The Friendly Ghost, Casper #96

Harvey Comics delivers a charming summer scene in this 1966 installment, with Casper gleefully gliding across the surface of an empty swimming pool while a startled young girl looks on from the pool deck above, clearly not expecting a ghost to beat her to the water. The poolside ladder, diving board, and tiled surroundings give the whole cover a wonderfully sunny, playful atmosphere that perfectly suits Casper's mischievous good nature. With a story titled "Me and My Shadow," this issue promises the kind of lighthearted fun that made Casper a staple of kids' comic reading in the 1960s.