Timmy the Timid Ghost #7

Timmy the Timid Ghost and Wilma Witch head to see a doctor who claims he can cure anything—and Wilma's hoping he can finally fix her terrible absent-mindedness. But when it comes time for the visit, Wilma's forgetfulness gets the better of her in the most ironic way possible.

Timid Timmy finds a mysterious book of spells that grants him the power to work real magic—and decides to use it to win over Katy Ghost, who can't stand him. As Timmy attempts to impress her with increasingly spectacular tricks, the book has other ideas about how their romance should unfold. A charming tale of love, magic mishaps, and discovering that sometimes the bravest thing isn't what you expected.

When Timmy the Timid Ghost gets caught in a cyclone while watching a Western picture show, he finds himself transported to the actual Wild West—and things only get scarier from there. Stranded and desperate to find his way home, Timmy stumbles into what he hopes is a friendly ghost town, but discovers something far more unexpected waiting for him. This 1957 tale puts our nervous little ghost through one frontier mishap after another in a story that proves even the timidest spirit can stumble into an adventure.

Maxie Ghost brags that nothing scares him—certainly not a trip to the zoo at night—and sets out to prove his toughness by tangling with the biggest lion in town. When he discovers the lion has a visiting twin brother, Maxie's bravado faces its real test in this rollicking 1957 adventure that proves sometimes the smallest ghost has the biggest bark.

Timmy the Timid Ghost and his hero Atomic Rabbit star in "The Reason for the Muscles," where young Li'l Rabbit eagerly awaits a special delivery—a muscle-building set he's ordered to become stronger like his idol. But when Atomic Rabbit stops by to check on Li'l Rabbit's progress, he discovers the pint-sized fan had an entirely different reason for wanting those newfound muscles all along.

Count Gatto cooks up a scheme to win a hundred-buck prize by entering Shadow in a boxing match against the formidable Tiger O'Day—all Shadow has to do is stay put in the ring, thanks to some strategic shoe glue. But when Gatto's foolproof plan meets Shadow's literal interpretation of instructions, things go hilariously sideways in this 1957 tale of misplaced confidence.

Sly Fox is exhausted from constantly being outsmarted by Atomic Rabbit, but his young companions—the Li'l Foxes—decide to prove that things can change by turning the tables on him with some traps of their own. It's a lighthearted twist on the usual rivalry, showing that sometimes a shift in perspective is all you need.

Professor Invento has a memory problem—he's just finished building a robot as a special favor, but he can't recall who requested it! When the absent-minded inventor finally discovers the answer, he realizes his forgetfulness might not be his biggest headache. A lighthearted tale of mixed-up requests and surprising revelations from 1957.

When a doctor visits to treat an itching family, Timmy the Timid Ghost and his household are baffled—until the good physician identifies the culprit: Spot, Timmy's invisible dog, has brought along invisible fleas. It's a ghoulish case of mistaken diagnosis in this lighthearted 1957 tale from *Timmy the Timid Ghost* #7.