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Issue Details

Issue #20
Published May 1959
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Leon Harvey
Notes First book devoted to Casper & Spooky (although they only appear together on the cover, in the introductory one-page story and in two panels of the last story).

Cover Details - "Casper and Spooky in Ghostplay"

Characters Casper; Spooky
Genre Children
Pencils Warren Kremer
Notes First book devoted to Casper & Spooky (although they only appear together on the cover, in the introductory one-page story and in two panels of the last story).

1 page Casper and Spooky story "Ghostplay"

Characters Casper; Spooky
Genre Children

1 page advertisement "Sad Sack and Hot Stuff"

Characters Sad Sack; Sarge; General Rockjaw; Sadie Sack; Hot Stuff; Stumbo the Giant
Genre Humor
Pencils Fred Rhoads and Warren Kremer
Notes One-half page Sad Sack ad; one-half page Hot Stuff ad

5 page Casper, the Friendly Ghost story "Wolf Call"

Characters Casper; the Ghostly Trio; Little Red Riding Hood; the Wolf
Synopsis Casper meets Little Red Riding Hood.
Genre Children

1 page Spooky story "untitled"

Characters Spooky
Synopsis At the beach, Spooky builds a "sandman" ... and then scares him.
Genre Children

1 page text story "The Proud King"

Genre Children
Letters typeset

5 page Casper, the Friendly Ghost story "The Three Bears"

Characters Casper; Goldilocks; the Three Bears
Synopsis Casper meets Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Genre Children

1 page advertisement "Casper's Ghostland and Zorro Color Television Set"

Characters Casper; Wendy; Zorro
Genre Children
Pencils Warren Kremer (top)
Notes One-half page ad for Casper's Ghostland comic; one-half page ad for Disney's Zorro toy TV set

1 page advertisement "Harvey Comics 1959 Calendar"

Characters Blondie; Casper; Audrey; Little Max; Dick Tracy; Sad Sack; Little Dot; Hot Stuff; Little Lotta; Baby Huey; Dagwood; Sarge; Felix; Spooky; Buzzy; Humphrey
Genre Family
Pencils Various
Notes 1959 calendar and ads for various Harvey Comics

1 page advertisement "Win One of Lassie's Pups"

Characters Lassie; Timmy
Genre Children
Notes One-half page ad for Grips canvas shoes

5 page Casper, the Friendly Ghost story "Too Good to Be True"

Characters Casper; Hansel; Gretel; the Witch
Synopsis Casper meets Hansel and Gretel.
Genre Children

1 page Spooky story "Trees a Crowd"

Characters Spooky
Genre Children

1 page Casper text article "Casper's Diary"

Synopsis Casper writes about Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Genre Children
Letters typeset

5 page Spooky story "The New Prince Charming"

Characters Spooky; Casper; Snow White; Magico the Magician
Genre Children