Publishers / Harvey / Casper the Friendly Ghost (1952) / #14
14November 1953
$0.10

Casper the Friendly Ghost #14

Harvey · November 1953 · on sale 1953-09-24

First appearance: Buzzy the CrowOrigin: Baby Huey
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Identification plate

Series
Casper the Friendly Ghost (Harvey, 1952 series)
Issue
#14
Publication date
November 1953
Key date
1953-11-00
On-sale date
1953-09-24
Indicia publisher
Family Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Buzzy the Crow - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Baby Huey.

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
1A Special Note From Casperforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1
2Cage Frightcomic story5Casper
3Cat Nippedtext story1letters: typeset
4Booby Trappedcomic story1Herman, Katnip
5Brave Warriorscomic story5pencils: Tom Golden; inks: Tom GoldenCasper, Spooky
6Little Boo Peepcomic story5
7Jest For Funtext story1letters: typeset
8Slumberlandcomic story1Buzzy the Crow First
9Huey's Other Mothercomic story5Baby Huey Origin

Where to read it

CollectionYear
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The Friendly Ghost, Casper #81959On eBay ›
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Devil Kids Starring Hot Stuff #451970On eBay ›
Little Dot #1081966On eBay ›
Little Lotta #91957On eBay ›
Little Lotta #431962On eBay ›
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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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