Fawcett's Funny Animals (1942-1956 Fawcett/Charlton) comic books 1947

Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Billy the Kid learns outlaws are planning to use Dry Gulch's annual dance as a diversion. Mac Mule asks Battling Bantam to help him rebuild his barn, but he didn't take "Battling's" temper into account. Sherlock the Monk and Chuck are hired to keep crooks from stealing a priceless formula for creating untearable ribbons. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie: Counter Spook, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Billy the Kid and Oscar: Dangerous Dance; Battling Bantam: Brick Top; Uncle Don: Silly-Risers; Willie the Worm: Brick Top/ Makes Good Cents to Us/ A Light Answer; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: A Winding Case; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear Are Out of Focus. 32 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!). Billy the Kid enters a horse race, but someone doesn't want him to win. Mac Mule despairs that he can't even take Battling Bantam to the store without him getting into a fight. An architect hires Sherlock the Monk and Chuck to find out what happened to his missing bridge. Billy the Kid and Oscar: The Death Race; Battling Bantam: Courts Trouble; Uncle Don: Stuffacake; Willie the Worm: Wasted Time/ Full of Hot Air/ Puts in His Ten Cents Worth; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck Play Bridge; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Two Holes in One. 32 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!). Billy the Kid tries to keep outlaw Trigger Boley from crossing the border. Benny Beaver decides to take some time off to go to the dance, but finds himself working twice as hard as he normally does. When White Beauty, the famous racehorse, disappears, could Foxy the jockey be involved - and where did that black horse come from? Plus a delightful vintage ad for Schwinn bicycles featuring movie cowboy Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger: "Next to riding you, Trigger, there's nothing like riding a Schwinn!" Billy the Kid and Oscar: On the Border of Trouble; Battling Bantam: The Private Tutor; Willipus Wallipus: Bad Medicine; Benny Beaver: Double Trouble; Willie the Worm: Shades of the Night/ Willie the Worm Cries Uncle/ Sounds Off; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Horse Sense; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Less Strain on the Eyes. 32 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!). Battling Bantam the rooster takes a job as a security guard, but he's a little too volatile for all that sitting around. Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear try to fit in at a proper garden party. Uncle Don provides a floating object lesson. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the Sailplane, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Billy the Kid and Oscar: Serve It Up; Battling Bantam: Thieves in the Night; Uncle Don: Naughty-Cal; Willie the Worm: Watery Brain/ Forever and a Day/ Baby Talk; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Confidence No End; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Garden Party Frolics. 32 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!). Billy the Kid tries to find out what's making ordinary townspeople engage in gunfight duels. Sherlock the Monk and Chuck are hired to investigate the Mystery of the Magic Gourd. Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear play a wishing game. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie: Radar Rescue, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Billy the Kid and Oscar: Fighting Fools; Battling Bantam: Schoolhouse Riot; Uncle Don: Cave-Enterers; Willie the Worm: Satisfied/ Dark View/ Carry Him Away; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: The Mystery of the Magic Gourd; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear Play a Wishing Game. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.