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Issue: Dennis the Menace #40
Publication Date: January 1960
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Issues: #40 of 135 Issues (137 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagHallden; Fawcett
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Hallden Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/12/1959
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date as given in the copyright application as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1959, page 271, registration number B804690.
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Disclose Format
Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In6
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Ruff
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Alternate title logo, used on issues 39, 40, 61, 99 and several of the Dennis Giants.
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The Television Wilsons!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman (illustration); ? (photograph)
Inker(s): Al Wiseman (illustration); ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): The Cookie Jar
Character(s): George Wilson (photograph of Joseph Kearns); Martha Wilson (photograph of Sylvia Field)
Synopsis: "The Television Wilsons" - A profile of the actors who play the Wilsons on the TV show.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Fuss n' Feathers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Toole
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; George Wilson; Martha Wilson; Ruff
First Line: Alice, have you seen the hatchet?
Synopsis: The Mitchells get a live turkey for Thanksgiving that Dennis tries to hide.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #90 published March 1971
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Peace and Quiet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Toole
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Tommy Anderson; Mrs. Wade
Synopsis: Alice seems oblivious to all the noise that Dennis and his friends are making.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #90 published March 1971
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Toy and the Treaty

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, historical
Character(s): Philip Groman; Philip's father; Miles Standish; Sinako; Samoset; Governor Carver
Synopsis: An Indian boy and a Pilgrim boy seek peace for their people in Massachusetts.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Hank Ketcham
Penciller(s): Hank Ketcham
Inker(s): Hank Ketcham
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Hank Ketcham
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Day by Day with Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: Reprints of seven daily Dennis the Menace cartoons.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: One cartoon for each day of the week.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): A Grampa Story
Character(s): Grampa [Steven]; Grampa's wife
First Line: Hi Grampa! Boy, is it ever cold outside!
Synopsis: Grampa tells a tall tale about living at the South Pole.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #90 published March 1971
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Grampa's first name revealed.
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The Bridge Whiz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Toole
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Alice Mitchell
Synopsis: Alice has her friends over to play bridge.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #90 published March 1971
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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The Snack-Sneaker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Toole
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell
Synopsis: Dennis gets up for a late night snack.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.83
Disclose Notes: Shares page with statement of ownership.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gordon W. Fawcett
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.17
Disclose Notes: Filed by business manager Gordon W. Fawcett and notarized by Lillian M. Klein on September 17, 1959. No circulation figures. No editor and no managing editor.
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Dig That Dennis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Toole
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; two babysitters
Synopsis: Dennis misinterprets the slang talk of his teenage babysitters.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagDennis the Menace Bonus Magazine Series #90 published March 1971
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: A different story with the same title appears in "Dennis the Menace" #67.
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Dennis 'Joins' Air Force!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Cookie Jar
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ketcham's Dennis design for the 68th Bomb Wing, Chennault Air Force Base, Lake Charles, Louisiana.
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Fish Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Toole
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell; Tommy Anderson
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDennis the Menace Giant #13 published January 1963
as Fish Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Printed on the back cover. A package of Mother Toole's Rainbow Trout is shown.

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