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Issue Details

Issue #49
Published March 1961
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Notes The "Dennis the Menace" TV show was running at this time, and the story in this issue is presented like a TV show, in 2 parts. The story in this issue is similar to an actual TV episode, and may be an adaptation. This issue may have been a test for the "Dennis the Menace Television Special" series which started shortly after this and also included TV show stories.

Cover Details

Characters Dennis Mitchell; Ruff
Genre children; humor
Notes The "Dennis the Menace" TV show was running at this time, and the story in this issue is presented like a TV show, in 2 parts. The story in this issue is similar to an actual TV episode, and may be an adaptation. This issue may have been a test for the "Dennis the Menace Television Special" series which started shortly after this and also included TV show stories.

1 page text article "The Cookie Jar"

Synopsis 5 short articles about Dennis fans.
Letters typeset

16 page Dennis the Menace story "The Party Smarty"

Characters Dennis Mitchell; George Wilson; Alice Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Tommy Anderson; Margaret Wade; Joey McDonald; Martha Wilson
Genre children; humor
Script Fred Toole
Notes This may be an adaptation of the TV episode "Dennis and the Open House" (#1-17).
Reprinted in Dennis the Menace Pocket Full of Fun (Fawcett, 1969 series) #39

4 page Stevie Teevee story "Stevie Teevee"

Synopsis Story about a boy who turns into a television after watching too much of it.
Genre children; humor

2 page text article "How Television Works"

Letters typeset

10 page Dennis the Menace story "The Party Smarty Part Two"

Characters Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; George Wilson; Martha Wilson; Ruff
Genre children; humor
Script Fred Toole

1 page text article "The Cookie Jar"

Synopsis "More News of Dennis' Fans" - Photos and stories about 4 fans.
Letters typeset

1 page Dennis the Menace story "T-V Jeebies"

Synopsis Reprints of 5 daily Dennis the Menace cartoons.
Genre humor
Script Hank Ketcham
Pencils Hank Ketcham
Inks Hank Ketcham
Letters typeset