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Dennis the Menace #24

Sep 1957 · Pines · 0.10 USD
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Dennis questions what happened to a club he and his pals were forming, learning that his friend became president and wants to use someone's clubhouse. After Dennis mentions that nothing matters as long as you have a good friend, he invites Tommy to have a sandwich, but Tommy refuses and instead asks to use Dennis's nice house for a club. When a brush salesman and his secretary later visit Dennis's home to demonstrate an all-purpose brush, Dennis enthusiastically uses it for various household cleaning tasks, leading to comedic chaos. The issue concludes with a "Dennis vs. Dan" story featuring Cupid and romantic complications involving a football game and tea time.

Contains 7 stories
4 Cartoons
1 pp · Humor
We Want a Clubhouse!
9 pp · Humor, Children
Dennis MitchellRuffAlice MitchellTommy AndersonMargaret Wade

Dennis Mitchell and his pals decide to build their own clubhouse after being shooed out of their homes, leading to a chaotic construction project that leaves them scrambling to gather cookies for a president election. When their plans fall apart and tempers flare, Dennis learns an unexpected lesson about what friendship really means.

Double Talk
4 pp · Humor, Children
Dennis MitchellHenry MitchellAlice MitchellGeorge Wilson

Dennis Mitchell has a gift for taking everything people say literally—especially when his father Henry uses figures of speech like "more than one way to skin a cat," leading to hilarious misunderstandings that ripple through the whole family. When Dennis decides to speak in his own brand of nonsensical "silly talk," his parents discover that fighting fire with fire might not be the answer.

Untitled Humor story
4 pp · Humor, Children
Punky
R.M. Hall Enterprises Dennis V.P. (Very Pesty)
7 pp · Humor, Children
Dennis MitchellHenry MitchellAlice Mitchell

When Dennis Mitchell tags along with his mother to visit his father Henry at R.M. Hall Enterprises, his usual antics—wild elevator rides, interrupting conferences, and wreaking havoc in the office—threaten to get his dad in serious trouble with the boss. But sometimes a little chaos reveals what careful planning never could, and Dennis's accidental discovery might just turn the day around in the most unexpected way.

Dennis vs. Dan* *Dan Cupid, that is.
6 pp · Humor, Children
Dennis MitchellMargaret WadeAlice Mitchell
4 Cartoons
1 pp · Humor

ComicBooks.com Value

Our Model is In Beta
Raw (VG) $13
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $40*
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 none in existence
CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 none in existence
CGC 4.0 · 1 in census $30*
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Full credits

writer Fred Toole
artist, inker Al Wiseman
cover pencils, inks Hank Ketcham

Reprints

Reprinted in Dennis #9/1960 (1960), Dennis #10/1960 (1960), Dennis #11/1960 (1960), The Best of Dennis the Menace #3 (1960), Dennis the Menace Pocket Full of Fun #12 (1972), Dennis the Menace Pocket Full of Fun #17 (1973), Dennis the Menace Pocket Full of Fun #39 (1978), The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics #[nn] (2009), Dennis the Menace Pocket Full of Fun #32

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