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Issue: The Friendly Ghost, Casper #182
Publication Date: November 1975
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Issues: #182 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: 07/17/1975
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from mikesamazingworld.com

Interior comic content is all reprint, but with a new cover.
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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
Format Notes:  
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The Day Time Ran Wild!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Casper the Friendly Ghost; two of The Ghostly Trio; The Old Grandfather Clock; bird; squirrel; turtle; rabbit; chipmunk (running out of frame) raccoon
First Line: Faster... Faster... Faster... Faster...
Synopsis: The Old Grandfather Clock manipulates time so that Casper and the inhabitants of the Enchanted Forest move faster and faster.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: For the second consecutive cover only two of The Ghostly Trio appear. First on issue #181. https://www.comics.org/issue/202339/#773109

New cover illustrating a reprinted interior story.

Cover caption reads as follows: "The world will never forget... The Day Time Ran Wild!"
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Don't Give Plaque a Ghost of a Chance

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Casper the Friendly Ghost; anthropomorphic dental floss package; anthropomorphic tooth; plaque-spreading troll; anthropomorphic toothpaste tube (large); Richie Rich; anthropomorphic toothpaste tube (small); girl; boy; Wendy the Good Little Witch; Harvey Jack-in-the-Box
First Line: Brush and Floss Daily ...and remember... visit your friendly dentist every six months!
Synopsis: Casper brushes an anthropomorphic tooth to remove the plaque painted-on by a plaque-spreading troll.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sponsored by the American Dental Association
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The Walking, Talking Grandfather Clock

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]; The Old Grandfather Clock; chipmunk; two squirrels; Flufftail the Rabbit
First Line: Summer is a wonderful time to catch up on your reading!
Synopsis: Casper and The Ghostly Trio are given wristwatches by The Old Grandfather Clock, which cause them to move at an accelerated rate of speed.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of 3.

Ghostly Trio's names corrected to "Fatso, Fusso, and Lazo". The names "Stinky and Stretch" did not apply in 1975.
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Straw Pull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Wendy the Good Little Witch; two mischievous elves
First Line: Look! A broom!
Synopsis: When two mischievous elves steal the straws from Wendy's broom to use as toothpicks, Wendy magically pulls the straws - and the elves - back to her.
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Pages: 1
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Wendy Meets the Gobble-Up Goblin

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Wendy the Good Little Witch; The Gobble-Up Goblin; bluebird; The Witch Sisters [Velma; Zelma; Thelma]; frightened golfers
First Line: It's the Gobble-Up Goblin, Wendy
Synopsis: The Gobble-Up Goblin devours everything in sight, including the landscape, until Wendy satisfies its great hunger with some magically produced Hostess Twinkies.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A rare occurrence of a Hostess ad without an official title.
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Slaves of Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Casper the Friendly Ghost; Fatso; Flufftail the Rabbit; fast moving bear; fast moving eagle; fast moving moose #1; fast moving moose #2; city commuters (humans)
First Line: Upsy-Daisy!
Synopsis: Stopping his accelerated pace long enough to quickly rescue Flufftail the Rabbit from a quicksand pit, Casper loses the wristwatch given to him by The Old Grandfather Clock and suddenly returns to a normal pace. Observing Fatso (who has worked himself skinny at a breakneck pace of exercise) and many of the forest animals who are also sporting gift wristwatches, Casper realizes a connection between the wristwatches and the epidemic of accelerated speed.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Part 2 of 3.

Ghostly Trio's names corrected to "Fatso, Fusso, and Lazo". The names "Stinky and Stretch" did not apply in 1975.
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Casper for UNICEF

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, non-fiction
Character(s): Casper the Friendly Ghost; Bangladeshi kids; Bangladeshi pipe layers; Malawian kids; Malawian doctor; Thai school kids; Thai schoolteacher; Brazilian kids
First Line: Come and help me deliver some of the good things the United Nations Children's Fund brings to kids all over the world!
Synopsis: Casper shows the good work that UNICEF does all over the world.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hours Not to Reason Why

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]; The Old Grandfather Clock; frantic rushing city crowds; Mr. Clock Tower; clockmaker; clockmaker's customers; Baby New Year; grouchy Old Year
First Line: Wow! What a crowd! Is it always like this during rush hour?
Synopsis: Casper learns the origin of Old Grandfather Clock, and why he is manipulating time for his own vengeful purposes, but not before the crooked clock accelerates an entire city with his wayward wristwatches.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Part 3 of 3.

Ghostly Trio's names corrected to "Fatso, Fusso, and Lazo". The names "Stinky and Stretch" did not apply in 1975.
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At the Boo-Seum

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
First Line: "It's fun being a ghost," Casper, the Friendly Ghost, was thinking...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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A Ghostlier Ghost

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Nightmare the Galloping Ghost; Mr. Tweed; Mr. Mild
First Line: Gee! That house is the spookiest I ever saw!
Synopsis: Mr. Tweed is looking for a house with a ghost, so Nightmare decides to play ghost to satisfy him.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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