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Issue: The Friendly Ghost, Casper #57
Publication Date: May 1963
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Issues: #57 of 227 Issues (231 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Comics [Jack-in-the-box]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/15/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Leon Harvey (credited); Sid Jacobson (actual)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Casper
Synopsis: Casper feeds some monkeys at the zoo.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy
Feature(s): Casper the Friendly Ghost
Character(s): Casper
First Line: Oh, boy... a kangaroo and her baby!
Synopsis: Casper helps a baby kangaroo when it falls out of its mother's pouch.
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The House That Wanted to Be a Castle [Part One]

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Genres: childrens, fantasy
Feature(s): Casper the Friendly Ghost
Character(s): Casper; Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Stinky; Stretch]; Wendy; Witch Sisters [Thelma; Velma; Zelma]
Synopsis: The house where Wendy and her aunts live decides to run away, and Casper helps Wendy look for it.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, fantasy
Character(s): Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Stretch; Stinky]
First Line: I have an idea! Let's not stay in a bunch like this!
Synopsis: The ghosts decide to split up so that they can scare people three times instead of just one, but when they try to scare some soldiers the men come back at them with a tank.
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The Ogre of Magic Mountain [Part Two]

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Genres: childrens, fantasy
Feature(s): Casper the Friendly Ghost
Character(s): Casper; Wendy
Synopsis: Casper and Wendy catch up to Wendy's house at Magic Mountain, but the house refuses to come home. Wendy has to use her magic to stop the mountain's ogre, who wants to keep the house for himself.
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Meet... Hot Stuff

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Genres: childrens, fantasy
Feature(s): Hot Stuff
Character(s): Hot Stuff; Stumbo; Officer O'Floodle
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Hot Stuff (Harvey, 1957 series).
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Everyone Loves the Fabulous Sad Sack and His Funny Friends

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Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Sad Sack; Sadie Sack; Sarge; General
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Harvey's family of Sad Sack titles.
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All at Sea [Part Three]

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Genres: childrens, fantasy
Feature(s): Casper the Friendly Ghost
Character(s): Casper; Wendy
Synopsis: Wendy's house begins drifting out to sea, where a whale mistakes it for a box of food, but Casper and Wendy save it and finally convince it to come back where it belongs.
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The Terrible Tiger

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Tony Tiger; Chester Chipmunk; Leo Lion; Ernest Elephant; Squeaky Squirrel; Monroe Monkey
Synopsis: When the other jungle animals try to figure out how to deal with Tony the ferocious tiger, Monroe the monkey suggests making friends with him.
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The Big Fight

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: anthropomorphic
Character(s): Alley Cats; Home Cats
Synopsis: Cecil has to fight the incredibly large Powerhouse Pete. He's losing, but when someone mentions that Powerhouse Pete is really a mountain lion, Cecil defeats him anyway.
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The Big Apple

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Genres: childrens, fantasy
Feature(s): Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost
Character(s): Spooky; Pearl
Synopsis: Spooky manages to get a giant apple from an ogre's orchard so he can give it to Pearl, who has told him she prefers that he give her fruit instead of candy.
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