Fawcett's Funny Animals (1942-1956 Fawcett/Charlton) comic books 1946

Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf, Joe Oriolo and Bill Brady. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Marvel Bunny gets a plea for help from the queen of the butterfly people when Sam Spider is massing his spider forces along the border of Butterfly Land. Sherlock the Monk and Chuck investigate who is taking the sheet music from the local radio station. Someone is stealing all the eggs from nearby farms right before the Orphans' Easter Picnic. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Web of Evil; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Ten Cents Worth of Action; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Tops It All; Willie the Worm: The Worm Turns; Automania; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Out of Tune; Willie the Worm and Sammy; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Fare 'Nuff; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Gets Some Authority; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Easter Eggs. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and Bill Brady. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). While collecting shoes for the orphanage, Hoppy and Millie find seven-league boots that lead Marvel Bunny to the land of the shoe leprechauns. Pine Needle the porcupine and his fellow outlaws hatch a fake-kidnapping plot to get rid of Billy the Kid. Fuzzy Bear checks into a fancy hotel and runs up a huge bill, despite Benny's warnings. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny Meets the Shoe Leprechauns; Benny Beaver Tries a Weighty Role; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Trouble on the Double; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Willie the Worm: Shadowed; Willipus Wallipus: High-Hattery; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Wanted - Dead Not Alive; Willie the Worm and Sammy; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: The Bell Tolls for Fuzzy; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Gay Deception. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and Bill Brady. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Hoppy and Millie discover a sinister plot after the turtle population of the pond goes missing. Squirrel Mrs. Van Knutt hires Sherlock Monk and Chuck to find out why her husband wants to kill himself. Billy the Kid investigates strange doings at the Joe Fox silver mine. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: A Shell by Any Other Name; Willie the Worm and Sammy: Made to Order; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: A Greasy Case; Willipus Wallipus: Wool Gatherers; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Railroaded; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Willie the Worm and Sammy: A Hitch in Hitching; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Caught Off Base; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Brady and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Hoppy has terrain trouble after chasing crooks into the hills, where the echo of his "Shazams" keeps coming back at inopportune times and removing his powers. Billy the Kid investigates a series of mysterious train accidents. When stars start disappearing from the sky, Hoppy learns the Dark Witch is capturing stars and disguising them as people. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Echo Trouble; Fuzzy Bear; Billy the Kid and Oscar: The Casey Jones Run; Willipus Wallipus: Cash-Flashers; Willie the Worm and Sammy: Undecided; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Caught Off Base; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Fuzzy Chops Up His Dream; Funny Animals Game Page; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck Wrestle a Wrestling Problem; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Stars over the Dark Witch. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Marvel Bunny Meets Windy, the Baby Tornado, but a baby tornado is still a tornado. Sherlock the Monk and Chuck investigate a mystery at a laundromat, and the laundry jokes are hanging everywhere. Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear work hard at being lazy. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Telescopic Trouble; Willie the Worm; Willipus Wallipus: Snoozealot; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Suit Themselves; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: A Couple of Washouts; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Cleaning Time; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: A Knight of Laziness; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny Meets Windy, the Baby Tornado. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Marvel Bunny takes action when everyone else falls prey to an evil magical flute. Sherlock the Monk and Chuck investigate a clothes-related mystery and find material for puns everywhere. The Well of Sadness threatens to drag down the spirits of even Marvel Bunny himself. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Evil Flute; Willie the Worm and Sammy; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Plant Winner; Willipus Wallipus: Take a Chancer; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Fuzzy Bear Gets the Business; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Vanity Case; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Rice Shots; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Sour Reward; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Well of Sadness. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Bill Brady and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Every rabbit in town is interested when gigantic "Marvel Carrots" are discovered. Fuzzy Bear learns that bricks thrown up in the air always come down... eventually. Marvel Bunny tries to safeguard clumsy Cousin Oscar from himself. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Discovery of the Marvel Carrots; Willie the Worm: Everybody's Friend; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: The Morgue the Merrier; Billy the Kid and Oscar: On the Ball; Willipus Wallipus: Fire-Foolers; Benny Beaver: A Change of Address; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Comic Capers!; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Cousin Oscar Steps Forth. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Fuzzy Bear wants to learn how to play the violin. Willipus Wallipus learns a lesson about laziness, courtesy of Uncle Don. Plus a guest appearance by Tuck Sedo the Penguin Playboy, previously seen in the Fawcett's Animal Fair. Tuck Sedo uses his fortune to play an elaborate practical joke. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Friendly Spirit; Willie the Worm: Acid Test; Fuzzy Bear: Fuzzy Fiddles Around; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: On Their Toes; Colonel Walrus and Snazzy the Snail: Finder's Instinct; Willipus Wallipus: Lazy Boners; Tuck Sedo the Penguin Playboy Fires Away!; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Wide Awake. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). When civil war breaks out between the "plain" and "fancy" paper dolls in their paper cities, Marvel Bunny tries to make peace. Willipus Wallipus learns a lesson about false alarms, courtesy of Uncle Don. Billy the Kid and Oscar the Sheriff meet "The Girl Desperado." Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Ripping Adventure; Willie the Worm Rings the Bell; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear Get Glass-y-eyed; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Round One; Droopy the Ant Bear and Reddy Fox: Junk Relics; Willipus Wallipus: False-a-Fire; Battling Bantam: The Big City Blues; Billy the Kid and Oscar: The Girl Desperado. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Bill Brady and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). The demonic Mr. Rumor, who looks like a Gilbert Shelton character 20 years early, arrives on Earth to spread doubt and misinformation. This is the final Hoppy the Marvel Bunny story in Funny Animals until issue #55. Hired by wealthy Mrs. Gotrocks, Sherlock the Monk and Chuck match wits with Terriarity the Terrible Terrier. Willie the Worm has a suggestion for pompous Mr. Hoot the owl. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Mr. Rumor Comes to Town; Willie the Worm: Can't Dampen His Spirits; Fuzzy Bear: The Idea Alarms Him; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: The Roundup; Willipus Wallipus: Mug Uglies; Battling Bantam: Battling Bantam Goes-A-Courting; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Uprooted Evil. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Oscar's re-election as sheriff calls for a celebration, but Billy the Kid goes overboard with the fireworks. Willie the Worm sets up a medicine-show tent, offering to sell the other animals water from the Fountain of Youth. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie: The Log Jam Rescue, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Billy the Kid and Oscar: Spiked Fireworks; Battling Bantam Comes Up with an Answer; Willipus Wallipus: Catastrophe; Willie the Worm: The Fountain of Youth; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck Jump to Conclusions; Fuzzy Bear Gets Psycho-Analyzed. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.