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

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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!). Taken prisoner in a land of giant rabbits, Hoppy faces the wicked ruler of Carrotville. Monkey detective Sherlock Monk disguises himself for a showbiz party, in a story featuring caricatures of Edward G. Robinson and James Cagney. Billy the Kid tracks cattle rustlers to the Skeleton Gulch Trail. Plus a puzzle page promoting War Bonds and Stamps, fundraising efforts for WWII. Pencil Pranks; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: How to Be Strong; Benny Beaver; Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Uncle Don: Broadcasting for Funny Animals; Oliver the Owl; Billy the Kid and Oscar; The Hobby Page; Willie the Worm. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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 battles a giant who has taken Millie prisoner. Monkey detective Sherlock Monk seeks a stolen camera prototype that can acquire anything it takes a picture of. Sheriff Oscar is hypnotized into releasing the Rattler from the Cactus County Jail, and Billy the Kid must recapture him. Plus a Reddy Dough story promoting War Bonds and Stamps, fundraising efforts for WWII. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Gremmy the Gremlin; Pencil Pranks; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Puzzle Prank-Sherlock's Mysterious Maze!; Uncle Don: "Anticipators" another Willipus-Wallipus, Jr. story!; Reddy Dough; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Willie the Worm and Sammy. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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!). Captain Marvel Bunny discovers someone on the beach sending radio messages, and concludes that he must be an Axis spy. Monkey detective Sherlock Monk seeks the "book rat" who has been vandalizing library books. With an election coming up, Billy tries to help Sheriff Oscar catch the mysterious nighttime bandit so he can win the election. Plus a PSA for War Bonds and Stamps featuring Captain Marvel (Shazam). Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Gremmy the Gremlin; Pencil Party!!!; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Uncle Don Broadcasting for Funny Animals "Martyr-Dum!"; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Willie the Worm and Sammy. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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!). The animals decide to clear out the "Bat Glen" to make a playground, but that incurs the wrath of the King Bat. Gremmy the Gremlin helps the birds get even with the bear that's been throwing rocks at them. The Rattler fakes "cow pox" with paint to get cheap prices, but Billy the Kid isn't fooled. Plus a PSA for War Bonds and Stamps featuring the Marvel Family. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Gremmy the Gremlin; Maze-Puzzle; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod; Willipus Wallipus: Goofy-Darer; Billy the Kid Song; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Willie the Worm; Pencil Pranks. 56 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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!). A rocket-taxi piloted by a monkey takes Hoppy and Millie to Planet Carrot, which is populated by two-headed rabbits. Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear get mixed up with escaped convict Grizzly the Giant while waiting for their big break on Amateur Night. A gold rush sends everyone out of Cactus County, including Sheriff Oscar, but it's all a plot by "that wicked Eastern crook, Snakeye Snazzy!" Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Willie the Worm; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; The Chuck the Detective Song; Uncle Don; Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod; Willie the Worm and Sammy; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Chuck the Duck; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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!). Hoppy goes fishing and gets caught by Perch the Pirate and taken aboard his underwater pirate ship. In a story told entirely in rhyming verse, Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear are transported to a city on the moon. In a story that is also a wartime PSA, Marvel Bunny explains the importance of recycling paper for the war effort. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Millie's Song Page; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Willie the Worm and Sammy; Uncle Don: Railroadiacs; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck Solve the Case of Mr. X!; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny and the Paper Dolls of Victory!; Willie the Worm and Sammy Go to the Front of Their Class; Brain Twisters; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Chad Grothkopf. 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!). Millie convinces Hoppy to take dance lessons, but he's partnered with Susie the elephant, who loves to jitterbug. Billy the Kid and Sheriff Oscar get help from the Moon itself to capture Pecos Pete. Fuzzy Bear gets a job as a driving instructor, and then crashes his own car. Plus a PSA for wartime paper recycling. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Captain Marvel Bunny Becomes a Jitterbug; Fuzzy Bear's Driving School; Oscar's Song and Color-Me-Up Page; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Uncle Don Bed-Time Story: Silly-Itis; Willie the Worm and Sammy; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Keepers of the Winds. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Hoppy's Victory Page" public service announcement; Captain Marvel Bunny encourages paper salvage. "The Return of the Pirates!", art by Chad Grothkopf; Millie finds a treasure map that belonged to her great-great grandfather but when she and Hoppy investigate, the treasure is stolen by Captain Perch and his pirate crew, so Captain Marvel Bunny has to save the day. "At the Carnival," art by Bill Brady; Oscar invites a carnival to set up in Funny Animalville but doesn't know that it's a cover for thieves to rob the bank while everyone is watching the show. Untitled Willie the Worm and Sammy story, art by Chad Grothkopf; Willie and Sammy plan a picnic in spite of a bad weather forecast. "A 'Clothes' Call," art by Bill Brady; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck catch a clothes thief. "Hitchriskers" Uncle Don text story. "Fair Trade!" one-page story starring Willie the Worm & Sammy. "Fuzzy Has a Romance," art by Bill Brady; Fuzzy is captivated by his new neighbor, Bubbles, and tries to catch her attention, but everything goes wrong. "Taxi Please," art by Chad Grothkopf; Big Louie tries to drive Hoppy's rival cab company out of business, but he can't stop Captain Marvel Bunny. Benny Beaver Pulls a Punch! one-page story. "Captain Tootsie Captures Red the Terror!" ad for Tootsie Rolls. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Hoppy's Victory Page!"; Hoppy and his pals celebrate the patriotism of their loyal readers, while reminding them to continue saving paper, scrap metal, etc. to aid the war effort. "Hoppy the Marvel Bunny Scores a Touchdown!", art by Chad Grothkopf; Hoppy joins his friends from Funny Animal Town in a football game against a team from Woodland Village. "Knock, Knock on Wood," art by Bill Brady; Billy and Oscar thwart a gang of thieves who sneak into town hidden inside wooden Indian statues. "Shoos a Shoe!"; Willie the Worm gets a job in a shoe store. "The Missing Story!", art by Bill Brady; Sherlock the Monk visits a neighboring city to see what life is like in the big city. "A Set Type of Laziness," art by Bill Brady; Fuzzy Bear gets a job at the local newspaper office. "Paintiacs" text story; Willipus Wallipus gets into trouble while waiting on the front porch for his parents to come outside to go to a movie. "Behind the Ate Ball!", art by Chad Grothkopf; Willie goes into a restaurant to buy hamburgers for his friend. Untitled half-page story; Benny and Fuzzy have a great time fishing. Mary Marvel house ad. "Nursery Rhyme Land!", art by Chad Grothkopf; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny defends the inhabitants of Nursery Rhyme Land against a witch who wants to destroy them. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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!). Cactus Jack gets the drop on Sheriff Oscar, but luckily, they're standing under the shoddy chimney that Oscar built. While seeking a good deed to do, Marvel Bunny encounters the Brownies and their magical world. A scavenger hunt gives Fuzzy Bear some unwelcome advice. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny and the Brownies; Billy the Kid and Oscar: The Hacienda Fortress; Fuzzy Bear: Treasure Hunt; Willie the Worm: Perfect Fit/ Plays No Favorites; Uncle Don: Double Trouble; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: A Fishing Repartee; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Horoscope-Horrors; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Chimney Fix. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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!). King Hog rejects all suitors for the hand of his daughter Porkaline, but Porkaline wants Marvel Bunny. Gremmy the Gremlin must intervene when Chester Chipmunk and family get into a hole they can't get out of. Sherlock the Monk and Chuck are hired to watch Mr. Hoot's car, but Sherlock outwits himself again. Danger Ahead; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Suitable Suitor; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Men of Letters; Gremmy the Gremlin: The Jumping Log; Battling Bantam: Boots, Boots; Sir Spot: The Royal Key; Sherlock the Monk Lends a Helping Hand. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). This issue's cover features a "cut out" door for young readers to view the interior artwork; consequently, examples of this issue with intact covers can be hard to find. Sherlock the Monk and Chuck face danger over the Big Top while investigating a case at a circus. Billy the Kid is confused by the latest fashion trend from Back East: pajamas. Willie the Worm tries to catch crooks at a winter resort. Fuzzy the Bear Rides the Roller Coaster; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Camera Menace!; Battling Bantam: A Flower of Youth; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck on the Flying Trapeze; Willie the Worm: Winter Sports; Red Ned's Danger; Kid Gloves: Gem Jam; Droopy the Ant Bear and Reddy Fox: The Fingerprints of Destiny; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: The Tyrant of the Seas; Billy the Kid: Fashion Center. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Billy Goat's voice teacher hands him a jackhammer, after which Billy descends through the floors of a high-rise in a bravura comedy sequence. Bobby Bantam discovers that he's sharing the bathtub with Beep's pet snapping turtle. Hoppy and his duck pal have an adventure in the West, even though Hoppy literally doesn't know which end of the gun to point. Plus the saga of the dreaded Squirrel Burglar. Buzzy Bee; Bobby and Beep: All Wet; Kenny Kangaroo: Sleep Tight; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: Some Potatoes; Billy Goat: Odd Jobs; Squirrel Burglar; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Westward, Ho, Ho!; Kenny Kangaroo. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Billy Goat has a close encounter with a knight in armor. Buzzy Bee has bee business at the break of day. Hoppy takes part in The Great Carrot Hunt. Bobby Bantam: Destination Moonshine; Kenny Kangaroo; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: Rough Game; Billy Goat; Buzzy Bee; Night Song; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Great Carrot Hunt; Buzzy Bee. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Billy Goat gets lost in the museum. Bobby Bantam's mischievous nephew Beep finally pushes him too far. Hoppy has trouble in the kitchen. Bobby Bantam: Slightly Psycho!; Fuzzy Bear meets Skeezel the Weasel; Billy Goat: Museum Madness; Kenny Kangaroo; Buzzy Bee; Hootie's Hullaballoo; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: What's Cookin? 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Champ the monkey loves movies. Bobby Bantam wants to spend his vacation relaxing at Bedlam-in-the-Pines, but unfortunately his mischievous nephew Beep came along on the trip. Hoppy goes excavating in the yard. Bobby Bantam: Vacation Daze!; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: A-Hunting We Will Go!; Champ the Chump of Chimps: The Movie Fan!; Musical Seal; Buzzy Bee; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Dig-Dig-Dig. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Buzzy's flapjacks are too hard to be breakfast, but they make great pistol targets. Bobby Bantam's nephew Beep wants to go to the ball game, but Bobby doesn't have enough money for both of them to go. Kenny Kangaroo must improvise when his coal shovel is too wide to fit through the furnace doors. Bobby Bantam: Take Me Out to the Brawl Game!; Horse Sense; Buzzy Bee; Kenny Kangaroo; Champ the Chump of Chimps: I Know Best!; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: Mailman Stay 'Way from My Door; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Magic Lamp. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Bobby Bantam throws a surprise party for his rich uncle, Forgetful Fogety, but Fogety's the one who brings the surprises. In a new feature, "The Forest Folk," Gopher is running late for work at Mole's construction company when he gets buried under a landslide and has to be rescued by Mole. Hoppy, his Marvel powers long forgotten, keeps getting beaten up by tough guy Rocky Raccoon in a series of misunderstandings over Rocky's girlfriend, Phoebe Fieldmouse. Cow Says Moo; Bobby Bantam: Surprise Party; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: The Philanthropist; Buzzy Bee; Kenny Kangaroo; Champ the Chump of Chimps Has a Bone to Pick; The Forest Folk: Big Diggings; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Hermit. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. At a restaurant, Bobby Bantam's uncle Forgetful Fogety accidentally claims a magician's magic-trick-laden coat. In the second and last appearance of "The Forest Folk," Gopher and Mole conspire to get maple sugar from Fox's maple trees to make Gopher's pie for the pie contest. Hoppy and Quick-Quack follow an ape stealing lollipops to a mystery at the waterfront. Funny Chicken; Bobby Bantam: Watch Your Coat; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: Easy Money; Buzzy Bee; Kenny Kangaroo; Champ the Chump of Chimps: Stop, Luck, and Listen; The Forest Folk: Prize Surprise; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Mystery of the Last Licks. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf, Bill Woolfolk and Walter Farmer. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Kenny Kangaroo is such a bad boxer, he loses a shadow-boxing match. Skeezel's latest scheme goes so wrong that Teddy falls off a building into a tomato truck, plastering passersby in tomato puree. Hoppy gets jealous when Millie makes eyes at carnival strong man Herman Hare, but his superhero days are long behind him. Ambitious Cat; Slinky Stinky: The Stolen Swimming Pool; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: All Washed Up; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Muscle Tussle; Kenny Kangaroo; Bobby Bantam: Bailing, Bailing; Buzzy Bee. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fago. Funny-animal comics from Charlton, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Fuzzy Bear and Atomic Mouse. Hoppy and Millie fight back with improvised weapons after their sailboat encounters pirates. A scavenger hunt gives Fuzzy Bear some unwelcome advice. Sherlock and Chuck get jobs at a fish market and battle a walrus hoodlum who's there to steal fish. Buzzy Bee; Hoppy: Pirate Trouble; Atomic Mouse; Fuzzy Bear: Treasure Hunt; Willie the Worm: Perfect Fit; Red Ned's Danger; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck in a Fishing Repartee; Willie the Worm Takes No Chances; Hoppy: Never Best a Pest. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago and others. Funny-animal comics from Charlton, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Fuzzy Bear and Atomic Mouse. Hoppy gets a job at Millie's urging, only to learn he's the getaway driver for a gang of bank robbers. Outlaw Wezzy sees a fake bank robbery as the perfect chance to rob the post office while Sheriff Oscar and Billy the Kid are distracted. Sherlock and Chuck investigate accidents at a circus, and discover a crooked mouse lion-tamer who sells insurance on the side. Hoppy: Break the Bank; Billy the Kid and Oscar: The Hoax; Willie the Worm; Atomic Mouse: Bum-bum-bum-Bomb; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: On the Flying Trapeze; Willie the Worm; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear Play a Wishing Game; Fuzzy Bear: Nuts About Doughnuts; Willie the Worm and Sammy: No Joke. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago and Fred Ottenheimer. Funny-animal comics from Charlton. With this Charlton issue, Funny Animals gets a new star, the comics incarnation of 1950s kids' TV personality The Merry Mailman. Merry Mailman and Wheezer are off for adventure when someone mails a treasure map to Long John Silver. Millie wonders why Hoppy doesn't want to kiss her when they're playing kissing games at her party. Plus the legends of folk hero Paul Bunyan. Li'l Buck; The Merry Mailman Goes to Treasure Island; Merry Mailman's Coloring Page; Hoppy: Missed Kiss; Fuzzy's Song Page; The Mouse Has the Last Laugh; The Merry Mailman: King for a Day!; Legends of Paul Bunyon; Color-Me-Up Puzzle Page; The Merry Mailman Goes to Africa; Wilbur the Waiter. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.