The Friendly Ghost, Casper #76

There's pure, splashing delight on the cover of this December 1964 Harvey Comics issue, where Casper goes soaring into the air courtesy of a cheerful little elephant shooting a jet of water straight up from a bucket below. Warren Kremer's art captures every glistening droplet of the moment, with Casper's gleeful expression making it impossible not to smile right along with him. It's the kind of warm, playful energy that made Harvey's line of all-ages comics such a welcoming corner of the 1964 spinner rack.