Harvey Comics facts for kids
Harvey Comics 1959–1982 logo
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Formerly
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Harvey Publications |
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| Industry | Comic books |
| Predecessor | Brookwood Publications |
| Successor | The Harvey Entertainment Group |
| Founded | 1941 |
| Founder | Alfred Harvey |
| Defunct | 1994 |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Owner | Comcast |
Harvey Comics was a famous American company that published comic books. It was started in New York City in 1941 by Alfred Harvey. His brothers, Robert B. and Leon Harvey, soon joined him. Harvey Comics became well-known for creating stories about characters like Casper the Friendly Ghost and Richie Rich. They also made comics based on popular TV shows and movies. A famous artist named Warren Kremer drew many of their comics.
The company's fun mascot was a character called "Joker." He looked like a colorful jack-in-the-box toy.
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For many years, the TV shows based on Harvey Comics characters, called Harveytoons, were shared by a company named Worldvision Enterprises. Later, these rights went to Paramount Pictures.
Then, Universal Studios had the rights to show these cartoons on video. In 2001, another company, Classic Media, took over. In 2016, the rights to Harvey Comics characters went back to Universal. This happened when Universal bought DreamWorks Animation, which owned Classic Media.
In 2018, Netflix started a new cartoon series called Harvey Street Kids. It was later renamed Harvey Girls Forever!. DreamWorks Animation made this show, and it featured characters from Harvey Comics. The series finished in 2020.
Meet the Harvey Characters
Harvey Comics created many popular and memorable characters. Some of the most famous ones include friendly ghosts, rich kids, and little devils!
The Harvey Girls
These are some of the popular girl characters from Harvey Comics:
Casper and His Ghostly Friends
Casper the Friendly Ghost is one of Harvey Comics' most famous characters. Here are his friends and family:
- Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost
- Pearl ("Poil") (Spooky's girlfriend)
- The Ghostly Trio: Stretch, Fatso and Stinkie (Casper's uncles)
- Nightmare the Galloping Ghost (Casper's horse)
- Hot Stuff the Little Devil
- Aunt Clinker (Hot Stuff's aunt)
- Wendy the Good Little Witch
- Little Lulu the Friendly Female Ghost (from a cartoon)
- Witch Sisters: Thelma, Velma and Zelma (Wendy's aunts)
Richie Rich and His Pals
Richie Rich is known as "the Poor Little Rich Boy" because he has everything! Here are the characters from his world:
- Reginald "Reggie" Van Dough Jr. (Richie's cousin, who often causes trouble)
- Cadbury (Richie's loyal butler)
- Mr. Rich (Richie's father)
- Freckles and Pee-Wee (Richie's best friends)
- Jackie Jokers the Clown Prince of Show Biz
- Billy Bellhops
- Timmy Time
Other Fun Characters
Harvey Comics also featured many other unique characters:
- Baby Huey
- Boys' Ranch (created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby)
- Bunny (a teen girl)
- Buzzy the Crow
- The Cowsills (based on a real rock group)
- Felix the Cat
- Flat-Top
- Herman and Katnip
- Mama Duck (Baby Huey's mother)
- Mazie
- Melvin (Little Audrey's boyfriend)
- Modern Madcaps (various characters)
- Mutt and Jeff
- New Kids on the Block (based on the boy band)
- Papa Duck (Baby Huey's father)
- Rags Rabbit
- Sad Sack
- Stumbo the Giant
- Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare
Harvey Comics Superheroes
Besides their funny characters, Harvey Comics also had a collection of superheroes. These heroes appeared in different eras of comic books.
Golden Age Heroes
These heroes were popular during the "Golden Age" of comics, which was mainly in the 1940s:
- Black Cat
- Black Orchid
- Blazing Scarab
- Blonde Bomber
- Captain 3-D (owned by Simon and Kirby)
- Captain Freedom
- Clown
- Firebrand
- Fly-Man (created by Sam Glanzman)
- Girl Commandoes
- Shock Gibson
- Barry Kuda
- Human Meteor
- Neptina
- Night Hawk
- Pat Parker
- Phantom Sphinx
- Red Blazer
- Red Demon
- Scarlet Arrow
- Scarlet Nemesis
- Scarlet Phantom
- Spirit of '76
- Spitfire (Mahon)
- Stuntman (owned by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby)
- White Mask
- Zebra
Silver Age Heroes (Harvey Thriller)
These heroes appeared during the "Silver Age" of comics, mostly in the 1960s, often in a series called Harvey Thriller:
- Bee-Man
- Captain Flower
- Fighting American (a hero from earlier comics, owned by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby)
- Fruitman
- Glowing Gladiator
- Jack Q. Frost
- Jigsaw (owned by Joe Simon)
- Magic Master
- Man in Black
- Miracles, Inc
- Pirana (owned by Joe Simon)
- Sooper Hippie
- Spyman (owned by Joe Simon)
- Tiger Boy (owned by Joe Simon)
Images for kids
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Harvey Comics logo from 1959 to 1982
