By Hank Ketcham Now in Paperback! The first two years of Hank Ketcham's classic! Hank Ketcham's Dennis the Menace began on March 14, 1951 and went on to become the second most-popular cartoon kid in the world, after Charlie Brown. The timing was perfect - the post-war generation, at the height of the Baby Boom, embraced the perennial troublemaker and turned Dennis into a global publishing, merchandising, and multimedia phenomemon with over 50 million book collections sold, a fondly-remembered television series, theatrical productions, feature films, and more! The strip is still enjoyed by millions every day. This first volume of Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace publishes every single panel strip from 1951 and 1952 is one handsome and thick paperback that resembles a Big Little Book on growth hormones!