Dates
- Cover date
- December 1986
- On sale
- September 2, 1986
- Pages
- 100
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #2 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$1.25 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Canadian price edition1.50 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.50 CAD.
Barcode 05511370191712
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition$1.25 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07189646015512
This edition’s page
Stories
- Untitled · 1 pages
Casper helps a motorist get over a washed-out bridge.
- Papa Piper's Puppets · 5 pages
Kindly Papa Piper puts on shows with puppets that look just like Wendy, Gnewton, and others of the forest folk. Meanwhile, Wartley Warlock tells the Witch Sisters of his plan to make the forest a home for witches only, but doesn't say how he's going to get rid of the others. They tell Wendy of the plan, and Casper overhears. Casper then spots Wartley in the woods with some of Papa Piper's puppets, and the next day witches begin moving in to the homes of the residents who have puppet doubles, all of whom are missing.
- Where Have Our Friends Gone · 5 pages
The forest folk go searching for Wendy, Gnewton, and their other missing friends. Casper searches on his own and comes to the gate of a fairytale kingdom called "Fairytale Kingdom." The soldier at the gate tells him that Papa Piper's puppets were caught stealing. Casper asks Papa Piper about it, and Piper says that evil magic has made them steal, and that they are now in the fairytale king's dungeon. Casper has an idea and starts looking for something.
- The Tables Are Turned · 5 pages
Casper finds the puppets in a cave and realizes that the puppets in the dungeon are actually the real people, turned into puppets. He tells Wendy's aunts, who chase Wanda and the other witches out of the forest homes. Casper finds Papa Piper and tells him the story, and they head for the dungeon, where Casper removes the puppet spell with Wendy's wand. When Piper locks him in with the others, Casper realizes that he's Wartley in disguise. After escaping, Casper, Wendy, and the others confront Wartley and drive him away.
- The Return of Ghost Boy · 5 pages
Weasel asks Casper to resume his Ghost Boy identity and visit The Giggler in jail.
- The Ordeal of Ghost Boy · 5 pages
Weasel tricks Casper into joining him in a scheme to steal people's money.
- The Second Return of Ghost Boy · 5 pages
Fatso takes on the mantle of Ghost Boy to join Weasel in his wicked ways, but inadvertently ends up stopping him instead.
- The Scribbling Menace · 5 pages
Someone is scribbling on all of Casper's animal friends.
- Untitled · 1 pages
A baby bear thinks he is a giraffe.
- Erasers for Sale · 5 pages
A stranger sells Casper erasers to remove the scribbles from his friends.
- Trouble Erased · 5 pages
Casper learns the identity of the person scribbling on his friends.
- Rude Awakening · 5 pages
Wendy finally meets Odella.
- The Unhappy Monster · 5 pages
Casper tries to help Henry, a man who was changed into a monster by a witch.
- The Wicked Witch · 5 pages
Casper and Henry visit several witches to find out who transformed him.
- Untitled · 1 pages
Casper tries to secretly help a foul-mouthed witch so she'll stop swearing.
- Good Night, Knight · 5 pages
Spooky tries to help a knight looking for a dragon to slay.
- The End of Gravity · 5 pages
When gravity stops working, Casper discovers that it's because a little boy named Beelo has escaped from his world and his people are searching for him. Casper agrees to help him.
- Beelo Is Captured · 5 pages
Beelo is captured, and when Casper follows he discovers that Beelo's world is below the surface of the earth.
- Beelo's World · 5 pages
Casper convinces Beelo's father, the king of Gravitonia, to let Beelo visit the upper world every year.
- The Secret of Odella · 5 pages
Wendy sets off to find Odella, a witch everyone is afraid of.
- Spooky Loins a Lesson · 5 pages
Spooky is lonesome with Pearl gone on vacation until his Aunt and Uncle show up to visit.