Dennis the Menace Giant #70 - Dennis the Menace Tangled Tales

(August 1969)

Tangled Tales (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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What kinda fertilizer did ya use on your beanstalk, Jack?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Dennis Mitchell; Jack; Hansel; Gretel; Tom Thumb; Little Red Riding Hood

Synopsis

Four single panels representing four of the issue's stories.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Dennis and the Beanstalk (Table of Contents: 2)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

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Hi, Mr. Wilson--can I help ya?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Dennis Mitchell; George Wilson; Martha Wilson; Alice Mitchell

Synopsis

After planting some beans, Dennis dreams that he climbs the beanstalk and befriends the giant at the top.

Reprints

• in Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series (Hallden; Fawcett, 1970 series) #113 (February 1973)

Hansel and Gretel (Table of Contents: 3)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

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And they lived happily ever after.

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Henry Mitchell; Dennis Mitchell; Hansel (in dream); Gretel (in dream); Little Bo Peep (in dream); Papa Bear (in dream); Mama Bear (in dream); Baby Bear (in dream); Robin Hood (in dream)

Synopsis

After Henry reads "Hansel and Gretel" to him, Dennis has a crazy dream that combines that story with various others.

Reprints

• in Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series (Hallden; Fawcett, 1970 series) #113 (February 1973)

Tom Thumb & Dinky Dennis (Table of Contents: 4)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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Let me help you with that, Mom!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Margaret Wade (in dream); Ruff (in dream); Joey McDonald (in dream); Mrs. McDonald (in dream); George Wilson (in dream); Martha Wilson (in dream)

Synopsis

Dennis is frustrated with being little, so Alice tells him the story of Tom Thumb, and Dennis dreams that he's Tom's size.

Reprints

• in Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series (Hallden; Fawcett, 1970 series) #113 (February 1973)

The Match Girl (Table of Contents: 5)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Matches! Please buy my matches!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

The Little Match Girl; Dennis Mitchell; Aladdin

Synopsis

Dennis meets the Little Match Girl and enlists Aladdin to help her out.

Reprints

• in Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series (Hallden; Fawcett, 1970 series) #113 (February 1973)

Indexer Notes

Unlike the previous stories in the issue, this one is not presented as a dream.

Red Riding Hood (Table of Contents: 6)

Dennis the Menace / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

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Hello! Hi! Say--aren't you Little Red Riding Hood?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Dennis Mitchell; Little Red Riding Hood; The Wolf; Grandma

Synopsis

Dennis helps out Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother.

Reprints

• in Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series (Hallden; Fawcett, 1970 series) #113 (February 1973)

Indexer Notes

Like the previous story, this one is not presented as being a dream, though Dennis is aware that he's in a story and it ends with Red saying to her grandmother, "Maybe we just dreamed all this!"