Issue Details

Issue	#27
Published	October 1965
Cover Price	$0.25
Pages	68
Editing	Leon Harvey

Cover Details

Characters	Casper; Spooky; Wendy; Ik From Mars; The Ghostly Trio; Fatso; Fusso; Lazo
Genre	children; occult

1 page Casper story "Gasp! Gasp! I wish it would rain!"

Characters	Casper
Genre	gags

1 page The Friendly Ghost Casper story "I'm going to visit the raccoon family and give this old catcher's mitt to young Ricky!"

Characters	Casper; Ricky
Genre	gags

5 page The Friendly Ghost Casper story "The Friendly Ghost Casper And Ik From Mars"

Characters	Casper; Ik
Synopsis	Casper meets a Martian named Ik, who's looking for a home on Earth.
Genre	children; occult; science fiction

5 page The Friendly Ghost Casper story "Ghostly Host"

Characters	Casper; Ik
Synopsis	Ik and his family move into Casper's house, rebuild it and fly off in it.
Genre	children; occult; science fiction
Notes	Story continues from The Friendly Ghost Casper and Ik From Mars.

5 page The Friendly Ghost Casper story "Martians, Go Home!"

Characters	Casper; Ik; The Ghostly Trio; Fatso; Fusso; Lazo
Synopsis	Casper and the Ghostly Trio scare Ik and his family off of Earth.
Genre	children; occult; science fiction
Notes	Story continues from Ghostly Host.

1 page The Friendly Ghost Casper story "Golly! This hot weather's making me sleepy!"

Characters	Casper
Genre	gags

5 page Wendy The Good Little Witch story "Sprouting Trouble"

Characters	Wendy; Aunt Velma; Aunt Thelma; Aunt Zelma
Synopsis	Wendy investigates a bunch of geysers that are popping up in the forest.
Genre	children; occult

1 page Spooky text story "Don't Be Greedy"

Characters	Spooky
Genre	children; occult
Letters	typeset
Notes	Text story with accompanying illustrations.

Half page Casper, The Friendly Ghost promo (ad from the publisher) "I love reading about Casper, In his Harvey Comics magazine!"

Characters	Casper
Synopsis	Ad in comic strip form for Casper comics.

Half page Sad Sack promo (ad from the publisher) "I'm loaded with work!"

Characters	Sad Sack
Synopsis	Ad in comic strip form for Sad Sack comics.

5 page The Ghostly Trio story "The Ghostly Trio And The Fantastic Funnel"

Characters	The Ghostly Trio; Fatso; Fusso; Lazo
Synopsis	The Trio uses a giant's magic funnel to make themselves bigger and scarier.
Genre	children; occult

2 page The Ghostly Trio story "Ready, set -"

Characters	The Ghostly Trio; Fatso; Fusso; Lazo
Synopsis	The Trio get a TV when they scare a man.
Genre	children; occult

Half page Sonny, The Cuckoo Bird advertisement "A Laugh A Minute With The Cuckoo Bird!"

Characters	Sonny; Gramps
Synopsis	Ad for General Mills Cocoa Puffs cereal.

Half page Wendy, The Good Little Witch promo (ad from the publisher) "All witches are both good and bad..."

Characters	Wendy
Synopsis	Ad in comic strip form for Wendy comics.

Half page Casper The Friendly Ghost and Company promo (ad from the publisher) "Come play with us -- be a friend"

Characters	Casper; Spooky
Synopsis	Ad in comic strip form for Casper The Friendly Ghost and Company.

1 page Flash Farrell advertisement "Flash Farrell Gets The Picture At Goodyear Aerospace"

Characters	Flash Farrell
Synopsis	Ad for Goodyear bicycle tires.

5 page The Friendly Ghost Casper story "What The Diggings"

Characters	Casper; the Ghostly Trio; Fatso; Fusso; Lazo; Manny the Mole
Synopsis	Casper investigates mysterious holes that are appearing in the forest.
Genre	children; occult

2 page Wendy story "Good night, Mr. Moon!"

Characters	Wendy; Casper
Synopsis	Wendy's Aunt tries to turn her dream into a nightmare so that Wendy will hate Casper.
Genre	children; occult

5 page The Friendly Ghost Casper story "The Hole Story"

Characters	Casper
Synopsis	Casper finds out that the holes appearing in the forest are the work of a gnome looking for the pot of gold that is missing from the end of the rainbow.
Genre	children; occult
Notes	Story continues from What The Diggings.

1 page Rocky and Bullwinkle advertisement "Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?"

Characters	Rocky; Bullwinkle
Synopsis	Ad for General Mills Cheerios cereal.

5 page The Friendly Ghost Casper story "Gold Is Where You Find It"

Characters	Casper; The Ghostly Trio; Fatso; Fusso; Lazo
Synopsis	Casper finds the missing pot of gold.
Genre	children; occult
Notes	Story continues from The Hole Story.

Half page text story "The Unfriendly Cat"

Genre	children
Letters	typeset

Half page Richie Rich promo (ad from the publisher) "I have a problem - I'm making too much money -"

Characters	Richie Rich; Freckles
Synopsis	Ad in comic strip form for Richie Rich comics.

Half page text story "Any Message?"

Genre	children
Letters	typeset

Half page Hot Stuff, The Little Devil promo (ad from the publisher) "I'm Hot Stuff! Who are you?"

Characters	Hot Stuff
Synopsis	Ad in comic strip form for Hot Stuff comics.

5 page The Tuff Little Ghost Spooky story "Mind Over Matter"

Characters	Spooky
Synopsis	Spooky attends a lecture about how ghosts aren't real.
Genre	children; occult

Half page The Trix Rabbit advertisement "How's Trix?"

Characters	the Trix Rabbit
Synopsis	Ad for General Mills Trix cereal.