Scott’s Comic Book Advent Calendar - December 7th
December 7th, 2005
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Day Seven of the Christmas Cover Advent Calendar. Just 18 days until Christmas, and to celebrate here’s Casper the Friendly Ghost #18 from 1953.
Some people think mistakenly that ghosts only celebrate Halloween, but Casper shows us that even the returned souls of dead children enjoy Christmas. I suspect this cover is where Tim Burton got the idea for Nightmare Before Christmas.
18 Days until Christmas!
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December 7th, 2005 at 6:15 pm
Did Casper ever get an origin anywhere, explaining how he died? My own pet theory would be for childhood leukemia, it fits the tone (no offense intended, I mean that’s the sort of literary cliche that’s used for tearjerker deaths of sweet kid characters).
December 7th, 2005 at 7:56 pm
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I always liked the explanation advanced by Lisa and Bart Simpson, that Casper was the ghost of Richie Rich.
December 8th, 2005 at 5:23 pm
If Casper is immaterial, how did he open the damn box?
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