Due to its success, it was followed by two direct-to-video prequels, 1997’s Casper: A Spirited Beginning and 1998’s Casper Meets Wendy. Originally reported by Maggie Dela Paz on SuperHeroHype.

Casper debuted in the 1945 short cartoon The Friendly Ghost and appeared in two more, titled There’s Good Boos To-Night and A Haunting We Will Go, before being published as a comic book in 1949.

Two live-action/animated hybrid straight-to-video sequels followed, 1997’s Casper: A Spirited Beginning and 1998’s Hilary Duff-starring Casper Meets Wendy, before the Harvey Comics character ...