Comic books December 1947

Cover by Chad Grothkopf. Stories and art by Chad Grothkopf and Bill Brady. Fawcett's annual comics omnibus, published to coincide with the Christmas holidays, includes over 100 pages of comics. Although often described as a collection of unsold, returned comics, the original issues were actually overprinted deliberately for inclusion in Xmas Comics. This issue includes Fawcett's Funny Animals issues #23, #26, #29 and #35, including several Hoppy the Marvel Bunny stories. Does not have a felt cover enhancement. 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 Paper Packin' Panda in a PSA for wartime paper recycling. Paper Packin' Panda; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Captain Marvel Bunny Meets His Future Self!; Fuzzy Bear Learns a Trade; Billy the Kid and Oscar; Sammy the Skunk; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Uncle Don: Monkey Doodles; Willie the Worm and Sammy; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny Meets the Keepers of the Stars!; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Horses of a Different Color!; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: The Book Case; Willipus Wallipus: Forget Pets; Willie the Worm and Sammy: Two Repair Men Who Can't Repair Anything!; Willie the Worm and Sammy's Song; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Oscar the Ostrich and His Horse Friday; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Hot Dog Hooligans; 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; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny and the Terrible Trio; Billy the Kid and Oscar: The Kid that Broke the Camel's Back!; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: The Case of the Missing Bathtubs!; Willipus Wallipus: Dentaglector; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Oscar the Ostrich Does Some Campaigning; Willie the Worm Wrestles With an Idea; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: His Plot Buckles; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Adventure in Dreamland. Other variants exist. 132 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.50.

Cover by Al McWilliams. Stories and art by Milt Hammer, John Graham, E. J. Reeves, Joe Certa, Art Helfant and Harvey Fuller. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. Young King Cole investigates when recently pardoned ex-cons are being framed and sent back to prison for mysterious reasons. During a costume party, Toni Gayle tracks a killer, resulting in a robot fighting a Renaissance rogue. Killers hire a bodyguard for a dying millionaire to throw off suspicion, but unfortunately for them, they hire bumbling detective Homer K. Beagle. Young King Cole; Toni Gayle; Hammertoones; Look Out Below!; Dr. Drew the Zoo Man: The Poisoned Arrows; Boitram the Boiglar; Homer K. Beagle. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Art by Matt Baker and others. Cover by Jack Kamen. Tales of adventure featuring Rulah, Jungle Goddess, and art by legendary good-girl artist Matt Baker. Foreign agents choose Rulah's corner of the jungle to test a biological weapon, but Rulah and a handsome reporter are hot on their trail; Fun facts about the Bushmen tribes of Africa; Rulah accidentally awakens the people of a lost city who have slept for 5000 years. Classic bondage cover by Jack Kamen. More daring costumes and classic pre-Code good-girl art. The Purple Plague; Tears of Death; The Slumbering City; The Deadly Dust. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.