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I love the blazing colors on this file copy. Imagine if you had a Marvel or DC squarebound in this shape and how much it'd be worth. Yet, how many of these Dennis books are in this kind of shape? Giant #43. Christmas Special New Stories: Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells; Oh, Christmas Tree; 1967 Dennis Calendar; We Three Kings; Deck the Halls; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; And So On...Silent Night Publisher: Fawcett, Winter 1966 Note: No Wiseman art.

Tim, the California issue is one of the absolute finest Dennis comics, as is the tv special. I also really enjoy the actual tv episodes those stories were based on. As far as I can tell, there are no plans to release the old tv show on dvd. Too bad... Giant #42. In Hollywood Reprints Giant #7 and #23 Publisher: Hallden, Summer 1966 Notes: Exact reprint of #7 except four black and white cartoons are on the insides of the front and back cover. They are different cartoons than appear on #7 (2nd printing) and same as #23. Back cover displays ad for Giants #38 and #40. This is the fourth printing of this story.

And here is the cartoon itself:

Found another cool tribute to Hank Ketcham and Dennis on eBay. This one obviously is a homage to Ketcham after his death in 2001. Info from the auction says: "I am offering the original drawing of an editorial cartoon on the topic of Dennis the Menace creator Hank Ketcham. This cartoon was drawn by nationally syndicated and award winning cartoonist Jeff Koterba. It originally appeared in the Omaha World Herald in 2001. The cartoon shows Mr. Wilson and Dennis at the grave site of Hank Ketcham...Jeff Koterba is one of the bright young editorial cartoonists in America today. He drew sports cartoons for the Kansas City Star in the late 1980's. Since 1989 he has been the editorial cartoonist for the Omaha World Herald. In 2002 he was a finalist for the "Reuben' award which is the Oscar for editorial cartooning and is presented by the National Cartoonists Society. In 2000 he was runner-up in the National Headliner Awards. His cartoons are syndicated and have been featured in national publications including Newsweek, USA Today, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and the LA Times." The cartoon will appear in the following post... Joe

Giant #41. From A to Z New Stories (one for each letter of the alphabet): Dennis & the Ants; & the Basketball; & the Cat; & the Dumbbells; & the Early Bird; & the Fireman; & the Goat; & the Hi-Fi; & the Ice Cream; & the Jumping Beans; & the Lake; & the Milkman; & the Nobody; & the Owl and the Pussycat; & the Quizzer; & the Restaurant; & the Sailors; & the Tea Party; & the Umbrella; & the Vegetables; & the Wilsons; & the X-Rays; & the Yo-Yo; & the Zoo. Publisher: Fawcett, Summer 1966 Note: Wiseman art

Giant #40. In Washington, D.C. Reprints Giant #15 and #26. Publisher: Hallden / Fawcett, Summer 1966 Notes: 3rd printing. Page-for-page exact reprint of Giants #15 and #26.

Giant #39. Goes to Camp Reprints Giant #9, #16, and #24. Publisher: Hallden / Fawcett, Summer 1966 Note: Page-for-page exact reprint of Giants #9 and #16 and #24. 5th printing.

Giant #38. In Mexico Reprints Giant #8 and #25 Publisher: Fawcett, Summer 1966 Note: Cover says, "2nd Large Printing," but it is the fourth printing.

File copy Giant #37. Television Special Reprints Giant #22 Publisher: Fawcett, Spring 1966

Giant #36. Spring Special New Stories: A Spring-Ding; Rocky Going; Havin' a Ball; How to Draw (art lesson); Kite Kapades; Here's Your Dennis the Menace Almanac (text); Getting in the Act; Jokes; Attic Antics Back Cover: Everything's Rosy Publisher: Fawcett, Spring 1966 Note: All Wiseman art

I have always considered this to be one of the most beautiful comic covers I have ever seen. The Wiseman art within this is Wiseman at the absolute top of his game. And, yes, this is another file copy... Giant #35. Christmas Special New Stories: Shopping Around; As Yule Like It; A Christmas Quiz (text with illustrations); The Nation's Christmas Tree (text with illustrations); A Sombrero from Santa; 1966 Dennis Calendar; What's the Diff?; The Tree Spree; Hide and Speek; A Christmas Carol by George (Dickens) Wilson Publisher: Fawcett, Winter 1965 Note: All Wiseman art

File copy Giant #34. And His Dog Ruff Reprints Giant #14 Publisher: Fawcett, Summer 1965

Thanks, Tim! And here's another one for you -- a travel special... Giant #33. In California New Story Told in Chapters: Welcome to California and Yosemite National Park; Gold Rush Country (illustrated one-page article); The Mother Lode; Things Are Jumping in Angels Camp; Sutter's Fort California; Lake Tahoe; And Finally San Francisco; And Then to Storyland Publisher: Fawcett, Summer 1965 Note: All Wiseman art. The first printing of one of the best Dennis comics ever.

Giant #32. And His Pal Joey Reprints Giant #17 Publisher: Fawcett, Summer 1965

Dennis in Hawaii #6 (all printings), #18, and #30 all have the exact same text and are 100 pages. Later on the comic will be reprinted in issue #68 with new stories in the front and the old Wiseman / Toole stories in the back. Next up is... Giant #31. All Year ‘Round New Stories: January, February, March, April, May, June, Dennis Calendar, July, August, September, October, November, December Publisher: Fawcett, Summer 1965 Note: All Wiseman art This comic, like many of the ones posted around it, is a near-perfect file copy. I bought these from Jay Maybruck when he was running Sparkle City Comics back in the 1980s.

File copy Giant #30. Dennis the Menace In Hawaii Reprints Giant #6 & 18 Publisher: Hallden / Fawcett, Summer 1965 Note: Exact reprint of #6 & 18, but cover says, "7th Large Printing" and "1965."

File copy Giant #29. Best of Dennis the Menace Reprints from regular series: Let's Go Go Go-Kart; Dennis in the Scout-O-Rama; Groan-Up Dennis; Sprang Sprung Sprong Spring; Dennis and the Elephantom; Backtalk; Scrambled Shopping; The Plain Truth. Back Cover: The Slipperiest Gun in the West Publisher: Fawcett, Spring 1965 Notes: No Wiseman art

Giant #28. Triple Feature New Stories: 3 Mr. Wilson stories: The Good? Bad? Guy; Never Say Diet; Nice Fishin'. 2 Joey stories: One for the Money; Snow Business. 3 Margaret Stories: A Witsie Bit of Trouble; Museum Peace; Ballet Is Okay. Back cover: Triple Threat. Publisher: Fawcett, Spring 1965

Giant #27. Giant Christmas Issue New Stories: Self-Service Santa; The Shook Cook; The Three Birds of King Herod: A Christmas Legend (poetry with illustrations); Jeepers Treepers; Feliz Navidad; 1965 Dennis Calendar; Mail Dis-Order; Window Wonderland Publisher: Hallden / Fawcett, Winter 1964

Giant #26. Dennis the Menace In Washington, D.C. Reprints Giant #15 Publisher: Hallden / Fawcett, Summer 1964 Note: Exact reprint of #15

Giant #25. Dennis the Menace In Mexico Reprints Giant #8. Publisher: Hallden / Fawcett, Summer 1964 Note: Exact page-for-page reprint of Giant #8, except cover states at top: "2nd Large Printing." It is actually the 3rd printing since #8 went through two printings.

Giant #24. Dennis the Menace Goes to Camp Reprints Giant #9. Publisher: Hallden / Fawcett, Summer 1964 Note: Indica states "4th printing." Page-for-page exact reprint of Giants #9 and #16.

Hi, Tim! I left off a while ago in posting the covers to the giant series. Now I will resume posting the giants with #23, Dennis the Menace in Hollywood, and will post all the way up to the end of the series, #194. This issue is Dennis the Menace Giant #23 and reprints Giant #7. Publisher: Hallden / Fawcett, Summer 1964 Notes: Exact text reprint of #7 except four black and white cartoons are on the insides of the front and back cover. They are different cartoons than appear on #7 2nd printing. Back cover displays ad for Giant #25 and #26.

Today I finally received the amazing Dennis giveaway I had neither seen nor heard of. When I posted mention of this and asked if anyone knew about it, nobody said that they had. Considering how long I've been on eBay and collecting Dennis comics, I find it amazing that something had slipped by my radar. Is this super rare? It would be the only Dennis comic I have seen just one of, making it in my experience rarer than #1-4 and the later Bible Kids comics. Without further ado, here it is: DENNIS - THE PUMPKIN PICKER!: DENNIS THE MENACE AT THE HALF MOON BAY ART & PUMPKIN FESTIVAL. Indica reads, "Copyright 1978 Field Newspaper Syndicate No. 159, September 1978." The inside front cover is blank. First story is called "Welcome to the Pumpkin Festival" and is 17 pages long. There is a one-page "The Cookie Jar" feature entitled "You Can Go to a Pumpkin Festival!" followed by a three-page feature called "Grown-Ups Never Answer a Kid's Questions..." which is a series of six color dailies. The back cover is an ad for the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival. Of course, as many of the hardcore fans must know, this is a reprint of the first half of Dennis the Menace #159. If you look at the back cover scan, it states the comic is a reprint. There is absolutely nothing new about this except that the background to the covers of the two comics is different, with lots of pumpkins on the giveaway cover and a white background on the Dennis #159. With this, I THINK I have now provided all the info about all the Dennis giveaways. If anyone has any other info, please share! Front cover: Back cover: And here is the comic it was reprinting:

Gutterflower, WELCOME TO THE BOARDS! I am pleased Dennis collectors are slowly but surely finding their way to this thread, the only Dennis comic-collecting space on the entire internet as far as I know. It's a blast meeting and hearing from everybody. I hope other "lurkers" decide to join us! Now here is something interesting I found on eBay: A second printing of Dennis Giant #7 from Summer 1961. This indica reads, "Summer 1961." As posted before (above), the original is from Winter 1959. Someone wrote an arrival date on the cover of this 2nd printing as May 13, 1961, so that seems to be the time period when summer issues were released. To the guide's credit, this second printing is listed, but it is not nearly as common as the first printing, at least in my experience. There is a difference between the two issues, besides the 2ND LARGE PRINTING banner on the cover, and that has to do with the back cover: * On the inside back cover of the first print is a picture of the cast of the Dennis tv show. On the inside cover of the second print is a set of four black & white Dennis dailies. * On the exterior back cover of the first print is an ad for Dennis in Hawaii 3rd printing and Best of Dennis #1. On the exterior back cover of the second printing is an ad for Dennis TV Special and Dennis Goes to Camp (no numbers shown).