(February 1957)

Harvey, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Harvey Publications Inc.
Brand
Harvey Comics [Stamp]
Editing
Leon Harvey (editor, vice-president)

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Casper / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
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Casper
Synopsis
Casper is hung out to dry.
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[County Fair] (Table of Contents: 1)

Casper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy! Today! County Fair
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Casper the Friendly Ghost
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; children
Characters
Casper
Synopsis
To see a county fair without scaring anyone, Casper hides in a seller's cluster of balloons. His round white head looks like a balloon.
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Little Lost Ghost (Table of Contents: 2)

Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Booo Booo Booooo Boooo Booooo Sounds Like an Echo! BooHoooo
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Casper the Friendly Ghost
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; children
Characters
Casper; Ghostly Trio; Something
Synopsis
Casper finds a lost baby ghost who can't even remember his name. He decides upon Something as his name. Casper takes him to his, i.e. Casper's, home.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Nightmare / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Hmm! There's a New Sign in the Forest!
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Nightmare
Synopsis
It seems Casper has been frightening the denizens of the forest. Nightmare investigates, and finds out it's a cat who has disguised himself as Casper for mischief.
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Boo-Who? (Table of Contents: 4)

Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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I keep hearing noises!
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Casper the Friendly Ghost
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; children
Characters
Casper; Ghostly Trio; Something
Synopsis
After introducing Something to Ghostly Trio, Casper takes Something outside and teaches him ghostly abilities such as invisibility, passing through walls, and flying. He also tries to convince Something to be a friendly ghost rather than a scary ghost.
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A Special Something (Table of Contents: 5)

Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Wheee! This is fun!
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Casper the Friendly Ghost
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; children
Characters
Casper; Ghostly Trio; Something; Something's mother
Synopsis
Something plyas pranks on Ghostly Trio, who get fed up and tell Casper to take him away. By chance, they encounter Something's mother (his name really is Something), who takes him back.
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Brave Beazer (Table of Contents: 6)

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Everybody at Ten Mile Camp laughed at Beazer.
Genre
drama; western-frontier
Characters
Ox Rockeau; Mike Larson; Beazer the dog
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Casper's Diary / text article / 0.75 page (report information)

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When you come to the beginning of a New Year, you're always filled with hopes that it's going to be better than the previous one.

Learning by Heart (Table of Contents: 8)

Spooky / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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It's sure nice of you to fly me home from school, Spooky.
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; children
Characters
Spooky; Poil [Pearl]
Synopsis
Poil dumps Spooky when she finds out he likes to scare people. Giving up on being good, he tries to be even scarier. He's hardening his heart and consequently his ghostly powers become petrified. To recover, he tries to help people, which is seen by Poil, and they become friends again.
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Casper
  2. 1. [County Fair]
    Casper
  3. 2. Little Lost Ghost
    Casper
  4. 3. ["Hmm! There's a New Sign in the Forest!"]
    Nightmare
  5. 4. Boo-Who?
    Casper
  6. 5. A Special Something
    Casper
  7. 6. Brave Beazer
  8. 7. ["When you come to the beginning of a New Year, you're always filled with hopes that it's going to be better than the previous one."]
    Casper's Diary
  9. 8. Learning by Heart
    Spooky
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  • Pat Conolly
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Len Wolinsky
  • Warren Zeigler
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