Publishers / Harvey / The Friendly Ghost, Casper (1958) / #137
137January 1970
$0.15

The Friendly Ghost, Casper #137

Harvey · January 1970 · on sale 1969-10-15

First appearance: Jack Frost
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Identification plate

Series
The Friendly Ghost, Casper (Harvey, 1958 series)
Issue
#137
Publication date
January 1970
Key date
1970-01-00
On-sale date
1969-10-15
Indicia publisher
Harvey Publications Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Jack Frost - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Casper
1-comic story1Casper
2The Return of Goof-Ohcomic story5pencils: Ernie Colón; inks: Ernie ColónCasper, Fatso, Fusso, Lazo
3-comic story2Thelma, Velma, Wendy, Zelma
4With Your Looks and My Brainscomic story5Casper, Jack Frost First
5A Gaggle of Geniusescomic story5Casper, Casper, Wendy, Wendy
6Lazy Andytext story0.75letters: typesetAndy; Albert
7The Perfect Gentlemantext story0.75letters: typesetWarren
8The Ghost Walks at Midnightcomic story5Spooky, Spooky

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Series context

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Sources

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