed mischief from both The Beano and The Dandy, and the cover alone sets the tone perfectly — a wonderfully chaotic laboratory packed wall-to-wall with familiar characters, bubbling contraptions, fizzing experiments, and general mayhem. Dennis the Menace in his trademark red-and-black stripes is right in the thick of it, surrounded by a cast of beloved rogues amid beehive-shaped machines, splattered goo, and gadgets gone gloriously wrong. If you've ever suspected that British comics and bad science were a natural fit, this "petri dish culture" of weird experiments and classroom catastrophes will confirm it with a grin.