CASPER, THE FRIENDLY GHOST '49-'51 #1
CBCS VG/F: 5.0
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extremely SCARCE!!! 1st Casper and Baby Huey (9/49)
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extremely SCARCE!!! 1st Casper and Baby Huey (9/49)
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extremely SCARCE!!! 1st Casper and Baby Huey (9/49)Casper the Friendly Ghost has become so completely identified with Harvey Comics that is sometimes startles fans to learn that his history goes back even further, having been first created in the late 1930s as a potential daily strip character, then quickly snapped up by the content-hungry Paramount Animated division. Paramount enjoyed roaring success with Casper throughout the 1940s in a series of classic short cartoons, and the popularity of the character led to merchandising aplenty, including this first comic appearance from the scrappy publishing house of Archer St. John. Thanks to St. John's spotty distribution and lower print runs, and the character's reader base being made up mostly of very young readers who treat their comics a little more roughly than usual, this issue is now incredibly rare, among the most coveted of non-hero keys, and never fails to generate intense excitement when it makes its rare appearance on the comic market. A truly seminal first issue, that helped show the way for comics publishers and readers tiring of funny animal slapstick but looking for something lighter than the usual cape-bearing punch-fests.This is an exceptionally nice looking copy. It is our opinion that if not for the slightly brittle pages this copy could potentially have graded 7.0.
We are sure you have noticed that the comic you are viewing is graded by a new company, CBCS. Comic Book Certification Service (CBCS) is an impartial certification company for comic books started by comic grading veteran Steve Borock. Steve brings over 35 years of comic grading and restoration detection experience to the table and along with his expert staff, combined with Steve, have over 200 years in grading experience. CBCS are well equipped to quickly and accurately grade and perform restoration detection on comic books from the 1930s to present. All comic books are encased in archival-safe, state-of-the-art holders with the CBCS label stating the grade, page quality and any conservation or restoration detected. Key and art comments, as well as any other pertinent information pertaining to the comic book, are also noted. The back of the label has a QR code, so that you can get the grading notes for free and understand how CBCS came to any given grade.
extremely SCARCE!!! 1st Casper and Baby Huey (9/49)Casper the Friendly Ghost has become so completely identified with Harvey Comics that is sometimes startles fans to learn that his history goes back even further, having been first created in the late 1930s as a potential daily strip character, then quickly snapped up by the content-hungry Paramount Animated division. Paramount enjoyed roaring success with Casper throughout the 1940s in a series of classic short cartoons, and the popularity of the character led to merchandising aplenty, including this first comic appearance from the scrappy publishing house of Archer St. John. Thanks to St. John's spotty distribution and lower print runs, and the character's reader base being made up mostly of very young readers who treat their comics a little more roughly than usual, this issue is now incredibly rare, among the most coveted of non-hero keys, and never fails to generate intense excitement when it makes its rare appearance on the comic market. A truly seminal first issue, that helped show the way for comics publishers and readers tiring of funny animal slapstick but looking for something lighter than the usual cape-bearing punch-fests.This is an exceptionally nice looking copy. It is our opinion that if not for the slightly brittle pages this copy could potentially have graded 7.0.
We are sure you have noticed that the comic you are viewing is graded by a new company, CBCS. Comic Book Certification Service (CBCS) is an impartial certification company for comic books started by comic grading veteran Steve Borock. Steve brings over 35 years of comic grading and restoration detection experience to the table and along with his expert staff, combined with Steve, have over 200 years in grading experience. CBCS are well equipped to quickly and accurately grade and perform restoration detection on comic books from the 1930s to present. All comic books are encased in archival-safe, state-of-the-art holders with the CBCS label stating the grade, page quality and any conservation or restoration detected. Key and art comments, as well as any other pertinent information pertaining to the comic book, are also noted. The back of the label has a QR code, so that you can get the grading notes for free and understand how CBCS came to any given grade.