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Here is the Ebay auction for the DTM 159 variant.  Keep in mind that after awhile, Ebay will take this down.

 https://www.ebay.com/itm/265570953352?hash=item3dd5432888%3Ag%3AN-YAAOSw0lFiHGyt&nma=true&si=hBLR70Lk%2Bc%2FKsSH8YFR8iPD9%2FjM%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

I was looking on Ebay the other day and I saw someone had scanned approximately 150 of the 166 comics from the original DTM series and he is selling discs with the complete contents of those books. I don't think it says which issues he is missing.

The regular DTM 159 is the white cover.  I never knew this variant existed until I saw the image posted here on this board a few years ago.  I never saw one show up for sale before last week. I thought my DTM collection was complete 30 years ago, but now I guess I am missing this one ! 

DTM 159 Pumpkin variant surfaced on ebay and sold yesterday, March 6, 2022 for $ 56.   I was outbid on it.  I have never, ever seen one show up on ebay before. Here it is. Note that Ebay takes auctions down after awhile, so the link may not last.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/265570953352?ntype=bns&mkpid=0&emsid=e11002.m43.l2649&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=eb43f3a24b804c768d6f3a1676cfa071&bu=43186775064&exe=0&ext=0&logid=nqt%3DAAAAAAAAAAAgAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAEAAAEAI*%26nqc%3DAAAAAAAAAAAgAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAEAAAEAI*%26mdbreftime%3D1646634454268%26es%3D0%26ec%3D1%26epcalenv%3D%26eprlogid%3Dt6fuuq%60%3F%3Cumjcwpse*5tui%60%28rbpv6702-17f63181047-0xd7&osub=-1~1&crd=20220306233635&segname=11002&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cnqt%3Dnqt%2Cnqc%3Dnqc%2Cmdbreftime%3Dmdbreftime%2Ces%3Des%2Cec%3Dec%2Ceprlogid%3Deprlogid%2Cexe%3Dexe%2Cext%3Dext%2Cexe%3Dexe%2Cext%3Dext%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid&nma=true&si=hBLR70Lk%2Bc%2FKsSH8YFR8iPD9%2FjM%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Anyone ever see this variant before on Dennis the Menace # 140 ?   I have not.  I do not have one.

https://www.progressiveruin.com/2018/09/26/if-anything-can-drive-the-spirits-away-its-dennis-the-menace/

I still have never seen that 1978 Half Moon Bay Pumpkin comic, aside from the scans above, and I have been chasing after DTM comics since I was a little kid, 35 years ago !

To those of you who have it, where in the world did you find it ?

I don't know if you guys saw it, but a company called Papercutz has starting releasing $20 hardcovers reprinting the old 1950s DTM comics

Vol. 1 came out fall 2015, Vol. 2 is coming April 2016. Available thru Amazon.com

I do not have them, but my understanding is that they do not reprint the comics in order. Instead, they reprint various Wiseman stories from the 1950s, early 1960s

Wow ! I have never seen that Pumpkin comic before. Anyone have one for sale ?

I saw on a website a note that the DTM BIG BONUS SERIES # 190 from 1978, (Hawaii) had 2 totally different front covers. Is this true or untrue ?

There is a Dennis # 1 on ebay right now, as we speak. Seller wants $ 600 for it

Tim, thanks for posting them for me.

I just sent the poster above a few scans, asking him to put them on the board for everyone to see. They are:

DENNIS THE MENACE AND THE BIBLE KIDS # 7, 8, 9, 10

DENNIS POCKET FULL OF FUN # 1 and 2

The 2 pages of artwork from DENNIS THE MENACE GIANT # 15 (Washington, DC) and #40 that were later changed. You can compare them to see the difference.

DENNIS THE MENACE #1 (1953) the cover, two inside covers of the comic, the first page of the store, and the back cover

Thanks. I actually tried posting, but I received an error saying a firewall was blocking my attempts.

Here is my email address. Send me a message with a reference to DENNIS in the title, and I will send you the scans sometime this week when I get a chance, and you can post them here.

email: mistermycroft@msn.com

I'm more than happy to post pictures of the variations on the Dennis Washington DC comic, or the hard to find Bible Kids # 7-10, or the cover of any other DTM comic that people want to see.

Unfortunately, while I know how to scan, I can't seem to figure out how to post on this board. Would someone be willing to post my scans if I email them ?

While I haven't read all of the posts yet, I saw something about a Dennis safety comic. I don't have that one ! Can someone post a picture of it ? Anyone have an extra ? Just when I thought my collection was complete...

Finally, about 15 years ago, a fellow Dennis collector told me he had a Dennis comic that was a giveaway at a Monterey, CA, pumpkin festival, that promoted the event. Anyone see one of those ? I have not. Anyone have more info on it ?

Hi, I just joined the thread.

I started collecting the DTM comics as a kid in the late 1970s. In 1994, when I was in college, I purchased a copy of issue # 1, from 1953, from a dealer in NJ for $ 100.

It took me until about 2002 to complete my DTM collection. Through ebay, I found the last few Pocket Full of Fun digests that I needed, and Dennis and the Bible Kids # 6 to 10. The "Bible Kids" were impossible to find ! Don't ask what I paid for # 10. That turned out to be the last DTM comic that I needed.

If anyone needs scans of any issues, just let me know. Hopefully, I'll pass these on to my kids one day, and they will appreciate them.

A bit of trivia-- Did anyone else ever notice that on the Washington, DC comic that they changed the artwork between the 1st and 2nd edition ? The original has the page with Dennis meeting JFK and his daughter, Caroline, but the second version (after JFK died) has Dennis speaking with a Secret Service agent.