Casper the Friendly Ghost #11

Casper the Friendly Ghost takes to the baseball diamond on this cheerful 1953 Harvey cover, swinging away with an oversized bat while a small red-suited animal companion winds up a pitch in the background. The sunny scene captures everything that made Casper such a beloved Paramount Pictures character — genuinely good-natured fun with a ghost who'd rather play ball than spook anyone. At just ten cents, issue #11 is a delightful snapshot of early-fifties all-ages comics at their most charming.