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Richard the Lion was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, starting in issue 1678, dated 14 September 1974, and continuing for another few years afterwards.

Drawn by David Gudgeon, Richard, a mangy lion and self-styled "king" of Lord Threadbare's safari park, managed the other animals for his Lordship. Other regular characters included Lord Threadbare's butler and his nephew Oswald.

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Former strips	Alf Wit · Baby Face Finlayson · Bea · The Belles of St. Lemons · Biffo the Bear · Big Eggo · Billy the Cat · Brave Captain Kipper · Camp Cosmos · Calamity James · Christmas Carole · Colin the Vet · Colonel Crackpot's Circus · Crazy for Daisy · Danny's Nanny · Derek the Sheep · Doctor Beastly · Fatty Fudge · The Fix-It Twins · General Jumbo · Gnasher's Tale · Gnasher and Gnipper · Go, Granny, Go! · Gordon Bennett · Grandpa · Hairy Dan · Helpful Henry · Hugh Dunnit · Inspector Horse and Jocky · Ivy the Terrible · Jack Flash · Jacky Daw with Maw and Paw · Jimmy and his Magic Patch · Joe Jitsu · Joe King · Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green · Johnny Hawk · Jonah · Karate Sid · Les Pretend · Little Plum · Lord Snooty · Lord Snooty the Third · The Magic Lollipops · Maxy's Taxi · The McTickles · Morgyn the Mighty · The Nibblers · Nicky Nutjob · Olaff the Madlander · Pansy Potter · Phone-a-Fiend · Ping the Elastic Man · Pirates of the Caribeano · Rasher · Robbie Rebel · Richard the Lion · Rip Van Wink · Simply Smiffy · Singled Out · Smudge · Space Kidette · Splodge · Stripz · Sweet Sue · The Three Bears · Tim Traveller · Tin-Can Tommy · Tom, Dick and Sally · Tricky Dicky · Vic Volcano · Wee Ben Nevis · Wee Peem · The Yeti with Betty · Zap Zodiac

Supporting characters	Walter the Softy · Foo Foo

See also	Bash Street School · Beanotown · The Beano Annual · Beano comic libraries · BeanoMAX · The Beano Summer Special · List of Beano comic strips · List of Beano comic strips by annual · Beanotown Racing

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