Dennis the Menace Giant
#48 - Dennis the Menace 'Way Out Stories'
(Summer 1967)
Hallden; Fawcett,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- On-sale Date
- 1967
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Fawcett Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Fawcett
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
[no title indexed]
Dennis the Menace / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Dennis the Menace; Margaret; Aladdin
- Synopsis
- Dennis and Margaret, riding a rocket through space, encounter Aladdin on a flying carpet.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- flying carpet; rocket; space; space travel
in 
[no title indexed]
Dennis the Menace / table of contents / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hiya, pal!
- Characters
- Dennis the Menace
- Synopsis
- Dennis introduces the stories.
- Reprints
in Away Way Out
Dennis the Menace / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Dennis the Menace
- Synopsis
- Dennis thinks fairy tales are way out, but his mother reminds him that television and space travel are hard to believe too. Dennis agrees to listen to fairy tales as she reads them, but to visualize them his own way.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- space travel; television
Indexer Notes
Frame story
Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp and Dennis and His Magic TV
Dennis the Menace / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Dennis the Menace; Aladdin
- Synopsis
- Dennis on rocket greets Aladdin on flying carpet.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- flying carpet; rocket; space travel
Indexer Notes
Splash page introduces two parallel story lines, which run on alternating pages.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once upon a time there was a poor boy named Aladdin who...
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Aladdin; Aladdin's mother; Aladdin's uncle; genie of the lamp; genie of the ring; princess
- Synopsis
- A magician claiming to be Aladdin's uncle tries to trick him into stealing a magic lamp. Aladdin uses the lamp's genie to win riches and a princess, but the magician steals the lamp. Aladdin and the princess steal it back.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Arabian Nights; flying carpet; genie; magic
in Indexer Notes
From The Thousand Nights And A Night. Parallels the following story ("Once there was a nice kid named Dennis, who...") on alternating pages.
[no title indexed]
Dennis the Menace / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once there was a nice kid named Dennis, who...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Dennis the Menace; Alice Mitchell; slick crook; Margaret; Sergeant Gene E; General G Nee
- Synopsis
- A slick character claiming to be Dennis's uncle tricks him into stealing an ultraspace communicator from a secret Air Force base. The communicator, and a TV ring, both have genies which Dennis uses to impress his mom and Margaret. The crook steals the communicator, but Dennis and Margaret snatch it back
- Reprints
- Keywords
- flying car; genie
Indexer Notes
Parallels the preceding story ("Once upon a time there was a poor boy named Aladdin, who...") on alternating pages.
Dennis And The Forty Outlaws!
Dennis the Menace / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Dennis the Menace; Alice Mitchell; Mr Wilson; Margaret; Cowboy Bob; outlaw boss
- Synopsis
- Dennis spies 40 outlaws who enter their hideout by saying "Open up, Susie-Mae." He takes some gold from their loot, inspiring Mr Wilson to do the same, but Mr Wilson is caught and tied up with steel ropes. The outlaws plan to sneak into town in kerosene barrels, recover their loot and get revenge. Dennis foils them with help from Margaret and Cowboy Bob.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Arabian Nights; western
Indexer Notes
Based on a story from The Thousand Nights And A Night. Some panels by Al Wiseman, some by another hand. Some text typeset, some hand-lettered.
Margaret Goldilocks and Dennis Charming
Dennis the Menace / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Dennis the Menace; Margaret
- Synopsis
- Margaret reads Dennis a fairy tale with a prince, a fish, a raven, a giant, an owl, and a dragon's cave. He re-imagines the story with himself, a skin diver, a parrot, a robot, a super snooperscope, and a blacked-out department store.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- dragon; fairy tale; folk tale; robot
The Brave Little Tailor
comic story / 5.5 pages
- Characters
- Brave Little Tailor; giant of the forest; enemy giants; king; princess
- Synopsis
- Retelling of the Brave Little Tailor ("Seven At One Blow")
- Reprints
- Keywords
- folk tale; giant
Indexer Notes
Story told in alternate columns with "Tough Little Dennis." First three columns of artwork by Wiseman, others by another hand.
Tough Little Dennis
Dennis the Menace / comic story / 5.5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Dennis the Menace; Fatso; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell
- Synopsis
- Dennis swats six or 'leven flies at once, so his mother makes him a tag saying "Champ." When a tough new kid challenges him, Dennis shrewdly and repeatedly outwits him. The new kid and the Mitchells are all impressed with Dennis's success.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- fairy tale; folk tale
Indexer Notes
Based on the folk story of The Brave Little Tailor. Told as a parallel story in alternating columns with The Brave Little Tailor in this issue. Artwork of first three columns by Wiseman, others by another hand.
Way Out Dennis
Dennis the Menace / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Dennis the Menace; Henry Mitchell
- Synopsis
- Four daily newspaper panel cartoons featuring Dennis and his father
- Reprints
- Keywords
- newspaper panel
[no title indexed]
Dennis the Menace / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- More Dennis The Menace Specials!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Dennis the Menace; Joey; Margaret; Mr Wilson
- Synopsis
- Promo for other Dennis the Menace Giant issues
Indexer Notes
Thumbnails of four covers
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Dennis the Menace -
1.
["Hiya, pal!"]
Dennis the Menace -
2.
Away Way Out
Dennis the Menace -
3.
Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp and Dennis and His Magic TV
Dennis the Menace -
4.
["Once upon a time there was a poor boy named Aladdin who..."]
-
5.
["Once there was a nice kid named Dennis, who..."]
Dennis the Menace -
6.
Dennis And The Forty Outlaws!
Dennis the Menace -
7.
Margaret Goldilocks and Dennis Charming
Dennis the Menace -
8.
The Brave Little Tailor
-
9.
Tough Little Dennis
Dennis the Menace -
10.
Way Out Dennis
Dennis the Menace -
11.
["More Dennis The Menace Specials!"]
Dennis the Menace
This issue was modified by, among others
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Kirk House
- Thomas Johnson
- Daniel Thingvold
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