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Issue: The Friendly Ghost, Casper #169
Publication Date: September 1973
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Issues: #169 of 227 Issues (231 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Comics [Figurine]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/31/1973
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from house ad in Little Dot Dotland #59
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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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Casper Passes (Through) the Bar!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Casper the Friendly Ghost; Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost; rabbit; squirrel
Synopsis: Casper falls a bit short in his pole vaulting... but that hardly matters when your're a ghost.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Catalogue Conjuring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Casper the Friendly Ghost; Wendy the Good Little Witch
First Line: What are you reading, Wendy?
Synopsis: Wendy conjures up a desired item from a gift catalogue.
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In Content Item: FlagCasper the Friendly Ghost TV Tales #5596 (2) published January 1973
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]Reformatted for this printing
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Pages: 1
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Go Fetch! (Part 1)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Casper the Friendly Ghost; The Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; Spooch (ghost dog); giant (foot only)
First Line: Where are you going, Fatso?
Synopsis: Spooch the ghost dog tries to behave like a normal dog by fetching a slipper. Unfortunately, the huge slipper he fetches belongs to a giant.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of 2. An unusual two-part Casper lead story, rather than the typical three-parters.

Spooch the ghost dog (whose name is an amalgam of the words "Spook" and "Pooch") resembles "Hot Dog" from the Archie comics and TV shows.

The giant slipper reads "Size G-14".
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Take a Giant's Step!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Wendy The Good Little Witch; Bratty Lou; giant ogre
First Line: Wendy! Wendy! Don't go into the woods!
Synopsis: Wendy and Bratty Lou wonder if there is a giant ogre in the woods and find out in an unexpected way.
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Pages: 2
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Take One Giant Step (Part 2)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Casper the Friendly Ghost; The Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; Spooch (ghost dog); giant
First Line: Wow! That's the biggest giant I've ever seen!
Synopsis: A kindly old giant wants to adopt Spooch as a pet but, when the ghost dog returns home to Casper, the giant decides to get a dog of his own.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Part 2 of 2.
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Self-Made

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Wendy the Good Little Witch; Bessie; Cosmo
First Line: There's my friend Bessie!
Synopsis: Humble bumbling Cosmo regards Wendy's friend Bessie as a princess and turns to Wendy to magically aid him in ways that would traditionally impress a princess. When those fail, Cosmo comes up with an unconventional plan that gets Bessie to like him.
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Pages: 5
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Winter Wonderland

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Casper the Friendly Ghost; The Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost; Sammy Squirrel; Billy Beaver
First Line: "It's sure nice to see all my ghost friends having so much fun," said Casper the Friendly Ghost as he watched the annual Ghost Winter Carnival get under way.
Synopsis: The merriment of The Ghost Winter Carnival leads to minor mishaps for Sammy Squirrel and Billy Beaver, which Casper soon remedies.
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The Mysterious Soichlight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost; Toodles; host
First Line: Whew! I'm tired! I've been booing all day! I'm not just tired -- I'm bushed!
Synopsis: Dead (pardon) tired after much booing, Spooky flies aimlessly in his sleep and wakes to find a mysteriously bright light piercing the darkness, and some strange doings below.
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Pages: 5

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