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| Was this comic the predecessor to Little Casper published later, in the 50s? (there is an obvious similarity). Thanks for making this available for the public. |
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| No. This series started in 1957, and copied Casper, The Friendly Ghost, because of the latter's recent success in Paramount Cartoons, and Harvey Comics. Casper started in 1949, published by St. John Comics, and moved in the early 1950s (along with Little Audrey and all the other Paramount cartoon characters' rights, to Harvey. There were several comic book publishers who copied Casper, by having a "friendly ghost" series, including Charlton's "Timmy, The Timid Ghost", Atlas(Marvel's "Homer The Happy Ghost", ACG's "Hector The Spectre", Ajax's "Super Spook", and "Mighty Ghost".
The only friendly ghost series that started before even Casper's first cartoon was ACG's "Spencer Spook", which started in 1943, and ended in 1955, during the early successful time of Casper with Harvey Comics. |
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| Publication | January 1958 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Full Moon in Spooksville City (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | In the desert, Spunky arrives at the ghost town of Very Dry Gulch. He helps the ghostly inhabitants clean up with a washing machine. When Billy, the Kiddo (also a ghost) tries to take over, Spunky pushes him in the washer and adds a lot of starch. This ruins his appearance so much he leaves town. The grateful ghosts make Spunky the town sheriff. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Spunky (introduction); soda fountain server; ghost residents of Very Dry Gulch; Billy, the Kiddo (villain) |
| Notes | Although Spunky appeared on the cover of the first two issues of his series, this is his first appearance in a story. |
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| Comic Story | Caught in a Stew! (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Pidgy and the Magic Paint |
| Credits | Pencils: Harold Abbey | Inks: Harold Abbey |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Text Story | Dead Shot! (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Popgun Pete |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | Trick or Trade? (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Dopsy Durvy |
| Credits | Pencils:? [as JCA] | Inks:? [as JCA] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
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| Comic Story | House-Haunting, Inc. (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Spunky picks a house to haunt, dirtying it up a bit to look spooky. The people that live there see him that night, but think it's a bad dream. The next day they don't see him. When the wife cleans up, Spunky gets sucked into the vacuum cleaner and dumped in the trash bin outside. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Spunky; John; John's wife |
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