The Friendly Ghost, Casper #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Stretch - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Friendly Ghost, Casper (Harvey, 1958 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: September 1958
Key date: 1958-09-00
On-sale date: 1958-07-15
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 Stretch - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Stinkie - 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	pencils: Warren Kremer; inks: Warren Kremer	Casper
3	-	comic story	1	pencils: Warren Kremer	Casper
5	Red Robbing Hood	comic story	5	pencils: Warren Kremer	Casper, Fatso, Stinkie First, Stretch First
6	-	comic story	2	pencils: Warren Kremer	Fatso, Stinkie First, Stretch First
7	The Battle of Wits	comic story	5	pencils: Warren Kremer	Casper
10	Everyone Love the Big Harvey Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (promo copy); pencils: various; inks: various	Casper
11	The King Gets Crowned	comic story	5	pencils: Warren Kremer	Casper
12	-	letters page	0.8	letters: typeset
13	Spooky Now in His Very Own Magazine!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.2	script: ? (promo copy)	Spooky
14	A Pair of Shoes	text story	0.8	letters: typeset	Pepe Rivas; Emilio
15	America's Funniest Family!	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.2	pencils: Chic Young; inks: Chic Young	Blondie Bumstead, Dagwood Bumstead, Daisy
16	The Faker	comic story	5	pencils: Howie Post; inks: Howie Post	Spooky

Plus 9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Casper's Ghostland #23	1964	On eBay ›
Harvey Collectors Comics #7	1976	On eBay ›
Casper the Friendly Ghost & Friends ISBN 978-1-59582-508-7	2010	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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

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