Summary of Comic[]

Dennis the Menace is a daily syndicated newspaper comic strip originally created, written and illustrated by Hank Ketcham. It debuted on March 12, 1951 in 16 newspapers and was originally distributed by Post-Hall Syndicate. It is now written and drawn by Ketcham's former assistants, Marcus Hamilton and Ron Ferdinand, and distributed to at least 1,000 newspapers in 48 countries and 19 languages by King Features Syndicate. The comic strip usually runs for a single panel on weekdays and a full strip on Sundays.
The comic strip became so successful that it was adapted to many other kinds of popular media, including several television shows, both live-action and animated; and several feature films, including theatrical and direct-to-video releases.
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Confusion[]
Some people are confused for the unrelated British Beano character Dennis the Menace, a menace with his dog Gnasher. For information about these characters, see here.
Appearances in MAD[]
Season 2[]
- Episode 22 (48) Garfield of Dreams: Dennis the Menace appeared as a comic strip hero. He later appears talking to Tom Cruise about menaceing Mr. Wilson and gets a role in Menace: Impossible (Mission: Impossible).