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Issue Details

Issue #22
Published May 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36

Cover Details

Characters Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Ruff
Genre children; humor
Pencils Hank Ketcham
Inks Hank Ketcham

1 page Dennis the Menace story "4 Dennis Cartoons"

Synopsis Reprints of 4 daily Dennis the Menace cartoons.
Genre humor
Script Hank Ketcham
Pencils Hank Ketcham
Inks Hank Ketcham
Letters Hank Ketcham

11 page Dennis the Menace story "Dennis vs. Television"

Characters Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Tommy Anderson
Genre children; humor
Script Fred Toole
Pencils Al Wiseman
Inks Al Wiseman
Notes Tommy is incorrectly given black hair in this story.

6 page Dennis the Menace story "Dennis and the Little Lady"

Characters Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Margaret Wade; Ruff
Synopsis Margaret moves into Dennis' neighborhood.
Genre children; humor
Script Fred Toole
Pencils Al Wiseman
Inks Al Wiseman
Notes This is the first appearance of Margaret. Unfortunately she was given blonde hair.

2 page text story "The Bitter and the Sweet"

Pencils Al Wiseman
Inks Al Wiseman
Letters typeset

4 page Dennis the Menace story "Ruff Stuff"

Characters Dennis Mitchell; Tommy Anderson; Ruff
Genre children; humor
Script Fred Toole
Pencils Al Wiseman
Inks Al Wiseman
Notes Tommy is once again incorrectly given black hair.
Reprinted in Best of Dennis the Menace, The (Hallden, 1959 series) #3.

4 page Chub story "Chub"

Synopsis Chub wears a corset so he can look thin and get his mom start feeding him potatoes and gravy again.
Genre children; humor
Pencils Al Wiseman
Inks Al Wiseman
Notes This strip about a fat boy would have been another one-note joke (like Screamy Mimi) and gave kids the wrong message about overweight kids. Thankfully it only made one other appearance (way back in issue #5). Punky took over in the next issue.

1 page activity "Here's a page for you to color!"

Synopsis A full page Dennis gag that can be colored. This one doesn't look like a reprint of a Hank Ketcham daily.

4 page Dennis the Menace story "Dennis Steals the Show"

Characters Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Ruff
Genre children; humor
Script Fred Toole
Pencils Al Wiseman
Inks Al Wiseman

1 page Dennis the Menace story "4 Dennis Cartoons"

Synopsis Reprints of 4 daily Dennis the Menace cartoons.
Genre humor
Script Hank Ketcham
Pencils Hank Ketcham
Inks Hank Ketcham
Letters Hank Ketcham

1 page Dennis the Menace story "An Umbrella for Dad"

Characters Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell
Genre children; humor
Script Fred Toole
Pencils Al Wiseman
Inks Al Wiseman