The Friendly Ghost, Casper #137 - First Appearance of Jack Frost, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: The Friendly Ghost, Casper (Harvey, 1958 series)
Issue: #137
Publication date: January 1970
Key date: January 1970
On-sale date: October 15, 1969
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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1		Casper
1	-	comic story	1		Casper
2	The Return of Goof-Oh	comic story	5	pencils: Ernie Colón; inks: Ernie Colón	Casper, Fatso, Fusso, Lazo
3	-	comic story	2		Thelma, Velma, Wendy, Zelma
4	With Your Looks and My Brains	comic story	5		Casper, Jack Frost First
5	A Gaggle of Geniuses	comic story	5		Casper, Casper, Wendy, Wendy
6	Lazy Andy	text story	0.75	letters: typeset	Andy; Albert
7	The Perfect Gentleman	text story	0.75	letters: typeset	Warren
8	The Ghost Walks at Midnight	comic story	5		Spooky, Spooky

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Casper's Ghostland #93	1976	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #136137 of 227#138 ›

Sources

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

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