Dennis the Menace Giant #7

Dennis Mitchell has traded his slingshot for a cowboy hat and gun belt, and the cover of this 1959 Hallden giant issue finds him mugging cheerfully right in front of a movie camera while a beret-wearing director looks on in mild exasperation. Behind Dennis, a pair of costumed western actors — one with hands raised, the other looking thoroughly put-upon — stand before a painted mountain backdrop, making it delightfully clear that a Hollywood shoot is already going sideways. Al Wiseman's crisp, expressive linework brings every detail to life, from Dennis's gap-toothed grin to the studio lights overhead, setting a wonderfully chaotic tone for "It All Began When….