(March 1971)
Harvey,
1959 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- 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
[no title indexed]
Casper / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There goes Casper! Looks like he's going on a picnic!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; Casper
- Synopsis
- Casper gives the ants a picnic.
[no title indexed]
Casper / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here comes Casper with his head in the clouds again!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casper; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]
- Synopsis
- Casper literally puts his head in the clouds to avoid the Ghostly Trio.
Jack Frost's Slump
Casper / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah! The first icicles!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casper; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; Jack Frost
- Synopsis
- Jack Frost has lost his touch and the weather is going haywire, ending up in a horrible cold snap.
Indexer Notes
Story continues in "The Deepest Freeze."
The Deepest Freeze
Casper / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's so cold the TV set cracked right in half and it's suddenly so quiet!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casper; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; North Wind
- Synopsis
- Casper heads for the North Pole to find Jack Frost.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from "Jack Frost's Slump!"
Story continues in "The Surprise at the North Pole!"
The Surprise at the North Pole!
Casper / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I was afraid of that! A solid block of thick ice! Only a ghost could get in or out of there!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casper; Tikki; Love; Harold Frost
- Synopsis
- With the help of Eskimo boy Tikki and his dog Love, Casper makes it to the North Pole and finds that Jack Frost and his cousin Harold, from Jupiter, have traded jobs to give each other vacations. Since Jupiter is much colder than Earth, Harold had set the temperature much too low. Harold and Jack return to their home planets.
Indexer Notes
Story continues from "The Deepest Freeze."
[no title indexed]
Spooky / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I know there are fish in this pond!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Spooky
- Synopsis
- Spooky tries to blast the fish out of a pond with a boo, but it backfires.
The Best Sitter Around
Wendy / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There you are, Wendy! I heard you did sitting, so I sent for you!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Wendy; Witch Weirda
- Synopsis
- Witch Weirda hires Wendy to babysit her animate furniture.
The Mysterious Broom
Casper / text story / 1.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Casper was wandering through the Enchanted Forest one afternoon enjoying the cool shade of the great trees, when a gentle sobbing nearby made him stop short.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casper; Wendy; Witch Sisters [Thelma; Velma; Zelma]
- Synopsis
- Wendy's aunts have broken her broom, so Casper turns invisible and tries to make her think that it still flies.
- Reprints
-
from Wendy, the Good Little Witch (Harvey, 1960 series) #49 (August 1968) which is reprinted - from Spooky (Harvey, 1955 series) #89 (December 1965)
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Think Shrink
Spooky / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy...did I scare up an appetite today! I could eat a whole farm!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Spooky; Dr. Knock-Knees; Gnoidley
- Synopsis
- Spooky asks a psychologist why nobody likes him. The doctor tells him he should share with people instead of trying to get things from them, but that doesn't go well for Spooky.
[no title indexed]
Spooky / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Telephone? Hmmmm?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Spooky
- Synopsis
- Spooky boos a random phone number.
[no title indexed]
Spooky / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've got to win this one!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Spooky
- Synopsis
- Spooky tries to win a free turkey for the longest ski jump.
[no title indexed]
Casper / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can I join your ball team, Biff?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casper; Biff
- Synopsis
- Casper helps a small boy qualify for a bigger boy's baseball team.
- Reprints
- from The Friendly Ghost, Casper (Harvey, 1958 series) #61 (September 1963)
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The Magic Fiddle
Casper / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Casper! Will you stop that stomping around up there?!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casper; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; Dee Liteful
- Synopsis
- Casper and the Trio hear some mysterious music that compels them to dance. They trace it to a barn dance where a boy named Dee is playing his grandfathers magic fiddle, but the sight of the Trio causes the people to run away, and the fiddle is trampled.
- Reprints
- from The Friendly Ghost, Casper (Harvey, 1958 series) #61 (September 1963)
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Indexer Notes
Story continues in "The Glue of Friendship."
The Glue of Friendship
Casper / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Maybe I can get it fixed, Dee! I'm a ghost! I have lots of magical friends!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casper; Dee Liteful; Zeb
- Synopsis
- Casper and the woodland animals repair Dee's fiddle.
- Reprints
- from The Friendly Ghost, Casper (Harvey, 1958 series) #61 (September 1963)
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Indexer Notes
Story continues from "The Magic Fiddle."
Story continues in "Old King Cole."
What is a Folk Song?
text article / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What makes a folk song?
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Richie Rich (Harvey, 1960 series) #70 (June 1968) which is reprinted
- from The Friendly Ghost, Casper (Harvey, 1958 series) #61 (September 1963)
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Indexer Notes
An introduction to folk music.
1 in 3 Trick
Wendy's Magic Tricks / text article / 0.75 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The "One in Three" trick is one of the most famous of all tricks.
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from The Friendly Ghost, Casper (Harvey, 1958 series) #119 (July 1968) which is reprinted
- from The Friendly Ghost, Casper (Harvey, 1958 series) #61 (September 1963)
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Indexer Notes
Instructions for doing the "One in Three" trick.
Old King Cole
Casper / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! This is the greatest party we've ever had in the woods!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casper; Dee Liteful; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; King Cole
- Synopsis
- The Ghostly Trio cause Dee's fiddle to get broken again. They notice that it's marked "Property of King Cole," so Casper and Dee visit the king and Dee gets a job replacing the king's fiddlers three.
- Reprints
- from The Friendly Ghost, Casper (Harvey, 1958 series) #61 (September 1963)
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Indexer Notes
Story continues from "The Glue of Friendship."
The Baby Dragon
Spooky / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whew! I'm getting bushed flying around these mountains! I think I'll rest awhile!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Spooky
- Synopsis
- A newly-hatched baby dragon thinks Spooky is his father.
- Reprints
- from The Friendly Ghost, Casper (Harvey, 1958 series) #61 (September 1963)
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[no title indexed]
Casper / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- G-gosh! I never was so scared in all my life--sailing way up there!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casper
- Synopsis
- Casper tries to help a turtle jump like a frog.
- Reprints
- from The Friendly Ghost, Casper (Harvey, 1958 series) #40 (December 1961)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Casper -
1.
["There goes Casper! Looks like he's going on a picnic!"]
Casper -
2.
["Here comes Casper with his head in the clouds again!"]
Casper -
3.
Jack Frost's Slump
Casper -
4.
The Deepest Freeze
Casper -
5.
The Surprise at the North Pole!
Casper -
6.
["I know there are fish in this pond!"]
Spooky -
7.
The Best Sitter Around
Wendy -
8.
The Mysterious Broom
Casper -
9.
Think Shrink
Spooky -
10.
["Telephone? Hmmmm?"]
Spooky -
11.
["I've got to win this one!"]
Spooky -
12.
["Can I join your ball team, Biff?"]
Casper -
13.
The Magic Fiddle
Casper -
14.
The Glue of Friendship
Casper -
15.
What is a Folk Song?
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16.
1 in 3 Trick
Wendy's Magic Tricks -
17.
Old King Cole
Casper -
18.
The Baby Dragon
Spooky -
19.
["G-gosh! I never was so scared in all my life--sailing way up there!"]
Casper
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Thomas Johnson
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Warren Zeigler
- Joey Beretta
- Jim Stangas
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