Spooky #102
(February 1968)

Harvey, 1955 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1967-11-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Harvey Publications Inc.
Brand
Harvey Comics [Jack-in-the-box]
Editing
Leon Harvey (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Spooky / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Spooky; alien
Keywords
Alien; flying saucer; ray gun
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Spooky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
This paint job is long overdue.
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; children
Characters
Spooky; house; dust storm
Synopsis
When a dust storm ruins the paint job on Spooky's house, Spooky scares the paint away.
Keywords
Ghost

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Transogram Toys / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Bad Manor (Table of Contents: 4)

Spooky / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; children
Characters
Spooky; ghosts; ghost house
Synopsis
Spooky seeks out a new house to haunt. But the house he chooses is a ghost house, and it won't let him leave.
Keywords
Ghost; haunted house

Indexer Notes

First part of a two-part story, concluded in this issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Ghostly Trio / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Foo!
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; children
Characters
Bear; Moose; the Ghostly Trio
Synopsis
The Ghostly Trio is bored, because there's no one to scare in the woods. They don't realize that they're terrifying all the animals.
Keywords
Ghost; wildlife

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Spooky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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-- And my guests were horrified at your booing!
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; children
Characters
Spooky; Poil
Synopsis
Spooky dreams of Poil scolding him. This annoys him so much that he reaches into the dream, and turns off the light.
Keywords
Dream; ghost

The Phantom Pet (Table of Contents: 7)

Spooky / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; children
Characters
Spooky; ghost house
Synopsis
Spooky scares the ghost house so much that it lets him loose, and shrinks to tiny size. They both decide that Spooky will keep the ghost house as a pet.
Keywords
Ghost; haunted house

Indexer Notes

Part 2 (conclusion) of the story "Bad Manor," also in this issue.

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Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Dollar Bargains Novelty Items / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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Casper [& Company] Cartoon Show / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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250 Magic Tricks / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Large Economy-Size Witches' Brew (Table of Contents: 14)

Wendy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Feature Logo
Wendy the Good Little Witch
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; children
Characters
Wendy; Thelma; Velma; Zelma; giant
Synopsis
Wendy's aunties find a giant pot, and make so much witches' brew that the smell overpowers the neighborhood. Wendy finds the giant who lost the pot and gets him to retrieve it, putting an end to the smell.
Keywords
Giant; witch

The Friendly Cat (Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

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typeset
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Inky; Butch
Synopsis
Inky, a coal-black kitten, has always lived with love, and so knows no fear. Butch, a boxer dog, expects Inky to be afraid, because dogs chase cats and cats fear dogs. Inky says that fellows who like each other should just go ahead and have fun together, regardless of what the world thinks.
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Keywords
Prejudice

Indexer Notes

This story was published during the American civil rights movement.

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

The Sulky Lamppost (Table of Contents: 17)

text story / 0.75 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Louie was a lamppost. He stood tall and straight on one of the busiest street corners in town.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Louie (lamppost); Elmer (mail box); Willie (trash basket); man; mother; child
Synopsis
Louie is upset that no one ever notices him, and plunges the street into darkness until he learns that a child misses his light.
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Sad Sack / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

Helpful Haunt (Table of Contents: 19)

Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; children
Characters
Boobert; Casper, the Friendly Ghost; lamp owner; movie makers; thieves; police; bear
Synopsis
Casper tries to convince Boobert to be helpful. Boobert keeps scaring people, which in each case turns out to help them.
Keywords
Ghost

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Super Power-Vision Binoculars / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Casper [& Company] Cartoon Show / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spooky
  2. 1. ["Here are six Giant Harvey Comics on sale now!"]
  3. 2. ["This paint job is long overdue."]
    Spooky
  4. 3. ["You are under the spell of Ka-Bala"]
    Transogram Toys
  5. 4. Bad Manor
    Spooky
  6. 5. ["Foo!"]
    The Ghostly Trio
  7. 6. ["-- And my guests were horrified at your booing!"]
    Spooky
  8. 7. The Phantom Pet
    Spooky
  9. 8. ["4 new 'finds' for coin collectors"]
    Littleton Coins
  10. 9. ["Order by mail specials"]
    Dollar Bargains Novelty Items
  11. 10. ["Hi! Here are the funniest comics on sale at your friendly dealer."]
  12. 11. ["... And here comes Casper the Friendly Ghost and Company"]
    Casper [& Company] Cartoon Show
  13. 12. ["250 magic tricks revealed"]
    250 Magic Tricks
  14. 13. ["Here are the Giant Harvey Comics now on sale!"]
  15. 14. Large Economy-Size Witches' Brew
    Wendy
  16. 15. The Friendly Cat
  17. 16. ["I love reading about Casper, in his Harvey Comics magazine!"]
    Casper, the Friendly Ghost
  18. 17. The Sulky Lamppost
  19. 18. ["I'm loaded with work!"]
    Sad Sack
  20. 19. Helpful Haunt
    Casper
  21. 20. ["Boys 12 or older make $1 to $5 weekly"]
    Grit Newspaper
  22. 21. ["Fabulous new '216' collection includes all these dramatic man-in-space stamps"]
    Zenith Stamps
  23. 22. ["Super Power-Vision"]
    Super Power-Vision Binoculars
  24. 23. ["A new show on ABC TV"]
    Casper [& Company] Cartoon Show
  25. 24. ["Here's a whole treasure chest of fun"]
    Honor House Products
  26. 25. ["Fun as all outdoors... even indoors!"]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Kirk House
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Craig Richardson
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