Casper the Friendly Ghost #51 for Sale - First Appearance of Nightmare - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Casper the Friendly Ghost (Harvey, 1952 series)
Issue: #51
Publication date: December 1956
Key date: 1956-12-00
Indicia publisher: Harvey Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1		Casper
1	-	comic story	1		Casper, Fatso, Fusso, Lazo
2	The Professor's Problem	comic story	5		Casper, Fatso, Fusso, Lazo, Nightmare First
3	-	comic story	2		Wendy
4	The Wild Booo Yonder	comic story	5		Casper, Nightmare First
5	Proof Positive	comic story	5		Casper, Nightmare First
6	The Wall	text story	0.75	letters: typeset	George Giraffe; Edwina Elephant
7	Casper's Diary	letters page	0.75	letters: typeset
8	Ship Ahoy	comic story	5		Spooky

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Casper's Ghostland #8	1961	On eBay ›
Nightmare & Casper #3	1964	On eBay ›
Casper Digest #10	1990	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #5045 of 64#52 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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