Fawcett's Funny Animals (1942-1956 Fawcett/Charlton) comic books 1948

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 finds gold and tries to share it with the town of Dry Gulch, but a gold rush is inevitable. An appeal for help from the Ghosts Benevolent Association sends Marvel Bunny into battle against the Ghost of Captain Shark. Sherlock the Monk pretends illness to get out of cleaning the office, and ends up fleeing from the head nurse at the hospital. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie and the Secret-Play Touchdown, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and a hair-cream ad featuring detective Sam Spade. Billy the Kid and Oscar: Gold in Them Thar Hills!; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Ghost Talk!; Battling Bantam: The Haymaker Troublemaker; Willipus Wallipus: Snitch-Fibbers; Willie the Worm and Sammy: The Kingdom of King Vulture; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Real Pill; Fuzzy Bear Sleeps Like a Log. 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 learns that outlaws Diamond Bill and Slippery are coming to Dry Gulch, just when Governor "Honest Jim" Dawson is arriving to make a speech. Marvel Bunny travels through time and meets his superpowered ancestors, Pilgrim Marvel and Sir Marvel, the Red Knight. Willie the Worm explains why he reads so much. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie: Counter Spook, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck, and an ad for My Secrets of Magic, by Blackstone the Magician. Billy the Kid and Oscar Meet the Assassins; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Gallant Ancestors!; Battling Bantam: Movie Struck; Willipus Wallipus: Chemical-Luney; Willie the Worm: Zero Weather/ Novel Fellow/ Gives Us Indigestion; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Have a Fine Day; Willie's Song. 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 Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Sheriff Oscar insists on going after the Smith Brothers outlaw gang without help from Billy the Kid, but that's not such a hot idea. Willie the Worm's practical jokes soon get on everyone's nerves, except Willie's. Sherlock Monk and Chuck the Duck check into a hotel for an overnight stay and notice some strange activity - well, Chuck does, anyway. Plus a vintage Tootsie Roll ad, Captain Tootsie Saves the School Party, with art by Shazam co-creator CC Beck. Billy the Kid and Oscar: Desperate Desperadoes; Droopy the Ant Bear and Reddy Fox: The Heavy Load; Willipus Wallipus: Tooth-a-Nailer; Willie the Worm: No Joke; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Spring Action; Fuzzy Bear: Nuts about Doughnuts; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny and the F.B.I. 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!). 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.

Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Hired as a doorman for Mrs. Grand Llama's party, Hoppy has to turn Millie away because of the dress code. Then he decides to make a point by having his well-dressed friends pretend to rob the party! Billy the Kid and Sheriff Oscar the Ostrich uncover a hoax. Burglars hide inside Marvel Bunny balloons during rich kids' birthday parties to infiltrate the homes of their wealthy parents. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Party; Billy the Kid and Oscar: The Hoax; Willie the Worm: No Escape Clauses!; Droopy the Ant Bear and Reddy Fox: Meal Ticket; Chuck's Song; Willipus Wallipus: Horse Sense; Colonel Walrus and Snazzy the Snail: Engineering Feats; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: False Alarm; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Marvel Balloons. 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 Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Millie puts on a circus for the orphans, but Skinflint wants half the profits for using his property, until Captain Marvel Bunny intervenes. Billy the Kid and Sheriff Oscar the Ostrich travel to the big city, where things are much different than in their tiny desert town of Dry Gulch. When sinister magician Presto starts making the important people in town disappear, Hoppy becomes Marvel Bunny to get to the bottom of it. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Circus Capers; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Trouble in the Big City; Brother Troll: Peanut Sale; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: There's Fight in Them Thar Hills; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: For Bed-Der or Worse; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: A Box of Tricks. 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 Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Millie and Hoppy are captured by the Mountain King, forcing Marvel Bunny to battle his army of sinister little elves. Billy the Kid suspects that Swami, the new fortune-teller in town, is up to no good. Sherlock the Monk and Chuck investigate the mystery of the bent nails, and wind up tied to beds of nails by a crazed carpenter. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Searching for Happiness; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Crystalizes His Punch; Backward Land; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck Nail a Thief; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Fair Play; Willie the Worm: Guess-It; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny in the Hall of the Mountain King! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.