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Horror Comics

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Genres: fantasy, humorous

Character(s): Casper; comic book characters

Synopsis: Casper is unable to read a comic book (or newspaper funny pages) because the characters keep jumping off the page in fright.

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Boys-Girls-Men-Women-Boy and Girl Scouts-Campfire Girls-News Boys Prizes Given

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First Line: Make money too!

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Notes: Ad offering prizes or money for the sales of "inspiring, beautiful religious wall motto plaques". Black and white ad on inside front cover.

A Wild Scare

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Genres: fantasy, humorous

Character(s): Casper; The Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; Go-Go the Wild Man

First Line: Look at this! Just the guy for us to scare

Synopsis: The Ghostly Trio plan to scare Go-Go the circus wild man

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Hi, Diddle Diddle Can You Solve This Riddle?

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Character(s): little man dressed as Sherlock Holmes; boy riding bike

First Line: What's tough as a rhinoceros hide...

Synopsis: A little man dressed as Sherlock Holmes stands atop the shoulder of a boy riding a bike and asks the boy to solve a riddle posed across several comic panels - and answers it in the final panel. The answer, of course, is "The G-3 All-Weather Balloon Bike Tire" from Goodyear.

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Notes: Ad for Goodyear bicycle tires. On second interior page of the comic, in keeping with Harvey Comics' traditionally rigid format.

The Ice Age

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Genres: fantasy, humorous

Character(s): Casper; The Ghostly Trio [Fatso; Fusso; Lazo]; Wendy; ice age friendly ghost; giant polar bear; ice imps; Old Sol [The Sun]

First Line: Maybe this sign will do some good for the other ghosts!

Synopsis: Wondering if friendly ghosts and friendly witches had the same problem making friends in past ages, Casper and Wendy journey through time beginning with the Ice Age. There they meet an ice age friendly ghost whose situation parallels Casper's.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Part 1 of 3.

Explosive Scare

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Genres: fantasy, humorous

Character(s): Spooky; two dynamite handlers

First Line: I wonder what those two men are doing!

Synopsis: Spooky scares two dynamite handlers, but the real scare comes when the dynamite accidentally explodes.

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Mountain Ghost

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Genres: fantasy, humorous

Character(s): Spooky; mountain climber

First Line: Maybe I can scare a mountain climber!

Synopsis: Spooky scares a mountain climber but didn't count on the scare power of echoes.

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The Stone Age

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Genres: fantasy, humorous

Character(s): Casper; Wendy; Old Sol [The Sun]; saber-toothed tiger; long-necked dinosaur; two stone age bad ghost boys; two stone age bad witch girls; sad stone age witch girl; shy stone age ghost boy

First Line: Good Old Sol, your warm glow feels so good!

Synopsis: Moving on to the Stone Age, Casper and Wendy help a shy ghost boy and a sad witch girl get together.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Part 2 of 3.

Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Don't Delay! Get Your Delicious Kool-Aid Today!

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Character(s): clown; Kool-Aid smiling pitcher

First Line: Tell Mom you want Kool-Aid!

Synopsis: A clown that looks as if he just stepped out of a Normal Rockwell painting acts as a circus barker to hawk Kool-Aid.

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Notes: Ad for Kool-Aid soft-drink-mix. Eight flavors are listed: grape; raspberry; lemon-lime, strawberry, orange; cherry - and new flavors lemon and root beer.

Harvey Comics News

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Feature(s): Harvey Comics

Character(s): Big "H" Kid; Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost; Sad Sack; Sgt. Circle; Felix the Cat; Casper the Friendly Ghost; Dick Tracy; Blondie Bumstead; Dagwood Bumstead; Baby Huey the Baby Giant; Joe Palooka; Little Dot

First Line: Hi, Kids! This happy month has wonderful surprises for you.

Synopsis: Promo introduces two new titles: Spooky (Harvey, 1955 Series) and Sad Sack's Funny Friends (Harvey, 1955 Series), spinning-off from Harvey's successful Casper and Sad Sack titles.

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Notes: The design of The Big H Kid consists of the Harvey Comics logo, with a boy's head, two arms, and two legs - and would be Harvey's analog to the more well-known, and similarly designed, publisher mascot Johnny DC.

Promo page highlighting the Harvey comic books on sale September 8 thru September 15, 1955.
September 08: Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, Dick Tracy, Joe Palooka, Dagwood, Sad Sack.
September 15: Sad Sack's Funny Friends, Felix the Cat, Casper the Friendly Ghost [#38 - This issue], Blondie, Baby Huey the Baby Giant, Little Dot

The covers of all previewed comics are reproduced. No issue numbers are listed in the ad.

Of Casper the Friendly Ghost #38, the ad copy states: "Casper takes a trip through time and he visits the Ice-Age, the Stone-Age and the Bronze-Age. He takes Wendy along for the trip... and they scare the people of all ages... but, as you know, it's all in fun!"

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School Home Work You Can Pay More - but Why?

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First Line: When Scripto pens and pencils are made by the millions to give you the lowest prices for the very finest in writing.

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Notes: Ad for Scripto writing products: Self-Sharpening Mechanical Pencil, Thick Lead Pencil, Twist-Top Retractable Refillable Ball Pen, Scripto Long Leads and Scripto Erasers.

Middle right page of centerfold. Top half of page.

Set the pace for your bike buddies!

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First Line: Now YOU be the leader - the one that sets the pace for the whole gang!

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Notes: Ad for Stewart-Warner "Cadet" bike speedometers. Middle right page of centerfold. Lower half of page.

Hi Kids! Get In My Davy Crockett Playhouse Tent!

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First Line: Get yours only $1.00 complete

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Notes: Ad offering the Davy Crockett Playhouse large plastic tent. "Slips over any standard card table." "Sturdily built of Du Pont durable plastic. No matter how rough the kiddies abuse this heavy plastic giant Davy Crockett Playhouse tent it will withstand their vicious attacks. Makers, realizing how rough kiddies can be, have used extra heavy plastic to ensure long, long wear."

Past Problems

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Genres: fantasy, humorous

Character(s): Casper; Wendy; Father Time; Egyptian friendly ghost; Egyptian good little witch

First Line: Why, Casper! That jet pilot is Father Time!

Synopsis: After an unrelated splash panel encounter with Father Time flying a modern jet plane, Casper and Wendy move ahead to the Bronze Age in ancient Egypt. There they meet a young Bronze Age Egyptian friendly ghost and a corresponding good little witch and make their hard work simpler and show them how to have fun.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Part 3 of 3.

The first line spoken by Wendy, "Why, Casper! That jet pilot is Father Time!" sets up Casper's first-panel pun "I guess TIME is really FLYING BY!"

Over the course of this story, Casper and Wendy encounter counterparts to themselves in three past ages perhaps proving that the concept of Friendly Ghosts and Good Little Witches is built to stand the test of time.

Any Message?

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Genres: drama

Character(s): Betty Lou Wilson; Mrs. Wilson

First Line: "Now, don't forget, Betty Lou," Mrs. Wilson was saying to her little daughter.

Synopsis: Little Betty Lou is tasked by her mother to take down phone messages, but she forgets one important detail.

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Pages: 0.75

Penguin Limerick

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Character(s): Peter Penguin

First Line: Peter Penguin's a very sly guy

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Ad for Baby Ruth candy bars, featuring a limerick about a penguin and Baby Ruth candy, which goes as follows:

Peter Penguin's a very sly guy
Notice the glint in his roving eye
With a chirp and a cheer
He spots what is near
Now watch Baby Ruth go bye bye.

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Casper's Diary

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Character(s): Casper (as host)

First Line: Dear Diary: I'm going to let my friends take over my message to you today.

Synopsis: Casper turns his regular "diary" feature over to comments from his readers, essentially making this a "Casper letter column".

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Pages: 0.75

Time Capsule

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Character(s): Fearless Fosdick; two gangsters; Eilrahc (future man); future woman

First Line: Chuckle!! We've got Fosdick locked in the time capsule!!

Synopsis: Two gangsters lock Fosdick in a time capsule set to open one million years in the future. He emerges to find that, even one million years later, men "still use the greatest inheritance of [Fosdick's] ancient culture", Wildroot Cream-Oil.

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Pages: 0.25

Notes: Lower 1/4 of page.

Pre-Historic Daze

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Genres: fantasy, humorous

Character(s): Spooky; various cavemen; mastodon; pterodactyl; movie actors as cavemen; movie director

First Line: What do you know about style?

Synopsis: Ducking into a cave to keep his derby dry during a thunderstorm, Spooky finds some prehistoric artifacts causing him to dream about himself scaring in prehistoric days - only he ends up the one being scared.

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I Bike-Hiked through Colorado on My Shelby Golden Eagle!

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First Line: The Balanced Rock is something you have to see to believe - it looks like it's going to topple over any minute!

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Notes: Ad for the Shelby Golden Eagle Bicycle. Top half of page.

$7.18 Worth of Stamps

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First Line: Giant imported collection of 338 different stamps

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Notes: Ad offering around the world stamps from Zenith Co. "$7.18 worth of stamps guaranteed catalog value all yours for 25¢" Lower half of page.

Kids! Be the first to send for the New Plastic Kings' Knights only $1.00 postpaid

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Feature(s): Josely Company; Kings' Knights

First Line: Now you can form your own battle lines, storm castle walls, and live in those glorious pages of history when men were men!

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Notes: Ad offering a set of plastic toy knights from Josely Company. On final interior page of the comic.

"Hollywood Bride" Walking Doll

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First Line: Unbreakable plastic. Buy direct and save! Regular 14.95 value 5.95

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Notes: Ad offering the "Hollywood Bride" Walking Doll "...including a Gorgeous Trousseau of 7 Complete Outfits", from Niresk Industries Inc.

"She walks!" "She's a big 18 inches tall" "She has real saran hair" "Hollywood Bride has everything! Sits-stands-sleeps. Head turns. Unbreakable. Washable from head to toe. Guaranteed mechanism."

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It's your Dream Bike come true!

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Character(s): boy (daydreaming about a Schwinn Phantom bike)

First Line: Schwinn Phantom America's most beautiful bicycle

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Notes: Illustrated ad for Schwinn bicycles. Schwinn Phantom model bike is depicted. "FREE to you! A great gift! See your movie and television heroes, the greatest guys and gals in the world, in full rich color on your favorite Schwinn bicycles. Be first to send in the coupon for this wonderful folder FREE!" This premium is offered by mail. Arnold, Schwinn, & Company, 1717 North Kildare Avenue, Chicago 39, Illinois. Color ad on back cover.