Fawcett's Funny Animals (1942-1956 Fawcett/Charlton) comic books 1946 or later
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Issue #39
$8.40
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!). While collecting shoes for the orphanage, Hoppy and Millie find seven-league boots that lead Marvel Bunny to the land of the shoe leprechauns. Pine Needle the porcupine and his fellow outlaws hatch a fake-kidnapping plot to get rid of Billy the Kid. Fuzzy Bear checks into a fancy hotel and runs up a huge bill, despite Benny's warnings. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny Meets the Shoe Leprechauns; Benny Beaver Tries a Weighty Role; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Trouble on the Double; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck; Willie the Worm: Shadowed; Willipus Wallipus: High-Hattery; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Wanted - Dead Not Alive; Willie the Worm and Sammy; Benny Beaver and Fuzzy Bear: The Bell Tolls for Fuzzy; Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: The Gay Deception. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #48
$17.50
Stories and art by Bill Brady and others. Funny-animal comics from Fawcett, featuring Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, who has the same powers and power-word as his hero (Shazam!). The demonic Mr. Rumor, who looks like a Gilbert Shelton character 20 years early, arrives on Earth to spread doubt and misinformation. This is the final Hoppy the Marvel Bunny story in Funny Animals until issue #55. Hired by wealthy Mrs. Gotrocks, Sherlock the Monk and Chuck match wits with Terriarity the Terrible Terrier. Willie the Worm has a suggestion for pompous Mr. Hoot the owl. Hoppy the Marvel Bunny: Mr. Rumor Comes to Town; Willie the Worm: Can't Dampen His Spirits; Fuzzy Bear: The Idea Alarms Him; Sherlock the Monk and Chuck: The Roundup; Willipus Wallipus: Mug Uglies; Battling Bantam: Battling Bantam Goes-A-Courting; Billy the Kid and Oscar: Uprooted Evil. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #52
$21.00
View scanFunny-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.
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Issue #72
$4.80
$4.80
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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Issue #74
$5.70
$5.70
$4.80
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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Issue #76
$4.00
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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Issue #77
$8.00
$8.00
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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Issue #78
$8.00
- 3/4" Cumulative spine split. Water damage.
$6.40
- 2.5" Cumulative spine split through cover and wraps.
$6.40
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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Issue #80
$9.60
View scan$6.40
- Cover detached. 3-1/2" Cumulative spine split.
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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Issue #81
$6.40
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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Issue #82
$9.60
View scan- 1/2" Cumulative spine split.
$6.40
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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Issue #86
$8.00
$4.00
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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Issue #88
- Centerfold detached. 1 1/2" Interior spine split through several wraps. Interior oxidation with chipping.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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.
