Casper the Friendly Ghost #56

Casper leans cheerfully out of a doorway to greet a startled mailman — the poor fellow is trembling and wide-eyed, clutching a letter addressed simply to "Casper," clearly not expecting a smiling little ghost to answer the door. It's a wonderfully warm and funny cover scene that captures exactly why Paramount Pictures' friendly ghost won so many hearts, ghost-shy grown-ups included. This 1957 Harvey Comics issue, priced at a dime, pairs that charming cover moment with the story "The Missing House" — a title that hints at just the kind of gentle, good-natured mystery Casper does best.