Hostess products from the Continental Baking Company placed ads in Bronze Age comics from various publishers, featuring comic/cartoon characters. Various Harvey Comics characters ended up in the ads.
The Harveyville Fun Times![]
Comic historian, Mark Arnold wrote an informative 4-part article on the history of the Harvey Comics Hostess ads in the fanzine, The Harveyville Fun Times!, that ran in issues 59, 62, 63 and 66.
Stan Kay wrote all of the Harvey ads with art by Warren Kremer. (Fred Rhoads was too expensive to have draw the Sad Sack ones.)
Casper Hostess Ads[]
- Casper - What's Wrong Casper - Hostess Fruit Pies - June 1975
- Casper - The No-Goodniks - Hostess Cup Cakes - Dec 1975
- Casper - Twinkies Missing - Hostess Twinkies - Feb 1976
- Casper - Bully Ghost - Hostess Fruit Pies - April 1976
- Casper - Witches' Strike - Hostess ? - June 1976
- Casper - Spook-A-Thon - Hostess Fruit Pies - Oct 1976
- Casper - Casper and the Fog - Hostess Twinkies - Oct 1976
- Casper - The Boohemians - Hostess Fruit Pies - Jan 1977
- Casper - The Boogy-Woogy Man - Hostess Twinkies - March 1977
- Casper - Haunted House For Sale - Hostess Fruit Pies - March 1977
- Casper - Scaredy Cats - Hostess Cup Cakes - April 1977
- Casper - Over The Rainboo - Hostess Twinkies - June 1977
- Casper - Boo-Merang - Hostess Fruit Pies - Nov 1977
- Casper - Disguise - Hostess Fruit Pies - Jan 1978
- Casper - Ends A Spell - Hostess Cup Cakes - March 1978
- Casper - Watching The Clouds Go By - Hostess Cup Cakes - April 1978
- Casper - The Ghosts Bazaar - Hostess Fruit Pies - June 1978
- Casper - Meets A Real Oddball - Hostess Fruit Pies - Oct 1978
- Casper - The Mean Little Boy - Hostess Twinkies - Oct 1978
- Casper - Happy Boo-Day - Hostess Fruit Pies - June 1979
- Casper - Boo Keepers - Hostess Fruit Pies - Sep 1979
- Casper - Meets A Robot - Hostess Twinkies - Oct 1979
- Casper - Ends The Boo Hoos - Hostess Twinkies - Dec 1979
- Casper - And The Ghnats - Hostess Fruit Pies - Jan 1980
- Casper - Hide and Seek - Hostess Fruit Pies - June 1980
- Casper - Outer Space - Hostess Twinkies - July 1980
- Casper - Ghosts In The House - Hostess Pies - Aug 1980
- Casper - Boo-Tiful Endings - Hostess Twinkies - Aug 1980
- Casper - The Champ - Hostess Twinkies - Sep 1980
- Casper - Meets The Golden Ghost - Hostess Twinkies - Feb 1981
- Casper - The Pot Of Gold - Hostess Twinkies - May 1981
- Casper - Witches With A Heart Of Gold - Hostess Twinkies - Oct-1981
- Casper - Undoes A Spell - Hostess Twinkies - Nov 1981
- Casper - 3 Ghosts In A Tub - Hostess Twinkies - Jan 1982
Notes[]
The "Oddball" character from the 1978 ad preceded Pac-Man by about 2 years.
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