Dennis the Menace #39

A leaky sink has never looked so entertaining — cover artist Al Wiseman puts Dennis front and center beneath a dripping faucet assembly, looking thoroughly guilty while a weary plumber peers down at the waterlogged chaos from above. The gag is instantly readable: water droplets fly, a pipe wrench is brandished, and Dennis's sheepish expression says everything about how this plumbing situation came to be. With interior art also by Al Wiseman and a story titled "Just Poolin'," this 1959 Hallden/Fawcett issue promises the kind of cheerfully soggy mischief that made America's favorite little menace a household name.