Publishers / Harvey / Casper the Friendly Ghost (1952) / #12
12September 1953
$0.10

Casper the Friendly Ghost #12

Harvey · September 1953 · on sale 1953-07-24

First appearance: Spooky
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Identification plate

Series
Casper the Friendly Ghost (Harvey, 1952 series)
Issue
#12
Publication date
September 1953
Key date
1953-09-00
On-sale date
1953-07-24
Indicia publisher
Family Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Spooky - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Casper
1-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1
2Shangri-La, Land of Magiccomic story5Casper, Spooky First
3Shangri-Latext article1letters: typeset
4Around the Worldactivity1
5Dutch Treatcomic story5
6The Menace From Marscomic story5
7Joke Paradetext story1letters: typeset
8The Duck-Tectivecomic story5

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Casper's Ghostland #11958On eBay ›
Harvey Comics Classics #1
ISBN 978-1593077815		2007On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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