Harvey Comics' "Wendy the Good Little Witch," unlike her confrere Casper, was original to comic books, being introduced as a "proto crossover" in "The Poor Little Witch Girl" (CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST #20, 1954). One odd thing about the story, which isn't available for copying, is that after Wendy hangs out with Casper for the story's five pages, her aunts come home and tell her they want her to date Casper's naughty cousin Spooky, who had just been introduced the year before Wendy, in CASPER #10. Lacking a shot from the original story, I've included the cover of the first WENDY comic, where her indebtedness to Casper is foregrounded
Perhaps fittingly, when Wendy made her animated cartoon debut in the theatrical cartoon "Which is Witch," Spooky was along for the ride. Also, I like how Casper goes around pants-less all the time but puts on swim trunks for modesty's sake when he goes to a lake with Wendy.
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