(October 1965)

Harvey, 1959 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1965-07-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Harvey Publications Inc.
Brand
Giant Size Harvey Comics [Jack-in-the-box]
Editing
Leon Harvey (credited) (editor, vice president)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1965 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Casper / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Casper; Spooky; Wendy; Ik From Mars; The Ghostly Trio; Fatso; Fusso; Lazo
Cover Thumbnail for Casper's Ghostland (Harvey, 1959 series) #27
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Casper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gasp! Gasp! I wish it would rain!
Genre
humor
Characters
Casper

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Friendly Ghost Casper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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I'm going to visit the raccoon family and give this old catcher's mitt to young Ricky!
Genre
humor
Characters
Casper; Ricky
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The Friendly Ghost Casper And Ik From Mars (Table of Contents: 3)

The Friendly Ghost Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
Characters
Casper; Ik
Synopsis
Casper meets a Martian named Ik, who's looking for a home on Earth.
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Ghostly Host (Table of Contents: 4)

The Friendly Ghost Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
Characters
Casper; Ik
Synopsis
Ik and his family move into Casper's house, rebuild it and fly off in it.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from The Friendly Ghost Casper and Ik From Mars.

Martians, Go Home! (Table of Contents: 5)

The Friendly Ghost Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural; science fiction
Characters
Casper; Ik; The Ghostly Trio; Fatso; Fusso; Lazo
Synopsis
Casper and the Ghostly Trio scare Ik and his family off of Earth.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from Ghostly Host.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Friendly Ghost Casper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Golly! This hot weather's making me sleepy!
Genre
humor
Characters
Casper
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Sprouting Trouble (Table of Contents: 7)

Wendy The Good Little Witch / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Wendy; Aunt Velma; Aunt Thelma; Aunt Zelma
Synopsis
Wendy investigates a bunch of geysers that are popping up in the forest.

Don't Be Greedy (Table of Contents: 8)

Spooky / text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

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typeset
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Spooky

Indexer Notes

Text story with accompanying illustrations.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Casper, The Friendly Ghost / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Sad Sack / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

The Ghostly Trio And The Fantastic Funnel (Table of Contents: 11)

The Ghostly Trio / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Ghostly Trio; Fatso; Fusso; Lazo
Synopsis
The Trio uses a giant's magic funnel to make themselves bigger and scarier.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

The Ghostly Trio / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ready, set -
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Ghostly Trio; Fatso; Fusso; Lazo
Synopsis
The Trio get a TV when they scare a man.
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A Laugh A Minute With The Cuckoo Bird! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Sonny, The Cuckoo Bird / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Wendy, The Good Little Witch / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Casper The Friendly Ghost and Company / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

Flash Farrell Gets The Picture At Goodyear Aerospace (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Flash Farrell / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

What The Diggings (Table of Contents: 17)

The Friendly Ghost Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Casper; the Ghostly Trio; Fatso; Fusso; Lazo; Manny the Mole
Synopsis
Casper investigates mysterious holes that are appearing in the forest.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Wendy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Good night, Mr. Moon!
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Wendy; Casper
Synopsis
Wendy's Aunt tries to turn her dream into a nightmare so that Wendy will hate Casper.
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The Hole Story (Table of Contents: 19)

The Friendly Ghost Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Casper
Synopsis
Casper finds out that the holes appearing in the forest are the work of a gnome looking for the pot of gold that is missing from the end of the rainbow.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from What The Diggings.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Rocky and Bullwinkle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Gold Is Where You Mind It (Table of Contents: 21)

The Friendly Ghost Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Casper; The Ghostly Trio; Fatso; Fusso; Lazo
Synopsis
Casper finds the missing pot of gold.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from The Hole Story.

The Unfriendly Cat (Table of Contents: 22)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

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typeset
Genre
children
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

Richie Rich / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

Any Message? (Table of Contents: 24)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

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typeset
Genre
children
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

Hot Stuff, The Little Devil / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

Mind Over Matter (Table of Contents: 26)

The Tuff Little Ghost Spooky / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Spooky
Synopsis
Spooky attends a lecture about how ghosts aren't real.
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How's Trix? (Table of Contents: 27) (Expand) /

The Trix Rabbit / advertisement / 0.75 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Casper
  2. 1. ["Gasp! Gasp! I wish it would rain!"]
    Casper
  3. 2. ["I'm going to visit the raccoon family and give this old catcher's mitt to young Ricky!"]
    The Friendly Ghost Casper
  4. 3. The Friendly Ghost Casper And Ik From Mars
    The Friendly Ghost Casper
  5. 4. Ghostly Host
    The Friendly Ghost Casper
  6. 5. Martians, Go Home!
    The Friendly Ghost Casper
  7. 6. ["Golly! This hot weather's making me sleepy!"]
    The Friendly Ghost Casper
  8. 7. Sprouting Trouble
    Wendy The Good Little Witch
  9. 8. Don't Be Greedy
    Spooky
  10. 9. ["I love reading about Casper, In his Harvey Comics magazine!"]
    Casper, The Friendly Ghost
  11. 10. ["I'm loaded with work!"]
    Sad Sack
  12. 11. The Ghostly Trio And The Fantastic Funnel
    The Ghostly Trio
  13. 12. ["Ready, set -"]
    The Ghostly Trio
  14. 13. A Laugh A Minute With The Cuckoo Bird!
    Sonny, The Cuckoo Bird
  15. 14. ["All witches are both good and bad..."]
    Wendy, The Good Little Witch
  16. 15. ["Come play with us -- be a friend"]
    Casper The Friendly Ghost and Company
  17. 16. Flash Farrell Gets The Picture At Goodyear Aerospace
    Flash Farrell
  18. 17. What The Diggings
    The Friendly Ghost Casper
  19. 18. ["Good night, Mr. Moon!"]
    Wendy
  20. 19. The Hole Story
    The Friendly Ghost Casper
  21. 20. ["Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?"]
    Rocky and Bullwinkle
  22. 21. Gold Is Where You Mind It
    The Friendly Ghost Casper
  23. 22. The Unfriendly Cat
  24. 23. ["I have a problem - I'm making too much money -"]
    Richie Rich
  25. 24. Any Message?
  26. 25. ["I'm Hot Stuff! Who are you?"]
    Hot Stuff, The Little Devil
  27. 26. Mind Over Matter
    The Tuff Little Ghost Spooky
  28. 27. How's Trix?
    The Trix Rabbit
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Enrico Menin
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky
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