1. Age range - 8-12
Because the main
character is young
and the clothes he
Wears and based on
A kids tv show on cbbc
(kids channel)
Class- A-C1 because
they get more
disposable income
Gender- boys
Because the main
character is a boy the
clothes he wears
expresses that he's a
stereo type boy. In the
tv shows he does lots
of pranks on his
neighbours. The comic
also uses stereo type
male colours on the
comic front cover
Likes/dislikes- like-the colours
notify That the comic is mainly
for boys Dislike- its too stereo
typical some girls might Like
reading beano because there
are girls in beano town
Codes- the colours used
are very masculine so that
Expresses that it’s a boys comic
The language used is informal
Because of the age range is
8-12
The price is 50p so the target
Audience can afford the comic
its is also for a higher class because
they could afford it weekly
The target audience Is
young boys who like pranking
Institutions – no institutions
Because the target audience
care more about the colours
than the institutions
masthead- the colours used
are very bold so its eye catching
Representation- the main
character is a boy with nobly
knees and that represents that
he's laid back and causal he has scruffy
clothes and messy hair and implies that
he doesn’t care about his appearance
Facial expressions- the look on
Dennis's dads face shows that
he is happy to be having a girl
but the look on Dennis's face
shows disappointment And
his anger and shock to the news of
adding a new baby girl in the equation
The full bleed is set
in the
hospital Because of
what
Dennis's dads
wearing
The speech bubble shows that
The father is very proud to be
Having a baby girl because or
the exclamation mark and the
facial Features and the text is big, bold
so its easy to read and stands out
Motion lines- there are motion
lines when the dad storms into
the room to share the good
news with Dennis. When Dennis
and nasha (the dog) falls backwards
when the dad storms in
There is a plug on the top
of the comic to inform readers
that there is going to be a
new character (Dennis's new sister)
and tells the reader what's going to
be inside the comic
The target audience will enjoy
reading the comic for entertainment
because the reader will see that the
character relates to them with the
clothes he wears and the fact that he’s
a boy who doesn’t care about his
appearance boys will learn to relate to the character
It includes free bees
because it makes
people buy the comic
Issue number
helps
collectors
Barcode useful
for selling in
stores
The colours used are primary colours, red and black are
associated the devil and those are the colours that dennis wears
Alliteration-the
tag line
is catchy and
fun and rolls
off the tongue

2. Play on words when said
“play for life…” pray as in
God and prey as food prey
The colours used are
masculine and dark it helps
Set the gender which is male
Publishers logo Marvel makes
people who Read the marvel
comics buy this one. it’s a
way of advertising the comic
There is an issue number
And that tells us when the
Comics have been made
It helps collectors
The price is show and is
Set for the age range the
Comic is set for, its is also
The amount of money that
The age range will be able
To afford.
The age range is 10-15
People that age would be
trying to read scary
comics to show how
grown up the are . The age is 10-15
Because of the dark boy like colours
that are used and the full bleed image
the villain dressed as a bird
makes people scared.
Birds hunt for food such as
worms and spiders
(spider man is his prey)
The cactus shows that
The scene is set in a desert
And helps tell what the story
Is on the inside
Symbolia -All the birds are following
The bad guy (he is making
Them follow him) shows that
He is the leader
The masthead doesn’t
Stand out, it is also dull
This help show that it’s
a dark Comic not meant
for girls
There are no frames
Around the image
Spider-mans clothes are
ripped and he is sweating
it shows that he is struggling
There is a narrative indicator
At the top of the page
“a civil war chapter” it
helps explain that there
will be a war going on in the comic
Publishers logo helps people
know who the publisher is
because they might like the
things they publish
Typical type of comic art used for the comic
Might attract people who like the civil war
Intertextual reference shows that marvel has made this comic

3. Similarities and differences
• Beano is more for young ages as for the spider man comic is more for older and more mature ages
• The animation is different- the drawing styles are different
• The spider man comic shows you the publishers logo as for beano it doesn’t because the target audience
wouldn’t care what the publishers logo was
• The colours are more dull but the beano one is more colourful because the target audience usually goes
the eye catching comics but the readers of the spider man comic only care about what's inside the comic
not about the colours because they are more mature
• The spider man has more developed words that the readers would understand but the beano comic has
easy to read words because the target audience isn't as mature and developed as the spider man comic
• The beano comic has free bees because it need something to draw the target audience in but as for the
spider man comic all is added it a civil war chapter because that would interest the audience of the comic.