Publishers / Harvey / Casper the Friendly Ghost (1952) / #18
18March 1954
$0.10

Casper the Friendly Ghost #18

Harvey · March 1954 · on sale 1954-01-24

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Identification plate

Series
Casper the Friendly Ghost (Harvey, 1952 series)
Issue
#18
Publication date
March 1954
Key date
1954-03-00
On-sale date
1954-01-24
Indicia publisher
Family Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Whooooooo! Ghost There?cover1pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Warren KremerCasper the Friendly Ghost
1Issue #18foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Warren KremerCasper the Friendly Ghost
2Mother Ghostcomic story5pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Warren KremerCasper the Friendly Ghost; two mocking ghosts (not members of The Ghostly Trio); librarian; library patrons; brother and sister bear cubs; the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe; Old Woman's many children; Mr. Stoneheart (shoe landlord)
3Rhyme and Reasontext story0.67letters: typeset
4Quick Lunchcomic story1pencils: Marty Taras; inks: Marty TarasHerman; Katnip
5The Kittens' Mittenscomic story5pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Warren KremerCasper the Friendly Ghost; various animal kids listening to Casper's story; Three Little Kittens; Papa Fox; three little foxes
8Loved By Millionspromo (ad from the publisher)2pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typesetvarious
10Well Spookencomic story5pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Warren KremerCasper the Friendly Ghost; Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost; various animal kids listening to Casper's story; Tom Tom the Piper's Son; Tom's stolen pig; Little Miss Muffet; spider; Jack and Jill; Pussy in the Well (of "Ding, Dong, Bell" fame); Little Boy Blue; sheep (in the meadow); cows (in the corn),
11Laugh Paradetext story0.75letters: typeset
12Who is Nightmare?promo (ad from the publisher)0.25pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Warren KremerCasper the Friendly Ghost
13Ups and Downscomic story1pencils: Marty Taras; inks: Marty TarasBuzzy the Funny Crow; blue alternate version of Katnip
14The Foxy Fairycomic story5pencils: Marty Taras; inks: Marty TarasBaby Huey; Baby Huey's Mama; The Fox

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Baby Huey Duckland #151966On eBay ›
TV Casper & Co. #41964On eBay ›
Harvey Comics Classics #1
ISBN 978-1593077815
2007On eBay ›

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