Vic Volcano was a short lived fictional comic character in The Beano

The Beano

The Beano is a British children's comic, published by D.C. Thomson & Co and is arguably their most successful.The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938, and was published weekly. During the Second World War,The Beano and The Dandy were published on alternating weeks because of paper and ink...

. The comic strip was about a boy with a literally fiery temper. He was a character that was easily offended and easy to make angry. Whenever he had such a temper, smoke would come out of his ears and fire would come out of his mouth.

This would result in a variety of outcomes. One example is where his boss tries to dock his wages for delivering papers a little bit late and says he would never cheat him again after his papershop was wrecked by Vic's temper.

In another strip he was bet £10 not to lose his temper during one strip and he was able to do this, until he was paid with Monopoly

Monopoly (game)

Marvin Gardens, the leading yellow property on the board shown, is actually a misspelling of the original location name, Marven Gardens. The misspelling was said to be introduced by Charles Todd and passed on when his home-made Monopoly board was copied by Charles Darrow and thence to Parker...

 money. One other example was when he was in a diving competition and his coach insulted him as he was about to dive, which resulted in him doing a very furious and spectacular dive, which in turn helped him to win the competition.

Vic Volcano had first appeared in a vote in 1995. In his introductory episode, he was told by Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace (UK)

Dennis the Menace, later called Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and now Dennis and Gnasher, is a long-running comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano, published by D. C...

 that he had to be good at something in order to be in the Beano. He found this out by being pelted by tomatoes by The Bash Street Kids

The Bash Street Kids

The Bash Street Kids is an ongoing comic strip featuring in the British comic The Beano. The strip was created by Leo Baxendale under the title When the Bell Rings, and first appeared in The Beano in issue 604, dated 13 February 1954. It became The Bash Street Kids in 1956 and since then, it has...

 and being sent spinning by Billy Whizz

Billy Whizz

Billy Whizz is a fictional character featured in the British comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1139, dated 16 May 1964, when it replaced The Country Cuzzins. Billy, the title character, is a boy who can run extraordinarily fast. His speed often causes chaos yet at the same time his ability...

. Vic got so angry that he almost exploded. That was when he became Vic Volcano. This strip was drawn by Robert Nixon

Robert Nixon

Robert Fletcher Nixon is a retired politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death...

. The other contestants, Chip the Stone Age Boy, the Sort out squad and Minder Bird lost to Vic Volcano. After that, he became a regular character in the comic. Various subsequent strips were drawn by Trevor Metcalfe

Trevor Metcalfe

Trevor Metcalfe born May 1939 in Brotton, Yorkshire is a British illustrator and comic book artist. Known for his comic strips in IPC Magazines comics such as Sweet Tooth and Junior Rotter in Whizzer and Chips....

. In total, he made 32 appearances over 1995-1996. His final appearance in the comic came in issue no 2836, dated 23 November 1996.