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Issue: The Friendly Ghost, Casper #2
Publication Date: September 1958
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Issues: #2 of 227 Issues (231 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Comics [Stamp]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/15/1958
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 21 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Harvey Features Syndicate (produced, design) (credited)
Disclose Notes: Editorial, advertising, and executive offices: 1860 Broadway, New York 23, New York.

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 12, Part 2, Number 2, Periodicals, July-December 1958. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B727534.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
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Pages: 1
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A Real Mobile Tank

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.

Advertisement for toy tank from Honor House Products Corporation of Lynbrook, New York.
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Build Your Own Private Radio

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for a crystal radio set from Honor House Products Corporation of Lynbrook, New York.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: childrens
First Line: Golly! But the leaves are falling early this year!
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Pages: 1
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There's Always Something Doing-With a Bike

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Goodyear bicycle tires from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio.
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Red Robbing Hood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Red Robbing Hood; Red Robbing Hood's Merry Men [Little Don; Alan A Wail; Friar Floop]; Sir Wolfly; Merchant Moola
Synopsis: In the Enchanted Forest, Casper meets Red Robbing Hood and his Merry Men: Little Don, Alan A Wail, and Friar Floop.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Later adapted for ABC's New Casper Cartoon Show episode "Robin Hood" (1963). Part 1 of a 3-part story.
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens
First Line: Just because you're the fattest one of us...
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The Battle of Wits

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Genres: childrens
Character(s): Red Robbing Hood; Red Robbing Hood's Merry Men [Little Don; Alan A Wail; Friar Floop]; Sir Wolfly
Synopsis: Casper, Red Robbing Hood and his Merry Men enter a tournament at Sir Wolfly's castle.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Part 2 of "Red Robbing Hood".
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Sharpest Bikes Built!

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Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Roadmaster bicycle from American Machine and Foundry Company (AMF) of Hammond, Indiana.
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Spoonmen [Munchy; Crunchy; Spoon-Size]; Goldilocks; Poppa Bear; Momma Bear; Baby Bear
First Line: I'm Munchy!
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Advertisement in comic format for Shredded Wheat Juniors breakfast cereal by Nabisco (National Biscuit Company).

Last panel has an offer for 101st Cavalry Canteen when mailing in a cereal box top and 50 cents.
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Everyone Love the Big Harvey Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Big H (Harvey Comics mascot in a turban)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement for Harvey's funny titles and giant size comics including; Blondie; The Friendly Ghost Casper, Inky and Dinky, Little Max, Dick Tracy, Joe Palooka, Sad Sack, Playful Little Audrey, Little Dot, Mazie and Her Boyfriends, Hot Stuff, Spooky, Sad Sack's Funny Friends, Felix the Cat, Sad Sack and the Sarge, Little Lotta, Dagwood, and Baby Huey.
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The King Gets Crowned

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: childrens
Character(s): Red Robbing Hood; Red Robbing Hood's Merry Men [Little Don; Alan A Wail; Friar Floop]; Sir Wolfly; Ghostly Trio
Synopsis: Casper tricks Sir Wolfly into letting down the drawbridge so Red Robbing Hood can return to his castle and become king.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Part 3 of "Red Robbing Hood".
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: List of all the reader's and where they lived who wrote to Casper that month.
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Spooky Now in His Very Own Magazine!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: childrens, humorous
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Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement for Spooky, including a small reproduction of Spooky (Harvey, 1955 series) #24.
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A Pair of Shoes

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pepe Rivas; Emilio
Synopsis: Pepe needs a pair of shoes for when he goes to school in Quito but he has no money. But after he helps his friend Emilio with some repairs to Emilo's stranded bus, he receives enough money from the grateful passengers to buy his shoes.
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America's Funniest Family!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, humorous
Character(s): Alexander Bumstead; Cookie Bumstead; Daisy's pups; unnamed fortune teller
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Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement for Blondie Comics Monthly (Harvey, 1950 series) and Chic Young's Dagwood Comics (Harvey, 1950 series). Shows small reproductions of Blondie Comics Monthly #118 (September 1958) and Chic Young's Dagwood Comics #93 (September 1958).
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The Faker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Beau Braggart
Synopsis: Spooky has a sore throat, so he asks his cousin Beau Braggart to take his place.
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Pages: 5
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Free! Elizabeth II Caribbean Stamps

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph); ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (photograph); ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for stamps from Garcelon Stamp Company of Calais, Maine.
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If You Know Just 20 People...

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Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Christmas cards from Wallace Brown, Inc. of New York, New York.
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Prizes Given

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

Advertisement for selling religious wall motto plaques from The FUNman of Chicago, Illinois.
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Hey Kids! Send for the New Popeye Color TV Set

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (illustrations)
Inker(s): ? (illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Rough-House
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for color film viewer from Josely Company of New York, New York.

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