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Issue: Dennis the Menace #6
Publication Date: September 1954
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Issues: #6 of 31 Issues (32 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagPines
Brand: Standard ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Visual Editions, Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/20/1954
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1954, page 221, registration number B490940.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Hank Ketcham [as Ketcham] (signed)
Inker(s): Hank Ketcham [as Ketcham] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; ship's captain; sailor
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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4 Dennis Cartoons

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hank Ketcham
Penciller(s): Hank Ketcham
Inker(s): Hank Ketcham
Letterer(s): Hank Ketcham
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Tommy Anderson; George Wilson; Martha Wilson
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Reprint Notes: from Dennis the Menace daily (The Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc.) 1953-06-29 (upper left); 1953-06-27 (upper right); 1953-07-01 (bottom left); 1953-07-03 (bottom right)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cartoon date information from Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace (Fantagraphics, 2005 Series). Inside front cover.
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Dennis vs. the U.S. Navy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Toole
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Al Wiseman
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; George; radar operator; radio operator; captain; sailors
Synopsis: The navy fleet is in port and Henry, a former Chief Petty Officer, is invited by an old mate for a visit aboard his battleship.
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In Issue: FlagDennis the Menace Giant #71 published September 1969
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Dennis the Menace #1 published January 1959
as Dennis vs. The U.S. Navy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: One of the sailor's caps has "Toole F" stenciled on the brim and the radar operator has "Paplow" on his cap.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Toole ?
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Al Wiseman
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Chub
Character(s): Chub; Chub's mother; Chub's father; Miss Brown (teacher)
First Line: Wake up Chub - time for school!
Synopsis: Chub eats his lunch on the way to school, his teacher thinks he has no lunch, so all the other kids give him some of their lunches.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose 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 (in issue #22). Punky took over in the next issue.
Additional note: The Chub feature originated in issue #2.
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Smartie Artie

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman (illustrations)
Inker(s): Al Wiseman (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; Al Wiseman (story title)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, mystery
Character(s): Artie Williams; Artie's parents; market cashier; Lieutenant Sullivan
Synopsis: Artie has a photographic memory, which he hates, however it becomes useful in catching a counterfeiter.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: First text story to appear in the series.
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Dennis vs. the Piano

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Toole
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Al Wiseman
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Professor Stroganoff
Synopsis: Alice wants to have Dennis learn how to play the piano.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Dennis at the Beach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Toole
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Al Wiseman
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; man in the sand; ice cream vendor; life guard
Synopsis: The Mitchell's spend a relaxing day at the beach. Not really.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Next, Please!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Toole
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Al Wiseman
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Tommy Anderson, Dennis' friends
Synopsis: Dennis cuts his friends' hair in order to get money to buy ice cream cones.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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...and Starring...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Toole
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Al Wiseman
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; projectionist
Synopsis: Dennis goes to a drive-in movie with his parents.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The first panel shows the drive-in movie screen with Dennis' shadow obscuring the names of Fred Toole, Robert Paplow and Jea** **ons (name ?), all people associated with the comic book series.
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4 Dennis Cartoons

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hank Ketcham
Penciller(s): Hank Ketcham
Inker(s): Hank Ketcham
Letterer(s): Hank Ketcham
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Dennis' friends
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from Dennis the Menace daily (The Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc.) 1953-06-12 (upper left); 1953-06-26* (upper right); 1953-03-06 (bottom left); 1953-07-04 (bottom right)

*second use of this cartoon, which also appeared in issue #4.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cartoon date information from Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace (Fantagraphics, 2005 Series). Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Toole
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Al Wiseman
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell
First Line: How do they get the cowboys in the telebision set, dad?
Synopsis: Dennis is curious about how television works.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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