(July 1969)

Harvey, 1959 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1969-04-15
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

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Casper / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor
Characters
Casper; Spooky; Nightmare; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]
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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
"Hi, Pearl!
Genre
humor
Characters
Casper; Poil
Synopsis
Casper and Poil have a record party in an old abandoned dance hall.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Casper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy...she sure can spin along, eh!
Genre
humor
Characters
Fred; Glen; Casper
Synopsis
A turtle surprises his friend with his speed after spotting Casper.
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Roar Lion (Table of Contents: 3)

Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor
Characters
Casper; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; Lawrence
Synopsis
A lion on his way to rescue his wife leaves his son with Casper.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues in "Uncle Casper vs Uncle Trio."

Uncle Casper vs Uncle Trio (Table of Contents: 4)

Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor
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Casper; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; Lawrence
Synopsis
The Trio get Lawrence to listen to them and ignore Casper.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from "Roar Lion."
Story continues in "Granny Whammy Socks it to 'Em!"

Granny Whammy Socks it to 'Em! (Table of Contents: 5)

Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor
Characters
Casper; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; Lawrence; Granny Whammy
Synopsis
The Trio and Lawrence annoy a powerful witch who puts a whammy on them, but Casper talks her into removing it from Lawrence just as his parents return.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from "Uncle Casper vs Uncle Trio."

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

Wendy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's the mirror you wanted, Auntie Zelma!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Wendy; Zelma
Synopsis
Zelma wants to see what she looks like, but her face cracks the mirror.
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The Camouflage Expert (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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Genre
humor
Characters
Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; Casper
Synopsis
Casper tries to hide a lost monster from the Trio.
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The Adventure of Sparks (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

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typeset

Genre
animal
Characters
Sparks; Tuwhitt; Rupert Rabbit
Synopsis
A puppy and a rabbit meet and become friends.
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Party Dress (Table of Contents: 9)

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Genre
children
Characters
Cindy
Synopsis
Cindy can't afford a new party dress, until she finds the Party Shop's payroll envelope and they give her a dress as a reward.
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Boo it Down (Table of Contents: 10)

Spooky / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor
Characters
Spooky
Synopsis
A demolition man gets Spooky to boo down old houses for him.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Wendy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, the poor man! His land is full of stones!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Wendy
Synopsis
Wendy tries to help an elderly farmer, but he doesn't appreciate it.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Casper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Junior...I want to take a picture of you! Hold still!
Genre
humor
Characters
Casper; Junior
Synopsis
Casper helps a mother take a picture of her son.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Casper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh...always something right in the middle of my favorite program!
Genre
humor
Characters
Casper; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]
Synopsis
Casper accidentally scares a tramp while trying to fix the television.
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The Treacherous Castle (Table of Contents: 14)

Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor
Characters
Casper; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]
Synopsis
The Trio take a job filling in for the ghost of Treacherous Castle while he takes a vacation, because they've heard about a secret in the dungeon. It turns out to be a dragon, who asks Casper to slay him to remove the spell that turned him into a dragon.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues in "A Guest on a Quest."

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

Wendy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well if it isn't Melvin Mosquito!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Wendy; Melvin Mosquito
Synopsis
Melvin Mosquito is dissatisfied with his existence and wants to be changed into something else.
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A Guest on a Quest (Table of Contents: 16)

Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor
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Casper; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]
Synopsis
Casper tags along as the dragon goes searching for a knight to slay him.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from "The Treacherous Castle."
Story continues in "The Broken Spell."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Broken Spell (Table of Contents: 18)

Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor
Characters
Casper
Synopsis
Casper follows the dragon to a city, where he is slain by a "knight" watchman and turns back into a frog. When Casper, who had assumed he was a prince, expresses surprise that he'd rather be a frog than a dragon, the frog angrily snaps "Everybody's happiest being what he is!" Casper takes him to a swamp.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from "A Guest on a Quest."

The Lazy Oyster (Table of Contents: 19)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

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Genre
animal
Characters
Ollie; Scamper the Crab; Jimmy the Sea Bass
Synopsis
An oyster who just likes to stay in his bed learns a lesson about being lazy.
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Indexer Notes

This is an edited version of the story in Rags Rabbit #13 (October 1951), which features two characters (Friendly Flounder and Puffer the Blow Fish) who do not appear in this version.

Why's Guy (Table of Contents: 20)

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Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Seymour Duck; Davey Duck; Grandma
Synopsis
Davey Duck is constantly asking his father "Why?" When his father gets frustrated and refuses to answer anymore, Davey destroys everything in his grandmother's basement.
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The Silent Treatment (Table of Contents: 21)

Spooky / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor
Characters
Spooky; Poil
Synopsis
Spooky has a sore throat, so Poil thinks he can't do any scaring, but he is more adaptable than that.
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Casper
  2. 1. [""Hi, Pearl!"]
    Casper
  3. 2. ["Boy...she sure can spin along, eh!"]
    Casper
  4. 3. Roar Lion
    Casper
  5. 4. Uncle Casper vs Uncle Trio
    Casper
  6. 5. Granny Whammy Socks it to 'Em!
    Casper
  7. 6. ["Here's the mirror you wanted, Auntie Zelma!"]
    Wendy
  8. 7. The Camouflage Expert
    The Ghostly Trio
  9. 8. The Adventure of Sparks
  10. 9. Party Dress
  11. 10. Boo it Down
    Spooky
  12. 11. ["Oh, the poor man! His land is full of stones!"]
    Wendy
  13. 12. ["Junior...I want to take a picture of you! Hold still!"]
    Casper
  14. 13. ["Gosh...always something right in the middle of my favorite program!"]
    Casper
  15. 14. The Treacherous Castle
    Casper
  16. 15. ["Well if it isn't Melvin Mosquito!"]
    Wendy
  17. 16. A Guest on a Quest
    Casper
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
  19. 18. The Broken Spell
    Casper
  20. 19. The Lazy Oyster
  21. 20. Why's Guy
  22. 21. The Silent Treatment
    Spooky
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Joey Beretta
  • Steve Coates
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Jim Stangas
  • Len Wolinsky
  • Warren Zeigler