Nutty Comics (1945-47 Home/Harvey) comic books

Early funny-animal comics from Harvey, featuring such characters as Helpful Hank and breakout star Rags Rabbit. No issue number on indicia, but this is presumed to be the first issue. Helpful Hank isn't too helpful when a hotel guest is trying to get some sleep. Pat Pigeon is having one of those days, starting when the early worm fights back. Tabby gets knocked off the dock while Officer Rover is chasing a crook. Helpful Hank: A Night's Rest; Bozo Bear; Sheriff Pop Gunn; Blimpy; Cat Trap; Tin Can Alley Starring Tabby; Freddy Fixit. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Early funny-animal comics from Harvey, featuring such characters as Helpful Hank and breakout star Rags Rabbit. Nutty Squirrel joins the search for an Egyptian mummy and his 4000-year-old nut. Buddy and Bessie Beaver are left homeless after a logjam flattens their dam. Freddy Fixit demonstrates his new chimney-sweeping robot for the banker, but it's still got a few bugs to work out. Nutty; Freddy Fixit; Buddy Beaver; Hep Chick; Sheriff Pop Gunn; Nutty's Scavenger Hunt; Nutty. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Early funny-animal comics from Harvey, featuring such characters as Helpful Hank and breakout star Rags Rabbit. While Rags Rabbit is testing out new airplanes at a department store, his pesky brother Pesty accidentally launches one. Freddie has an invisible friend, Nappie Kin, and always winds up taking the blame for Nappie's mischief. Stinky Skunk enters a perfume contest to impress pretty girl-skunk Lilac. Also featuring a vintage ad for "New Postwar Roller Derby Outdoor Skates," "available for the first time in years" due to wartime metal rationing. Infinity cover by an unknown artist has Rags Rabbit reading Rags Rabbit comic books. Rags Rabbit: Wings Over the Department Store; Jumpin' Jack; Stinky; Rags Rabbit Gets the Bird!; Nappie-Kin: Born for Trouble!; Helpful Hank; Fishery Mysteries. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Early funny-animal comics from Harvey, featuring such characters as Helpful Hank and breakout star Rags Rabbit. Rags Rabbit plans a surprise party for brother Pesty, but he's the one who gets surprised. Barney Barracuda disguises himself so he can steal a necklace from Goldie Goldfish. (His hired thug, an octopus named Handy, has little white gloves on the ends of his tentacles.) Freddie's invisible friend Nappie Kin, who looks sort of like Casper, takes action when robbers ambush a magic show. Rags Rabbit: Birthday Party for Pesty; Jumpin' Jack; Goldie; Stinky Steps on the Starter!; Nappie-Kin: The Bungling Burglars!; Easy Money; Helpful Hank; Happy Clown. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Early funny-animal comics from Harvey, featuring such characters as Helpful Hank and breakout star Rags Rabbit. Rags Rabbit and Pesty encounter crooks during a speedboat race. Freddy Fixit builds a robot helper (complete with bowler hat) and naturally, it runs amok. Bessie Beaver demands automated appliances, so Buddy sets out to move the family into the new hydroelectric dam. Rags Rabbit: Riding the Waves; Hep Chick; Freddy Fixit; Rags Toys with a New Idea; Little Hobo: General for a Day!; Buddy Beaver; Nutty. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.