Sunday, July 19, 2009

By the 10's: The Friendly Ghost, Casper, Part 1!

Time for a multi-part Harvey By the 10's... The Friendly Ghost, Casper!

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Issue 10 -- Apparently these raindrops aren't scared of Casper, unlike the ones we saw a few By the 10's ago!

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Issue 20 -- OK, so no matter what I'd previously believed, Casper lives in a world where some animals walk on their hind legs and wear clothing...

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Issue 30

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Issue 40 - a rather oddball gag, isn't it?

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Issue 50 - 10 issues after Casper's body managed to contain the water from a fishbowl, he can't stop a leak in a boat -- and what's he doing with a boat anyway? See, this is why there's not that huge an obsessive Casper comics fandom, because nobody's trying to explain just how his ghostly powers work, and under what circumstances they'd work differently. No convention panels, no coverage in Alter Ego... maybe a couple of Harvey-related blogs, but that may well be it!

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Issue 60 - I don't think I've ever before seen the phenomenon where Casper's body changes color to match what he's eating...

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The bird falling (falling bird?!?) on the cover of issue 70 is probably scared because it can't keep track of whether or not Casper will actually be able to catch it, or if it'll go through his hands!

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Issue 80 - Oh, you figure out when he's intangible and when he's not!

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Issue 90, and the first inanimate object scared of Casper cover for this title!

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Casper and clouds... forever intertwined? Issue 100's cover wraps up this segment!

2 comments:

Manic Man said...

tis tis... Simple.. When Casper tries hard, he can make himself solid, else his natural form allows things to pass though him..
Issue 10, he is washing himself so he is trying to make himself soild, issue 20-solid, 30-Solid, 40- Now a little more confusing.. When he knocked off the bowl, he was Solid, which knocked off his constration so he switch back to non-solid form as the water went inside and when he landed, he switched back. Thus the water around the area but most contained inside himself. For 50, he forgot to try and thus the water is going right through him. 60- that's pretty common in things i have said.. like holding water. On 70, solid, 80-not solid cause he saw the ball coming. 90- doesn't matter, 100-solid i guess..

maybe i should read a few issues and write a nice little report on it.. stuff that, i'm not much of a casper fan ^_^ most his stories are very limiting.. making me remember an episode of Cheers..

Jon K said...

I should really come up with some king of "Geekery Above And Beyond the Call of Duty" award for comments like this one, MM!