Dennis the Menace Giant #12 - Dennis the Menace Triple Feature!
(Winter 1962)

Hallden; Fawcett, 1958 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
84
On-sale Date
1963-01-08
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Hallden
Brand
Hallden Fawcett
Editing
?

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

Triple Feature! (Table of Contents)

Dennis the Menace / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Wiseman
Inks
Al Wiseman
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Joey McDonald; Dennis Mitchell; Margaret Wade; George Wilson

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Dennis the Menace / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Hank Ketcham
Pencils
Hank Ketcham (signed as Ketcham)
Inks
Hank Ketcham (signed as Ketcham)
Letters
Hank Ketcham

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a swell harmonica, Joey.
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Joey McDonald; Dennis Mitchell; Margaret Wade; George Wilson
Reprints
  • from Dennis the Menace daily (Hall Syndicate) 1961-01-09, 1961-02-07, 1961-05-27

Indexer Notes

Three newspaper panel reprints. On inside front cover.

Hide and Seek! (Table of Contents: 2)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Wiseman
Inks
Al Wiseman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Tommy Anderson; Joey McDonald; Dennis Mitchell; Margaret Wade; Mack; Bert
Synopsis
During a game of hide and seek, Joey hides in a trash barrel and gets picked up by the sanitation department.
Reprints

Joeyous Giving (Table of Contents: 3)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Wiseman
Inks
Al Wiseman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Joey McDonald; Alice Mitchell; Dennis Mitchell; Margaret Wade; George Wilson; Martha Wilson
Synopsis
When Joey gets left behind at the Wilsons' after Dennis and Margaret run off to school, Mr. Wilson puts him to work picking up snails from his garden.
Reprints

Free Wheeeeling (Table of Contents: 4)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Wiseman
Inks
Al Wiseman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Joey McDonald; Dennis Mitchell
Synopsis
Dennis tries to teach Joey to roller skate.
Reprints

Magic Money (Table of Contents: 5)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Wiseman
Inks
Al Wiseman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Joey McDonald; Dennis Mitchell; George Wilson; Martha Wilson
Synopsis
Joey finds the rare Austrian coin that Mr. Wilson lost.
Reprints

Square Dancing! Free Lessons Today! (Table of Contents: 6)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Wiseman
Inks
Al Wiseman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Tommy Anderson; Alice Mitchell; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Margaret Wade; Gina Gillotti; Sally; Billy
Synopsis
Dennis goes square dancing with Margaret.
Reprints

School Daze (Table of Contents: 7)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Wiseman
Inks
Al Wiseman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Tommy Anderson; Joey McDonald; Dennis Mitchell; Margaret Wade; Mrs. Wade
Synopsis
Margaret wants to play "school", bribing the boys to attend.
Reprints

The Kitty Catchers (Table of Contents: 8)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Wiseman
Inks
Al Wiseman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Dennis Mitchell; Ruff; Margaret Wade; Mr. Wilson; Gina Gillotti; Nicoletta (a cat)
Synopsis
Margaret finds a kitten, and Ruff chases it around the neighborhood.
Reprints
Keywords
fire department

Always a Lady (Table of Contents: 9)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Wiseman
Inks
Al Wiseman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Tommy Anderson; Dennis Mitchell; Margaret Wade
Reprints

Margaret the Artist (Table of Contents: 10)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Wiseman
Inks
Al Wiseman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Dennis Mitchell; Ruff; Margaret Wade
Synopsis
Margaret tries to paint Ruff's portrait.
Reprints

A Day of Pest (Table of Contents: 11)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Wiseman
Inks
Al Wiseman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Dennis Mitchell; George Wilson; Martha Wilson
Synopsis
Mr. Wilson goes to the beach to get away from Dennis, but runs into him there as well.
Reprints

Fountain Frolicks (Table of Contents: 12)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Wiseman
Inks
Al Wiseman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Tommy Anderson; Alice Mitchell; Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; George Wilson
Synopsis
Mr. Wilson buys a fountain in hopes of winning the Community Garden Contest.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

One of the Wilson's neighbors resembles the artist, Al Wiseman.

Dream House (Table of Contents: 13)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Wiseman
Inks
Al Wiseman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Dennis Mitchell; George Wilson; Martha Wilson
Synopsis
Mr. Wilson tries to build a lanai to hide from Dennis in.
Reprints

Pals All Over (Table of Contents: 14)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Wiseman
Inks
Al Wiseman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Dennis Mitchell; George Wilson; Martha Wilson
Synopsis
Mr. Wilson is trying to plan his vacation but no matter where he looks, he can imagine Dennis appearing to bother him.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Dennis the Menace / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Hank Ketcham
Pencils
Hank Ketcham (signed as Ketcham)
Inks
Hank Ketcham (signed as Ketcham)
Letters
Hank Ketcham

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A jet is just like a regular airplane, but ya gotta run faster!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Joey McDonald; Dennis Mitchell; Margaret Wade; George Wilson
Reprints
  • from Dennis the Menace daily (Hall Syndicate) 1961-01-03, 1961-01-13, 1961-04-18, 1961-04-22

Indexer Notes

Four newspaper panel reprints. On inside back cover.

The Big Wind-Up (Table of Contents: 16)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Wiseman
Inks
Al Wiseman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Joey McDonald; Mrs. McDonald
Synopsis
Joey unwinds the sweater his mother was knitting into a giant ball of yarn.

Indexer Notes

Logo is "Dennis the Menace and His Pal Joey". On back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Triple Feature!
    Dennis the Menace
  2. 1. ["It's a swell harmonica, Joey."]
    Dennis the Menace
  3. 2. Hide and Seek!
    Dennis the Menace
  4. 3. Joeyous Giving
    Dennis the Menace
  5. 4. Free Wheeeeling
    Dennis the Menace
  6. 5. Magic Money
    Dennis the Menace
  7. 6. Square Dancing! Free Lessons Today!
    Dennis the Menace
  8. 7. School Daze
    Dennis the Menace
  9. 8. The Kitty Catchers
    Dennis the Menace
  10. 9. Always a Lady
    Dennis the Menace
  11. 10. Margaret the Artist
    Dennis the Menace
  12. 11. A Day of Pest
    Dennis the Menace
  13. 12. Fountain Frolicks
    Dennis the Menace
  14. 13. Dream House
    Dennis the Menace
  15. 14. Pals All Over
    Dennis the Menace
  16. 15. ["A jet is just like a regular airplane, but ya gotta run faster!"]
    Dennis the Menace
  17. 16. The Big Wind-Up
    Dennis the Menace
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Allen Ross
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold