Beano or Dandy?

In my view, (disregarding the themed or gender targeted comics like Victor, 2000AD, Roy of the Rovers, Bunty or Judy), there were 3 categories of comic -
1 - The cheaper, more childish ones like Beano and Dandy (Published by DC Thomson,)
2 - The bigger, More expensive with better quality jokes and darker humour like Whizzer and Chips, Buster, Krazy and Whoopee! (Published by Odhams, later IPC)
3 - The midrange price, yet somehow lower quality ones where it seemed like writers and cartoonists did their apprenticeships, or maybe they just used as a place to sell their crappier strips, like Topper and Beezer.(Also DC Thomson)

I remember suddenly hitting a point where I realised I was only interested in the 2nd category because I thought the others were either too babyish or just shit.

Incidentally, there was an artist called Leo Baxendale who was highly influential in comic illustrations. (He was responsible for such creations as the Bash Street Kids, Minnie the Minx, Grimly Feendish and, my favourite, Sweeney Toddler). 

He was the only illustrator at the time that gave the reader free little extra jokes, such as peripheral characters doing weird stuff in the background, dogs and cats showing comic reactions, and nice little touches like smelly socks lying abandoned in the road. All of these techniques are ten a penny now and it’s pretty much all down to him.
He was also quite outspoken about how horrible DC Thomson were to work for - he walked out on them to work for Odham’s and helped set up new comics.