ComicBookGuy

In the 1990s, the above album was re-issued as a cd. Here is the list of songs: 1. Mi Televizhun Song (Dennis the Menace Theme) 2. I'm Home! 3. My Mommy and Daddy 4. Margaret 5. Good Ol' Mr. Wilson 6. I Hate Liver 7. What Am I Gonna Do Today? 8. Is Someone in Trouble? 9. Someday 10. I Hate Spelling 11. I Sure Love the Summertime! 12. Jeepers Dad 13. Av'rage Day 14. I'm an Important Member of the Family 15. My Theme Song [Vocal Version] 16. Dennis the Menace Song Here is the cd:

This 33 rpm LP record album further compiles all the previous hits:

Now here is a better picture of this album cover. Since I posted last, one appeared on eBay, so this is a capture:

Here is another "reprint" record that complies other records onto one. This one compiles the Ka-Pow record, What Am I Gonna Do Today, and I Hate Spelling:

This is a rare promo version of the Boyd / Clooney record:

Here's another super-old Dennis record; this one is sung by Jimmy Boyd and Rosemary Clooney and is Columbia records #J182:

Good, Bill - I'm glad you got the one you wanted. In a bit here, I'll show you a cd collection that came out in the 90s that has all the old records on it. And here's yet another one that was released in both formats (78 and 45):

I think we're both in agreement pretty much, although when you are referring to Chamber of Darkness as a reprint title, I think you're possibly mistaking it for Tomb of Darkness or maybe Chamber of Chills, which is part reprint and part new. COD is new stories. I like Sid's idea. Choosing a comic or story and giving everyone a couple weeks to track down or dig out a copy of it to read would be helpful, then we could review it here on the thread, sort of like a book club. It may be cool to read HOM 174 and HOS 81 and compare them. Just a thought to start the process rolling. Joe

Thanks, Tim - I've been long overdue posting here. It's fun to be posting again. The Batman 100 is one of 31 copies graded 5.0 or above, but as I said, it usually tans out around the edges, so I'd like to think I own one of the nicer ones. Definitely it is the toughest issue to get in the range #100 to #200. Joe

From personal experience, I would say they're much tougher than the Marvels since for the most part they came out earlier. The toughest for me has been House of Mystery #174. House of Secrets #81 follows. Witching Hour #1 appears semi-regularly. I don't collect the gothic ones, like Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love, but those are tough as well from what I understand. Ghosts and Weird War Tales appear in high grade often. For Marvel, the only Marvel number ones that are difficult, in my view would be Tower of Shadows, Chamber of Darkness, Fear, Chamber of Chills, Journey into Mystery V2, and Supernatural Thrillers, pretty much in that order. Dracula, Werewolf, Frankenstein are downright easy to find, as are most of the reprint titles, with the exception of Fear, probably since it's a squarebound. This is all just my opinion, but I'm sure you could peruse the census to get the definitive answer. Joe

Anybody seen this? I'm not sure how long www.dennisthemenace.com has been up, but it probably hasn't been long since it never appeared in google searches until lately. Also some of it is still under construction. The most interesting part was seeing the old panels colored. Here's the link: DTM.COM I love the old art, but the new coloring juxtaposed with it changes the character. At first I didn't like it, but the color really brings out the old art. Kind of cool actually. Thoughts, anyone?

Here's another tough one. This is a pretty nice mid-grade cause this book has tan edges to it more often than not:

Here's another one sans that annoying glare: I always loved this cover and was glad to find a nice copy of it.

Nice comic, Scrooge -- I've always loved that cover. One of the best of the first 100. Here's a cool recent acquisition of mine as I shoot for lower and lower numbers of Batman and Detective: Classic cover, but my new scanner produces a horrible glare on these slabs.

And here is the 45 version of it. I don't think I ever would have noticed this difference with the records if Allen hadn't pointed the difference out on the Christmas record back on page 65 of this thread. This record was issued in 1960.

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For the record (pun intended ), I've noticed almost all these old Dennis records were issued as both 45's and 78's. The one below I think is the one I sent you, Bill C:

Earlier, I posted the Dennis books published by Character Imprints: 1978: Dennis Talks About Love Stuff 1979: Dennis the Menace Hopes That You Get Well 1979: Dennis the Menace Finds New Ways to Say Happy Birthday 1979: Dennis the Menace Sheds Some New Light on Friendship Mentioned also were the cards and calendars published by CI. While I don't have any of the calendars - or even images of them - I do have some of the cards. I bought these from a Dennis collector named Joel who sells on eBay under the name bullmoose1. It's always a pleasure making contact with a new collector.

I find it interesting that he was so busy with the Dennis strip that he hired ghosts to work for him then worked on an entirely different project himself. Here is more from the book, all that the seller posted:

I didn't buy this but spotted it on eBay this past summer. Apparently Hank Ketcham illustrated this 1954 children's book by Jean Kelleher called We Learn to Play:

Sorry to let you down. Maybe current Dennis artists Ron Ferdinand or Marcus Hamilton are reading this (my understanding is they read this thread) and can start a storyline of that. Who knows? Maybe it would pull in all the X-Men fans and make them Dennis fans. When Marvel owned the rights to the Dennis comics back in the early 1980s, they did a Dennis / Spider-man story, so it's not too far-fetched... Then again...

Here are some of the cards:

It's great to see everyone posting here still. I've been meaning to get back to posting daily for a while, but things are busy lately. It's great to see Bill Wray back - and everyone else. Hopefully you'll stick around, Bill. I posted the Dennis Giant #11 above here to compare it to this box of Dennis greeting cards I got on eBay. This set is in the original box and contains all the original cards with their envelopes. My guess is it's from the same time as the comic. While they're similar poses, they're not the same picture.

Here is more of a close-up of the "only child" glass:

A set of 8 glasses came out in the early 1950s, about 1952, around the time of the matches and cocktail napkins, when Dennis was geared towards adults more than kids. Here's a picture of 7 of them: Here are the captions for all 8 glasses: EACH GLASS HAS A DIFFERENT PICTURE AND CLASSIC DENNIS CARTOON. EACH GLASS ALSO HAS A COPYWRIGHT MARK AND KETCHAM'S SIGNATURE. 1. "THAT SETTLES IT! YOU'RE GOING TO BE AN ONLY CHILD!" SAYS MOM AS DENNIS BREAKS A TABLE LAMP. 2. "DON'T SHOUT AT ME! I'M NOT YOUR HUSBAND" DENNIS RETORTS, WITH DENNIS STANDING ON THE COUCH AND A BUNCH OF TOYS ON THE FLOOR. (This one is not pictured.) 3. "YOU DIDN'T SAY OPEN THE DARN DOOR. I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID!" MOM SAYS WITH DENNIS STANDING OUTSIDE THE KITCHEN DOOR WITH HIS ARMS FULL OF ALL HIS TOYS. 4. "WOULD YOU MIND TELLING MY LITTLE BOY I'M NOT MAD AT HIM ANYMORE AND ASK HIM TO PLEASE COME OUT?" HIS MOTHER ASKS A STRANGE MAN GOING INTO THE MEN'S ROOM. 5. "HELLO, POLICE? I WANT TO REPORT A NOISY BRAWL" DENNIS SAYS, AS DENNIS IS ON THE PHONE IN THE HALL WHILE HIS PARENTS ARE HAVING A PARTY IN THE OTHER ROOM. 6. "NOTICE HOW STEADY MY HAND IS? THAT'S BECAUSE I DON'T SMOKE OR DRINK OR KISS GIRLS," SAYS DENNIS TO HIS FRIEND WHILE DRESSED UP LIKE A COWBOY. 7. "THIS IS MY MOTHER, TOMMY. ISN'T SHE PRETTY?" SAYS DENNIS TO TOMMY AS THEY INTERRUPT MOM IN THE BATHTUB. 8. "I DON'T THINK YOU'RE FUNNY, AND NEITHER DOES YOUR GRANDPA," SAYS MOM TO DENNIS AS HE WHEELS HIS WAGON OVER TO THE LONG JOHNS HANGING ON THE CLOTHESLINE AND STICKS HIS HEAD OUT THE THE BACK FLAP.