General Jumbo

General Jumbo
Adventure story character(s) from The Beano
Alfie "Jumbo" Johnson in the General Jumbo story from The Beano Book 1956, drawn by Paddy Brennan[1]
Publication information
Stars in	General Jumbo (1953–1969, 1974–1975) Admiral Jumbo (1971)
Author(s)	Uncredited
Illustrator(s)	Paddy Brennan (1953–1954, 1963) John Nichol (1956) Dave Sutherland (1963–1965) Sandy Calder (1969–1975) Keith Robson (1998)
First appearance	Issue 583 (19 September 1953)
Last appearance	Issue 2924 (1 August 1998)
Current status	Discontinued
Character timeline	Issues 583 – 599, 732–739, 1072–1094, 1126–1175, 1201–1271, 1495–1521, 1678–1734, 2924
Also appeared in
Beano works	The Beano Annual 1956–1961, 1964–1968, 1971, 1975–1979, 1990–2006, 2008, 2009 Beano Summer Special 1964–1967, 1969–1971, 1974, 1975, 1988, 2005
DC Thomson works	The Dandy (issue 2381) Nutty
Main Character
Name	Alfie Johnson
Alias(es)	Jumbo General Jumbo Admiral Jumbo Jimmy "Jumbo" Johnson
Occupation	Student
Friends	Professor Carter
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General Jumbo is a British adventure story character from the comic magazine The Beano. He starred in the eponymous adventure story series, as well as the 1971 spin-off series Admiral Jumbo, and was illustrated by a variety of Beano's usual illustrators, including Paddy Brennan. Jumbo is a well-known Beano character with numerous references in popular culture, and was the last character to have an adventure stories series.