''Spooky Spooktown'' was an American
comic book series, published by
Harvey Comics. The series ran from September 1961 to December 1976; in all, 66 issues were published.
''Spooky Spooktown'' featured stories from Harvey Comics' stable of characters, featuring
Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost. Other Harvey characters that appeared included
Casper the Friendly Ghost,
The Ghostly Trio
The Ghostly Trio (consisting of Stretch, Fatso, and Stinkie, formerly Fatso, Fusso, and Lazo) are fictional characters appearing in Harvey Comics. They are well known for being the uncles of Casper the Friendly Ghost. Their first animated appearan ...
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Wendy the Good Little Witch
Wendy the Good Little Witch is a fictional comic book character from Harvey Comics. Like Casper the Friendly Ghost and Hot Stuff the Little Devil, Wendy is an opposite-type character, a girl witch who does good deeds.
Publication history
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The series started as a one-shot in 1961. It became a regular title in 1962, published quarterly. By the end of the 1960s, it was published bi-monthly, a frequency which prevailed for most of its remaining run.
''Spooky Spooktown'' was published as a "Giant-Size" 68-page comic until issue #39 (April 1971), then a 52-page "Giant-Size" from issue #40 (August 1971) to #45 (September 1972). Issues 46-66 were standard-size 32-page issues.
These 32-page issues were made up largely of reprints from Harvey Comics' vast catalog.
''Spooky Spooktown'' was canceled after the December 1976 issue; the mid-1970s saw a large number of titles canceled by Harvey (''Little Dot'', ''Little Lotta'' and ''Playful Little Audrey'' were also canceled that year).
See also
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Ghost stories
A ghost story is any piece of fiction, or drama, that includes a ghost, or simply takes as a premise the possibility of ghosts or characters' belief in them."Ghost Stories" in Margaret Drabble (ed.), ''Oxford Companion to English Literature''. ...
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List of ghosts
References
Harvey Comics titles
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