per ▁the ▁Friend ly ▁Ghost ▁series ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 0 , ▁and ▁ran ▁the ▁the atr ical ▁releases ▁until ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 9 . ▁Although ▁having ▁much ▁success , ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁later ▁critic ized ▁by ▁animation ▁histor ians ▁and ▁view ers , ▁mainly ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁each ▁entry ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁as ▁being ▁largely ▁the ▁same : ▁Cas per ▁( now ▁slightly ▁th inner ▁than ▁the ▁p ud gy ▁figure ▁that ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁earlier ▁cart o ons ) ▁esc apes ▁from ▁the ▁after life ▁of ▁a ▁regular ▁g host ▁because ▁he ▁finds ▁that ▁sc aring ▁people ▁can ▁be ▁t ires ome ▁year ▁after ▁year , ▁tries ▁to ▁find ▁friends ▁but ▁in ad vert ently ▁sc ares ▁almost ▁everyone , ▁and ▁finally ▁finds ▁a ▁( c ute ▁little ) ▁friend , ▁whom ▁he ▁saves ▁from ▁some ▁sort ▁of ▁fate , ▁leading ▁to ▁his ▁accept ance ▁by ▁those ▁initially ▁sc ared ▁of ▁him . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁composer ▁W inst on ▁Sh ar ples ▁composed ▁an ▁instrument al ▁theme ▁for ▁Cas per ' s ▁cart o ons . ▁ ▁Har vey ▁Comics ▁Cas per ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁become ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁famous ▁properties ▁from ▁Fam ous ▁Studios . ▁Cas per ▁was ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁com ics ▁form ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁by ▁St . ▁John ▁Publications . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁Alfred ▁Har vey , ▁founder ▁and ▁publish er ▁of ▁Har vey ▁Comics ▁began