(December 1970)

Harvey, 1961 Series
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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

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Spooky / cover / 1 page (report information)

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Genre
humor
Characters
Spooky
Keywords
light bulb

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Spooky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
I think I'll stroll over to see Poil!
Genre
humor
Characters
Spooky; Poil
Synopsis
Spooky uses booing to help Poil keep her washing from getting wet.

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Casper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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I'm a stranger in these parts! Can you tell me whose magnificent palace that is?
Genre
humor
Characters
Casper; John D. Silksheets
Synopsis
Casper meets a rich ghost who does his scaring electronically.

The Bygone Boo (Table of Contents: 3)

Spooky / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Yes, sir! Big or small it makes no difference to me!
Genre
humor
Characters
Spooky; Junior; Elmo
Synopsis
Spooky meets a young ghost who can't boo. He is unable to help him, so Spooky takes him to Elmo, who gives Junior a potion that makes him remember an incident when he was scared as an infant and decided that he would never boo.

Indexer Notes

Story continues in "To Know Him is to Boo Him."

To Know Him is to Boo Him (Table of Contents: 4)

Spooky / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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It's starting to wear off!
Genre
humor
Characters
Elmo; Spooky; Junior
Synopsis
Now knowing the cause of Junior's problem, Spooky manages to help him get rid of his mental block.

Indexer Notes

Story continues from "The Bygone Boo."

Bottleland (Table of Contents: 5)

Spooky / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Now for a moving target!
Genre
humor
Characters
Spooky; Pop Bottle; No Deposit; Liquor Bottle
Synopsis
After breaking bottles with his boos, Spooky falls through a hole in the ground into Bottleland, where he is taught a lesson that results in his switching to tin cans to practice his boos on.

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

Spooky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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I'm invincible! Nobody can stand up to my boo!
Genre
humor
Characters
Spooky
Synopsis
Spooky tries to scare a laughing hyena.

Wendy and Herbert (Table of Contents: 7)

Wendy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Golly! A head! Sleeping all by itself!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Wendy; Herbert
Synopsis
Wendy helps a monster find his way back to Monsterland.

The World's Most Famous Leopard (Table of Contents: 8)

Spooky Presents / text story / 0.75 page (report information)

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But leopards ARE famous!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Leopold
Synopsis
Leopold the leopard wants to be famous for something other than spots.
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Indexer Notes

Despite the "Spooky Presents" heading, Spooky does not appear in this story.

Ali-Oops (Table of Contents: 9)

Spooky Presents / text story / 0.75 page (report information)

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Ali Cat laughed to himself.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Ali Cat; Mervyn Mouse
Synopsis
Ali Cat tries to catch Mervyn Mouse by letting him eat so much that he can't fit back through his hole.
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Indexer Notes

Despite the "Spooky Presents" heading, Spooky does not appear in this story.

You're Mistaken (Table of Contents: 10)

Nightmare / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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You certainly are a happy ghost horse, Nightmare!
Genre
humor
Characters
Nightmare; Irving
Synopsis
Nightmare repeatedly gets annoyed by people thinking she's something that she's not.

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Casper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Shucks...Spooky isn't home either!...Neither was Wendy...or Pearl!
Genre
humor
Characters
Casper
Synopsis
Casper is forced to play baseball by himself.

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Spooky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Ha ha! I made that tree run!
Genre
humor
Characters
Spooky
Synopsis
Spooky makes some things run that do not normally run.

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Spooky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Oh, boy! A boo contest!
Genre
humor
Characters
Spooky
Synopsis
Spooky tries to win a turkey in a boo contest.
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Substitute Spooky (Table of Contents: 14)

Spooky / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Oh, boy! Some dame with a parasol! I'm going to scare it sky high!
Genre
humor
Characters
Spooky; Poil; Professor Hauntly; Casper; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]
Synopsis
Professor Hauntly builds a robot double of Spooky that will behave nicely around Poil while Spooky goes off scaring. But one of the Ghostly Trio hits the robot on the head and it goes berserk, behaving even worse than Spooky does.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues in "Robots are Bothersome."

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Spooky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Oh, boy! A whole line of things to scare!
Genre
humor
Characters
Spooky
Synopsis
Scaring at the dump backfires on Spooky.
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Spooky / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Daily Shriek: Daring Thieves Busy at Work in Spooktown
Genre
humor
Characters
Spooky
Synopsis
Spooky tries to protect his house against thieves.
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Indexer Notes

Pantomime gag.

Robots are Bothersome (Table of Contents: 17)

Spooky / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Boo! Take that, you dopey dandelion!
Genre
humor
Characters
Spooky; Casper; Poil
Synopsis
Another blow to the head makes the robot too much of a goody-goody, so Spooky puts it out of commission.
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Indexer Notes

Story continues from "Substitute Spooky."

Casper Meets Booris (Table of Contents: 18)

Casper / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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This book says--"Be helpful to new neighbors!"
Genre
humor
Characters
Casper; Booris; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]
Synopsis
Casper tries to be nice to his obnoxious new neighbor Booris.
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Hats Off (Table of Contents: 19)

Spooky / text story / 1.5 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Things sure are quiet today, grumbled Spooky as he flew around the Enchanted Forest looking for some excitement.
Genre
humor
Characters
Spooky
Synopsis
A gnome king uses a magic machine to steal Spooky's derby.
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Like Any Other Girl (Table of Contents: 20)

Wendy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Gee! I'd love to play with those girls, but they might get scared at my being a witch!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Wendy; Lisa; Beth
Synopsis
Wendy hides her broom and wand so she can play with two girls without revealing that she's a witch.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spooky
  2. 1. ["I think I'll stroll over to see Poil!"]
    Spooky
  3. 2. ["I'm a stranger in these parts! Can you tell me whose magnificent palace that is?"]
    Casper
  4. 3. The Bygone Boo
    Spooky
  5. 4. To Know Him is to Boo Him
    Spooky
  6. 5. Bottleland
    Spooky
  7. 6. ["I'm invincible! Nobody can stand up to my boo!"]
    Spooky
  8. 7. Wendy and Herbert
    Wendy
  9. 8. The World's Most Famous Leopard
    Spooky Presents
  10. 9. Ali-Oops
    Spooky Presents
  11. 10. You're Mistaken
    Nightmare
  12. 11. ["Shucks...Spooky isn't home either!...Neither was Wendy...or Pearl!"]
    Casper
  13. 12. ["Ha ha! I made that tree run!"]
    Spooky
  14. 13. ["Oh, boy! A boo contest!"]
    Spooky
  15. 14. Substitute Spooky
    Spooky
  16. 15. ["Oh, boy! A whole line of things to scare!"]
    Spooky
  17. 16. ["Daily Shriek: Daring Thieves Busy at Work in Spooktown"]
    Spooky
  18. 17. Robots are Bothersome
    Spooky
  19. 18. Casper Meets Booris
    Casper
  20. 19. Hats Off
    Spooky
  21. 20. Like Any Other Girl
    Wendy
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Joey Beretta
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Jim Stangas