Publishers / Harvey / Casper the Friendly Ghost (1952) / #40
40January 1956
$0.10

Casper the Friendly Ghost #40

Harvey · January 1956 · on sale 1955-11-13

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Identification plate

Series
Casper the Friendly Ghost (Harvey, 1952 series)
Issue
#40
Publication date
January 1956
Key date
1956-01-00
On-sale date
1955-11-13
Indicia publisher
Family Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Caspercover1Casper
1Casper the Friendly Ghostcomic story1
2Brainstormcomic story5
3Spookycomic story1
4Spookycomic story1
5Hunger Painscomic story5
6The Stubborn Studentcomic story5
7By a Necktext story0.8letters: typesetGeraldine the Giraffe; Oswald the Owl
8-text article0.8letters: typeset
9Top Secretcomic story5

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