Ping the Elastic Man

Ping the Elastic Man was a British gag-a-day comic strip series which originally appeared in the magazine The Beano in issue 1, dated 30 July 1938. It was drawn by Hugh McNeill. Ping was an elastic man who could stretch his body into absurd lengths. The series ran in the magazine until 1940.

After an absence of several decades, he met Minnie the Minx in issue 3185, a special 65th Anniversary issue of The Beano, dated 2 August 2003.

DC Thomson comics
Currently running comics	The Beano Dennis the Menace's EPIC Commando Fun Section in The Sunday Post
Adventure comics	Adventure Bullet Buddy Champ Commando The Crunch The Hornet The Hotspur The Rover The Skipper Spike Starblazer The Vanguard The Victor Warlord The Wizard
Girls' comics	Bunty Judy Mandy Nikki
Humour comics	The Beano BeanoMAX The Beezer Buzz Classics from the Comics Cracker The Dandy Fun Size Comics Hoot The Magic Comic Nutty Plug Sparky The Topper
Pre-school comics	Bimbo The Magic Comic Twinkle
Notable strips	Alf Tupper Baby Crockett Bananaman The Bash Street Kids Beryl the Peril Black Bob Biffo the Bear Big Eggo The Broons Calamity James Cuddles and Dimples Dennis the Menace Desperate Dan Ginger Gnasher Ivy the Terrible Jonah Keyhole Kate Korky the Cat Little Plum Lord Snooty Matt Braddock Mickey the Monkey Minnie the Minx Nero and Zero The Numskulls Oor Wullie Pansy Potter Roger the Dodger Tricky Dicky Willy Nilly Winker Watson Wilson the Wonder Athlete Wolf of Kabul
Comic annuals	The Beano Annual The Beezer Book The Bimbo Book The Dandy Annual The Hotspur Book for Boys The Sparky Book The Topper Book The Victor Book for Boys Warlord Book for Boys
Character annuals	Bananaman Annual The Bash Street Kids Annual Beryl the Peril Annual Black Bob Book The Broons Annual Dennis the Menace Annual The Desperate Dan Book Oor Wullie Annual
Notable artists	Barrie Appleby Nigel Auchterlounie Leo Baxendale Gordon Bell Nick Brennan Paddy Brennan Sid Burgon Reg Carter Wilbur Dawbarn Karl Dixon The Etherington Brothers Hunt Emerson Andy Fanton John Geering Barry Glennard Charles Grigg Ken H. Harrison Laura Howell Diego Jourdan Malcolm Judge David Law Trevor Metcalfe Allan Morley David Mostyn Vic Neill Robert Nixon Gary Northfield Nigel Parkinson Tom Paterson Jim Petrie Ken Reid Bill Ritchie David Parkins Jon Rushby Jamie Smart Lew Stringer David Sutherland Kev F. Sutherland Dudley D. Watkins Stevie White
Notable writers	Mike Chinn Gilbert Lawford Dalton Alan Grant Ian Gray R. D. Low Grant Morrison Tom Morton John Radford Cavan Scott John Smith
See also	List of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd publications List of Fleetway and IPC Comics publications List of Beano comic strips List of Dandy comic strips List of Beezer comic strips List of Beezer and Topper comic strips

The Beano
Current strips	Bananaman The Bash Street Kids Biffo the Bear Big Eggo Billy Whizz Calamity James Dangerous Dan Dennis the Menace Gnasher and Gnipper JJ Les Pretend Minnie the Minx The Numskulls Roger the Dodger Rubi's Screwtop Science Tricky Dicky Betty and the Yeti
Notable former strips	Baby Face Finlayson Ball Boy The Bash Street Kids - Singled Out Beaginnings Bea and Ivy The Belles of St. Lemons Billy the Cat Colin the Vet Colonel Crackpot's Circus Crazy for Daisy Danny's Nanny Derek the Sheep Fatty Fudge Freddie Fear General Jumbo Gnasher's Bit(e) Gnasher's Tale Gnash Gnews Gordon Bennett Grandpa Hairy Dan Helpful Henry The Germs Ivy the Terrible Jack Flash Jimmy and his Magic Patch Joe Jitsu Joe King Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green Jonah Little Plum Lord Snooty Lord Snooty the Third The Magic Lollipops The McTickles Meebo and Zuky Morgyn the Mighty The Nibblers Nicky Nutjob Number 13 Beano Street Olaff the Madlander Pansy Potter Ping the Elastic Man Pirates of the Caribeano Pup Parade Rasher Ratz Robbie Rebel Richard the Lion Simply Smiffy Smudge Splodge Super School The Three Bears Tim Traveller Tin-Can Tommy Tom, Dick and Sally Wee Ben Nevis Wee Peem Winnie the Witch Winston Zap Zodiac
Supporting characters	Bea Gnasher Walter the Softy
Television adaptations	The Beano's Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Show (ITV/TCC) Dennis and Gnasher (1996) (BBC) Dennis and Gnasher (2009) (BBC) Dennis And Gnasher: Unleashed! (BBC) The Magnificent Misadventures of Minnie
Writers and Artists	Barrie Appleby Nigel Auchterlounie Leo Baxendale Gordon Bell Basil Blackaller Paddy Brennan Nick Brennan Sid Burgon Reg Carter Wilbur Dawbarn Hunt Emerson Andy Fanton John Geering Barry Glennard Harry Hargreaves Ken H. Harrison Laura Howell Diego Jourdan Malcolm Judge David Law Trevor Metcalfe Allan Morley David Mostyn Vic Neill Robert Nixon Gary Northfield David Parkins Nigel Parkinson Tom Paterson Mike Pearse Jim Petrie Dean Rankine Ken Reid Bill Ritchie Jon Rushby Cavan Scott Duncan Scott Jamie Smart Lew Stringer David Sutherland Kev F. Sutherland Dudley D. Watkins Stevie White
See also	The Beano timeline The Beano Annual List of Beano comic strips by annual Beano comic libraries/Fun Size Comics BeanoMAX The Beano Summer Special Beano Video List of Beano comic strips Dennis the Menace Annual The Magic Comic Fun Size Beano Plug

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