Fawcett's Funny Animals (1942-1956 Fawcett/Charlton) comic books 1947-1949

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.

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.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $9.00 View scans Water damage.

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.

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!). In order to convince Millie that he fixed her radio, Hoppy stands outside her window and sings like the famous crooner, Bing Bunny. Billy the Kid and Oscar investigate the Coyote Mystery. Sherlock the Monk and Chuck seek stolen bacon and almost get butchered. Sherlock the Monk and Chuck Are Ground Up!; Billy the Kid and Oscar: The Coyote Mystery; Brother Troll; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Special Delivery Service; The Cub Reporter: Scoops of the Bear Facts!; Willie the Worm and Sammy: Toast of the Town; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Radio Rumpus. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $5.70 Heavy water damage.

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.

Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). Marvel Bunny has an adventure while trying to help fellow Funny Animal Benny Beaver build a bridge. When Billy the Kid captures one of the notorious turkey outlaws the Turk Brothers, the other Turks plot revenge. Goat con artist "Kid Gloves" (from Fawcett's Animal Fair) tries to stay one step ahead of the Inspector with his latest scam. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Shoe Enough; The Modern Pied Piper; Benny Beaver Meets Ali Baba and the Forty Rat Thieves; Billy the Kid and the Terrible Turk Brothers; Willie the Worm: Lightning Fast; Animal Quiz; Battling Bantam: The Fighting Fool; Kid Gloves: Bedsheet of Roses. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $14.00

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.

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!). Sherlock the Monk and Chuck investigate who has been crushing all the nuts in Joe the Squirrel's Nut Store. Willie the Worm accidentally unleashes an experimental peanut that has been crossbred with jumping beans, and the peanut goes on a city-wide rampage. Sherlock tries to help a collapsed giraffe, but only manages to take his watch's pulse. Circus Game Page; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny Rides the Showboat; Droopy the Ant Bear and Reddy Fox: In the Soup; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Morocco Bound!; Perry Polecat's Gun; Fuzzy Bear: Slumber Music!; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: Nutcrackers; Kid Gloves: A Moving Tale!; Willie the Worm: Peanut Pygmalion; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Fashion Center; Sherlock the Monk: Watch Out for Him; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Cabbage Patch. 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!). Hoppy overhears Benny rehearsing for a play and thinks he's being robbed, but luckily, crooks show up just as Marvel Bunny arrives. Hoppy and Billy go out to eat at a restaurant that serves waiter jokes. Sammy the Skunk learns why Willie the Worm is crying. Fun locomotive cover by Chad Grothkopf. Drawing Lesson; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Plot Thickens; Robert Rabbit's Robot; Fuzzy Bear: The Strong Man; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck Visit Nicotine-Alley!; Fuzzy Bear Takes a Trip; Willie the Worm; Sir Spot: Hamlet of Evil; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Can't Bear Bullies; Willie the Worm. 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!). While Marvel Bunny is serving up moral lessons on courtesy and the like, Hoppy's gal Millie has a solo adventure at Torture Castle! Willie the Worm and Sammy match wits and magic with a witch. A rude rhino waiter gets served by Captain Marvel Bunny. Game Page; Hoppy's Girl Millie: Torture Castle; Willie the Worm and Sammy Saddle a Witch; Fuzzy Bear: For Better or Voice!; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny Believes in Courtesy; Hole in None; Fuzzy Bear: Knot So Hot; Benny Beaver: Radio Revels; Willie the Worm: The Last Word; Droopy the Ant Bear and Reddy Fox: No Picnic; Willie the Worm; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: Caught Napping; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny Turns the Tables. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.