Issue Details

Issue	#22
Published	May 1957
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36

Cover Details

Characters	Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Ruff
Genre	children; humor
Pencils	Hank Ketcham
Inks	Hank Ketcham

1 page Dennis the Menace story "4 Dennis Cartoons"

Synopsis	Reprints of 4 daily Dennis the Menace cartoons.
Genre	humor
Script	Hank Ketcham
Pencils	Hank Ketcham
Inks	Hank Ketcham
Letters	Hank Ketcham

11 page Dennis the Menace story "Dennis vs. Television"

Characters	Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Tommy Anderson
Genre	children; humor
Script	Fred Toole
Pencils	Al Wiseman
Inks	Al Wiseman
Notes	Tommy is incorrectly given black hair in this story.

6 page Dennis the Menace story "Dennis and the Little Lady"

Characters	Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Margaret Wade; Ruff
Synopsis	Margaret moves into Dennis' neighborhood.
Genre	children; humor
Script	Fred Toole
Pencils	Al Wiseman
Inks	Al Wiseman
Notes	This is the first appearance of Margaret. Unfortunately she was given blonde hair.

2 page text story "The Bitter and the Sweet"

Pencils	Al Wiseman
Inks	Al Wiseman
Letters	typeset

4 page Dennis the Menace story "Ruff Stuff"

Characters	Dennis Mitchell; Tommy Anderson; Ruff
Genre	children; humor
Script	Fred Toole
Pencils	Al Wiseman
Inks	Al Wiseman
Notes	Tommy is once again incorrectly given black hair.
Reprinted	in Best of Dennis the Menace, The (Hallden, 1959 series) #3.

4 page Chub story "Chub"

Synopsis	Chub wears a corset so he can look thin and get his mom start feeding him potatoes and gravy again.
Genre	children; humor
Pencils	Al Wiseman
Inks	Al Wiseman
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 (way back in issue #5). Punky took over in the next issue.

1 page activity "Here's a page for you to color!"

Synopsis

A full page Dennis gag that can be colored. This one doesn't look like a reprint of a Hank Ketcham daily.

4 page Dennis the Menace story "Dennis Steals the Show"

Characters	Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Ruff
Genre	children; humor
Script	Fred Toole
Pencils	Al Wiseman
Inks	Al Wiseman

1 page Dennis the Menace story "4 Dennis Cartoons"

Synopsis	Reprints of 4 daily Dennis the Menace cartoons.
Genre	humor
Script	Hank Ketcham
Pencils	Hank Ketcham
Inks	Hank Ketcham
Letters	Hank Ketcham

1 page Dennis the Menace story "An Umbrella for Dad"

Characters	Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell
Genre	children; humor
Script	Fred Toole
Pencils	Al Wiseman
Inks	Al Wiseman