Dennis the Menace #50

A milestone fiftieth issue of the beloved Hallden/Fawcett series, and Dennis is already causing trouble in the name of romance. The cover captures the mischief perfectly: a grinning Dennis launches a startled frog into the air from a pink hat, while a red-haired girl recoils in wide-eyed alarm — a large pink heart sitting sweetly at her feet hinting that this is all somehow meant as a Valentine's gesture. With writer Fred Toole's "Be My Valentine" at the helm, this 1961 issue delivers the cheerful, good-natured chaos that made Dennis the Menace a staple of kids' comic reading.