Casper’s Haunted Halloween #1
Published by American Mythology
Retail: $3.99
Casper’s brothers, the Ghostly Trio, are tired of the little ghost being so gosh-darned friendly. So they enroll him in ghost school, hoping Casper will become a scary spook! After a very rough first day, things go from bad to worse when the neighboring kingdom of goblins invade the school and kidnap Casper and his classmates.
The goblins are fierce and mean. They force the captive ghosts to work in their factories and harvest their crops! What good can a kind-hearted specter do against such meanies? The answer might surprise you!
This Halloween special from American Mythology also contains several shorts starring some of Casper’s ghostly friends. Spike, the mischievous freckled-faced ghost and Casper’s phantom horse, Nightmare have adventures. But where’s Hot Stuff, the l’il Devil or Wendy, the Good Little Witch? It doesn’t seem like a Casper Halloween without either of them!
Along with the Casper story, everything in this comic is all classic stuff from the golden age of Harvey Comics. However, that’s about I can tell you about these tales. They are obviously all reprints from the 1960s or 70s. Yet American Mythology doesn’t provide any credits as to the writers, artists or which comics these episodes original appeared in.
It was common practice back in the day to not include the writing and artist credits in comic books. The editors of this comic might not even know who created these comics. I can forgive that oversight. But why didn’t anybody put the content info from which stories were reprinted? Clearly whomever is in charge of procuring Harvey Comics’ extensive library should have the knowledge of that!
I didn’t mind that this holiday special was full of reprints. I would however, had liked for at least one or two stories to have actually been set during Halloween. That along with appearances from those missing characters and some missing filler information would have made this a perfect all-ages comic. But that’s okay. This is still pretty close and a fun read for anyone eagerly awaiting another All Hallow’s Eve.
Casper's Haunted Halloween debuted in print on October 2nd, 2019.
Worth Consuming!
Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.
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