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Issue: Dennis the Menace Giant #7
Publication Date: January 1961
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Issues: #7 of 70 Issues (72 Printings)
Title: Dennis the Menace in Hollywood
Is Variant Variant: 2nd Printing
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagHallden; Fawcett
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Hallden Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/16/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
15 (11 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Reprint of the 1959 issue, but has editorial content change on the inside back cover. On-sale date from 1961 Books and Pamphlets, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Dennis the Menace in Hollywood

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ? (title)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Memo From Hallden Publications, Inc.

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Slater
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Fred Toole (photograph)
Synopsis: [Here is an excerpt] Dear Reader: Once again we have "sent" Dennis to one of your favorite places, by sending our artist-writer team to Hollywood. Artist Al Wiseman is very familiar with Southern California, having lived there, and writer Fred Toole made two separate trips to Los Angeles to gather authentic on-the-spot material for this book.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A photo of writer Fred Toole at the Ambassador Hotel swimming pool is also included.
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It All Began When....

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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; R.M. Hall; Mrs. Porter (baby sitter); Glenn Ford (mentioned); Kim Novak (mentioned); Freddy Martin (band leader)
Synopsis: Mr. Hall sends Henry Mitchell and family to Hollywood to oversee production of a film being made for the company.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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Movie-Groovy Starring Dennis Mitchell

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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; Bob Goodfreed; Rin Tin Tin
Synopsis: Henry Mitchell meets Bob Goodfreed, who is to work with him on the film; meanwhile Dennis causes a stir on the movie lot.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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"Alice in Glamourland" with a Selected Short Subject

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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; Santa Claus; Hari Slater
Synopsis: Alice takes Dennis for a visit to Hollywood.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: On a movie theatre poster appear the names: Bruce Ariss; Tamma Smith; Arch Garner; Fred Toole; Al Wiseman and Hank Ketcham. Publisher Harry Slater also appears as the character Hari Slater.
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Meanwhile, Back at the Wilson's

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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): George Wilson; Martha Wilson; Ruff; Mr. Wiseman (the milkman); the mailman; Rin Tin Tin; Henry Mitchell; Alice Mitchell; Jack Benny (silhouette); the Wilson's doctor.
Synopsis: George Wilson is happy without Dennis being around until he starts seeing illusions of him everywhere.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Includes a 10 page letter Dennis wrote to Ruff from Hollywood.
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Places to Go... Things to See. In and Around Los Angeles.

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Toole
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman [as AW]
Inker(s): Al Wiseman [as AW]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Cartoon style map of Los Angeles in 1959 showing many landmarks drawn by Al Wiseman.
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Time Out for Marineland

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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; Bubbles the Whale
Synopsis: The Mitchells visit Marineland of the Pacific.
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Pages: 8
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Here's Some Funny Fishes We Saw at Marineland!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Toole
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: nature
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Dennis Mitchell (masthead)
Synopsis: Some creatures of the deep.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Father Knows Best

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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; Robert Young [as Jim Anderson]; Lauren Chapin [as Kathy Anderson]; Herb Wallerstein (assistant director).
Synopsis: The Mitchells visit the set of 'Father Knows Best', a popular television show of that time.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Still Pics Plug Flicks

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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; Gary Cooper; Rita Hayworth
Synopsis: The Mitchells tour the Stills Department at Columbia Pictures.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Gary Cooper and Rita Hayworth appeared in the movie "They Came to Cordura", a 1959 Columbia release.
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Chasen Around

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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; Mr. Stransky; Kim Novak; John Wayne; Rock Hudson; Elizabeth Taylor; Glenn Ford; Mickey Rooney; Susan Hayward; Bob Hope;
Synopsis: The Mitchells go to a famous West Hollywood restaurant on their last night in Los Angeles.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: The eight movie stars that the Mitchell's see are shown as facial caricatures on one page.
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But All Good Things Must End, So....

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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; Bob Goodfreed
Synopsis: Dennis wants to see the film that his father was working on while on the trip.
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Pages: 3
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See Mr. Wilson? Somebody Likes Me!

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Character(s): Hank Ketcham (photograph); Dennis Mitchell (photograph of Jay North); Henry Mitchell (photograph of Herbert Anderson); George Wilson (photograph of Joseph Kearns)
Synopsis: Photo of Hank Ketcham presenting a drawing to TV's Dennis, Jay North.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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You Asked For 'Em

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Wiseman
Inker(s): Al Wiseman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dennis the Menace
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover ad for The Best of Dennis the Menace #1 and Dennis in Hawaii (3rd Printing) both now on sale.

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