Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	July 1957
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36

Cover Details

Characters	Dennis Mitchell
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

10 page Dennis the Menace story "Dennis the Bookworm"

Characters	Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell
Genre	children; humor
Script	Fred Toole
Pencils	Al Wiseman
Inks	Al Wiseman
Reprinted	in Best of Dennis the Menace, The (Hallden, 1959 series) #3; in Dennis the Menace Giant (Hallden; Fawcett, 1958 series) #69; in Dennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series (Fawcett, 1970 series) #185.

5 page Dennis the Menace story "Meanwhile.... Back at the Ranch..."

Characters	Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Tommy Anderson; George Wilson; Martha Wilson
Genre	children; humor
Script	Fred Toole
Pencils	Al Wiseman
Inks	Al Wiseman

2 page text story "Road Closed"

Letters

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4 page Punky story "Punky"

Synopsis	Punky floats away with some balloons.
Pencils	Al Wiseman
Inks	Al Wiseman

5 page Dennis the Menace story "The Long and Short of It"

Characters	Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Ruff
Genre	children; humor
Script	Fred Toole
Pencils	Al Wiseman
Inks	Al Wiseman
Notes	A different story with a similar title ("The Long and the Short of It!") appears in Dennis the Menace (Hallden; Fawcett, 1959 series) #156.

6 page Dennis the Menace story "The Big Build-Up"

Characters	Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Ruff; Tommy Anderson
Genre	children; humor
Script	Fred Toole
Pencils	Al Wiseman
Inks	Al Wiseman
Reprinted	in Dennis the Menace Pocket Full of Fun (Fawcett, 1969 series) #41.

1 page advertisement "Boys' Clubs of America"

1 page Dennis the Menace story "I'll help ya get dressed, Dad!"

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