Fawcett's Funny Animals (1942-1956 Fawcett/Charlton) comic books 1950-1959

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!). Quick Quack convinces Hoppy to box Biff Bulldog to win the money to take Millie to the dance. This issue sees the debut of new Funny Animals Kenny Kangaroo, Buzzy Bee, Billy Goat, Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel. New lead character Bobby Bantam is a rooster, similar to Battling Bantam of issues #48-53, and Hoppy the Bunny remains; otherwise, the new roster is completely different from the early issues of Funny Animals. Someone leaves an orphan chick on Bobby Bantam's doorstep, and his long rivalry with mischievous "nephew" Beep is begun. Kenny Kangaroo learns that a free motorcycle is not always a bargain. Buzzy Bee; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Winner; Kenny Kangaroo; Billy Goat: The Fortune Teller; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel; Tale of a Cat; Bobby Bantam: Good Feud; Buzzy Bee. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Bobby Bantam puts up with mischievous nephew Beep during a snow day. Buzzy Bee has his own approach to swimming. Kenny Kangaroo has trouble finding the right landscape to paint. Buzzy Bee; Bobby Bantam: Snow Fooling; Kenny Kangaroo; Buzzy Bee: One in a Million; Billy Goat: Close Shave; Good Gnus; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Whale of a Time; Kenny Kangaroo. 32 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 Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Hoppy the Bunny and his friend cause confusion at the doctor's office. Bobby Bantam is subjected to pranks from Beep the chick while he's napping in the hammock. Kenny Kangaroo makes the best of his job as a door-to-door brush salesman. Buzzy Bee; Bobby Bantam: Confused Museum; Kenny Kangaroo: Hat's Off; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: Watch Out; Billy Goat: Just a Memory; Jealous Weasel; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Wooden You Know; 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'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.

Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. In another hilarious Billy Goat story, Billy is hired to put up circus posters in town, but that job is trickier than it sounds. Buzzy Bee learns that getting in line early is no guarantee you'll get a ticket. Bobby Bantam tries to get the kids to clean the windows after a food fight. Bobby Bantam: A Stiff Pane; Kenny Kangaroo; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: Teddy Bear and the Free Demonstration; Billy Goat: Post No Bills!; Buzzy Bee; Fellow Travelers; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Ride 'im Hoppy!; Buzzy Bee. 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.

Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Billy Goat becomes involved in the search for the missing dodo bird. Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel go bowling. Hoppy enlists in the Army, and learns that it's not his grandbunny's war. Bobby Bantam; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: A Bowling We Will Go; Billy Goat: The Mystery of the Disappearing Dodo!; Kenny Kangaroo; Buzzy Bee; Brawn vs. Brains; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Army Daze. 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.

Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and R. R. Symes. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Bobby Bantam takes his obnoxious nephew Beep out to "the perfect picnic spot." Kenny Kangaroo walks along a girder at a construction site. Athletic Pig; Bobby Bantam: This Is No Picnic; Teddy Bear and Skeezel the Weasel: A Worm's Eye View; Buzzy Bee; Kenny Kangaroo; Champ the Chump of Chimps: Hot Stuff; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Door Jam; Kenny Kangaroo. 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.

Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Bill Woolfolk and John Martin. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. This was the final issue published by Fawcett. Slinky Stinky is tired of his neighbor Mr. Pooch's early-morning target practice, but he doesn't dare tell him so. Bobby Bantam's new diner gets into a feud with Bear Brogan's neighboring diner. Hoppy and Quick Quack enter a race against Herman Hare. Hot Air; Slinky Stinky: Safe - By a Hare!; Bobby Bantam: Dish it Out; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Kenny Kangaroo; Buzzy Bee; Slinky Stinky: Mr. Pooch's Policy. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Al Fago and others. Funny-animal comics from Charlton, featuring Hoppy the Bunny, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Charlton takes over publishing of Funny Animals with this issue. Hoppy finds trouble everywhere when his tooth fillings start picking up random radio signals. After an errant Earth rocket angers Mars, the God of War, Atomic Mouse must step in. Willie the Worm and Sammy the Skunk enter a skiing contest, and it's all downhill from there. Fuzzy the Bear Rides the Roller Coaster; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Tooth Trouble; Atomic Mouse; Bucky's Sour Hour; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear and Captain Blight; Leon the Lyin' Lion; Willie the Worm: A Rolling Snowball Gathers, Etc??; Kenny Kangaroo; Buzzy Bee. 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, Bobby Bantam and Kenny Kangaroo. Millie wants to go sailing on their picnic, but Hoppy's not so good with boats. Count Gatto plans to kick the orphans out unless Atomic Mouse can make enough money with his magic show. Monkey detective Sherlock the Monk goes after a crooked firefighter, and the fire jokes are spreading everywhere. Buzzy Bee; Hoppy: Its No Picnic; Atomic Mouse; Noahs Lark; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Fire, Fire!; Leon the Lyin Lion: Youth Said It, Kid; Hoppy: Fifty-Fifty. 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.

Cover by Al Fago. Stories and art by Clint Harmon and Fred Ottenheimer. Funny-animal comics from Charlton, featuring the comics incarnation of 1950s kids' TV personality The Merry Mailman. In Africa, The Merry Mailman gets a temporary promotion to King of the Jungle. Wheezer decides he wants to become a mailman, but does he have what it takes to be a Merry Mailman? Sherlock the Monk and Chuck investigate the mystery of the bent nails, and wind up tied to beds of nails by a crazed carpenter. Plus the legends of folk hero Paul Bunyan. The Merry Mailman: Extra Special Delivery; Merry Mailman's Coloring Page; Bart Beaver's Mistake; Merry Mailman and Wheezer in Australia; Legends of Paul Bunyon; Color-Me-Up Puzzle Page; The Merry Mailman in Africa; Oscar's Song; Here'n There; Willie the Worm; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck Nail a Thief. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories and art by Clint Harmon and Fred Ottenheimer. Funny-animal comics from Charlton, featuring the comics incarnation of 1950s kids' TV personality The Merry Mailman. Wheezer enlists the Merry Mailman to help him get his invention, a hoverbike, to the inventors' contest. Billy the Kid suspects that Swami, the new fortune-teller in town, is up to no good. Mac Mule's nerdy nephew Percival tries to civilize Battling Bantam, the quick-tempered rooster. Plus the legends of folk hero Paul Bunyan. The Merry Mailman: Registered Male; Merry Mailman's Coloring Page; Legends of Paul Bunyon; Merry Mailman: Stretching Things; Color-Me-Up Puzzle Page; Backward Land; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Crystalizes His Punch; Willie the Worm: Willie's Song; The Fighting Fool; The Royal Seal. 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 Charlton. Quick Quack convinces Hoppy to box Biff Bulldog to win the money to take Millie to the dance. Someone leaves an orphan chick on Bobby Bantam's doorstep, and his long rivalry with mischievous "nephew" Beep is begun. Sherlock the Monk and Chuck investigate who has been crushing all the nuts in Joe the Squirrel's Nut Store. Fun locomotive cover by Chad Grothkopf. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Winner; Bobby Bantam: Good Feud; Robert Rabbit's Robot; Kid Gloves: A Moving Tale!; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Nutcrackers; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: and the Tyrant of the Seas; Dog Daze. Final issue under this title; series continues as Lil Tomboy (1956) #92. Charlton briefly revived the series in 1984, almost thirty years later. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.