(June 1964)
Harvey,
1961 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1964-02-27
- 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); Sid Jacobson (actual)
[no title indexed]
Spooky / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now don't scare anyone on our picnic, Spooky! I hate scaring!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Poil; Spooky
- Synopsis
- At the beach, Spooky finds a way to scare the seagulls without Poil realizing it.
- Reprints
-
in The Friendly Ghost, Casper (Harvey, 1986 series) #243 (November 1988)
-
[no title indexed]
Spooky / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I reckon I'll have to shoot off the lock!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Spooky
- Synopsis
- A western movie at the drive-in inspires Spooky to try booing a lock open.
- Reprints
- in Casper & Nightmare (Harvey, 1964 series) #25 (September 1969)
-
The Ghost of Many Faces
Spooky / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Spooky
- Synopsis
- Spooky finds a secret ghost formula for a potion that give him the ability to look like anyone he chooses. After making himself look like Casper and then Wendy, he takes the form of a pig, at which point a witch comes along and turns him into a football. She takes him to her home, and since her magic is more powerful than his he can't do anything about it.
- Reprints
- in Casper & Nightmare (Harvey, 1964 series) #25 (September 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues in "Getting Unwitched."
Getting Unwitched
Spooky / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Spooky; Casper; Wendy
- Synopsis
- The witch gives Spooky, still in football form, to her children to play with; when they break a window she turns the football back into a pig, which gives Spooky the chance to turn back into himself and escape.
- Reprints
- in Casper & Nightmare (Harvey, 1964 series) #25 (September 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues from "The Ghost of Many Faces."
Casper Meets Nicky
Casper / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Casper; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; Nicky
- Synopsis
- Casper meets Nicky, a ghost who, just like Casper, lives with three other ghosts who aren't very nice to him.
- Reprints
- in Casper & Nightmare (Harvey, 1964 series) #25 (September 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Ghostly Trio / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I like to scare things that look like they have real legs!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]
- Synopsis
- The Trio scare a stump.
Better Be Quiet Zone
Nightmare / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Nightmare
- Synopsis
- Nightmare keeps the woodland creatures from waking a dangerous giant.
- Reprints
- in Casper & Nightmare (Harvey, 1964 series) #25 (September 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
Letterer was previously credited to Joe Rosen, but an inspection of the story itself reveals the lettering is not in Rosen's characteristic style.
Round the World Postmark: Cairo
text story / 1.5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; children
- Characters
- Fred Ripple; Alvin Bassett
- Synopsis
- Alvin tells Fred about his pen-pal in Cairo, and they discuss Egyptian history.
- Reprints
- in Casper & Nightmare (Harvey, 1964 series) #25 (September 1969)
-
Fright You Are
Ghostly Trio / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; Scarence
- Synopsis
- Fatso borrows a scary mask from Scarence, the mask-making ghost, to scare Fusso and Lazo.
- Reprints
- in Casper & Nightmare (Harvey, 1964 series) #25 (September 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Casper / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, a museum!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Casper; Jim
- Synopsis
- Casper saves a suit of armor that a museum throws out.
- Reprints
- in Casper & Nightmare (Harvey, 1964 series) #25 (September 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Spooky / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah! My carrot patch is just about ripe for the picking!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Spooky
- Synopsis
- Spooky can't keep rabbits away from his carrot patch.
Handsome Haunt
Spooky / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Spooky; Poil; Gorjuss Orvis
- Synopsis
- Spooky eliminates his new competition for Poil's attentions.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (Harvey, 1955 series) #18 (March 1958)
-
[no title indexed]
Nightmare / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I hear music!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Nightmare
- Synopsis
- Nightmare helps an opera singer regain his voice.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (Harvey, 1955 series) #18 (March 1958)
-
[no title indexed]
Ghostly Trio / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your turn to cook dinner Fatso!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]
- Synopsis
- When the others demand that he cook dinner, Fatso borrows a recipe.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (Harvey, 1955 series) #18 (March 1958)
-
Spic & Span Spook
Spooky / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Spooky
- Synopsis
- Spooky gets washed by a woman who mistakes him for a piece of dirty laundry.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (Harvey, 1955 series) #18 (March 1958)
-
If You Want to Fight 'Em Join 'Em!
Spooky / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Spooky
- Synopsis
- Spooky puts one over on the local rich people, who are trying to run him out of town.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (Harvey, 1955 series) #18 (March 1958)
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Nobody's Friend
text story / 0.75 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Willy; Elmer; Old Ben
- Synopsis
- Willy and his family move to a small town, where no one will play with him until he saves them all from a flood.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (Harvey, 1955 series) #18 (March 1958)
-
Great American
text story / 0.75 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Abraham Lincoln
- Synopsis
- The story of Abraham Lincoln.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (Harvey, 1955 series) #18 (March 1958)
-
Witches Brew
Wendy the Good Little Witch / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Wendy; Witch Sisters [Thelma; Velma; Zelma]
- Synopsis
- When her aunts submit a witches' brew to the cooking contest to get revenge on the town, Wendy substitutes something of her own.
- Reprints
- from Spooky (Harvey, 1955 series) #18 (March 1958)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Spooky -
1.
["Now don't scare anyone on our picnic, Spooky! I hate scaring!"]
Spooky -
2.
["I reckon I'll have to shoot off the lock!"]
Spooky -
3.
The Ghost of Many Faces
Spooky -
4.
Getting Unwitched
Spooky -
5.
Casper Meets Nicky
Casper -
6.
["I like to scare things that look like they have real legs!"]
Ghostly Trio -
7.
Better Be Quiet Zone
Nightmare -
8.
Round the World Postmark: Cairo
-
9.
Fright You Are
Ghostly Trio -
10.
["Oh, a museum!"]
Casper -
11.
["Ah! My carrot patch is just about ripe for the picking!"]
Spooky -
12.
Handsome Haunt
Spooky -
13.
["I hear music!"]
Nightmare -
14.
["Your turn to cook dinner Fatso!"]
Ghostly Trio -
15.
Spic & Span Spook
Spooky -
16.
If You Want to Fight 'Em Join 'Em!
Spooky -
17.
Nobody's Friend
-
18.
Great American
-
19.
Witches Brew
Wendy the Good Little Witch
This issue was modified by, among others
- Joey Beretta
- Steve Coates
- Katy Hayhurst
- Thomas Johnson
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Evan Shad
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