

įor a span of five issues (#49–54, May–October 1947), Hoppy made no appearances in Fawcett's Funny Animals these issues featured Billy the Kid and Oscar as the lead feature. Hoppy's stories include "Hoppy the Marvel Bunny and the Paper Dolls of Victory!", "The Keepers of the Winds" and "Hoppy Duels with Stinger Bee". One of his foes is Captain Black Bunny, the lagomorph equivalent of Captain Marvel's foe Black Adam. He also starred in his own 15-issue series, Hoppy the Marvel Bunny (December 1945 – September 1947), which featured several Hoppy stories per issue, along with stories featuring his old co-stars from Fawcett's Funny Animals. Hoppy debuted in Fawcett's Funny Animals #1, and appears in nearly every issue of that comic's run. For the latter character, Grothkopf added elements from Fawcett's popular Captain Marvel strips, and the lead strip for Funny Animals was set as Hoppy the Marvel Bunny. Chad Grothkopf, an artist with experience at DC Comics and Timely Comics, was tapped to come up with concepts for Fawcett's Funny Animals comic his creations included Willie the Worm, Shelock Monk and Chuck, and Hoppy, a rabbit who dreamed of being strong. In 1942, Fawcett Comics, decided to add a cartoon animal comic book to accompany its line of superhero, movie, and adventure comics. Hoppy later became a property of DC Comics, and has made periodic appearances in stories related to Captain Marvel, today also known as Shazam. He was created by Chad Grothkopf (1914–2005), and debuted in Fawcett's Funny Animals #1 (December 1942). Hoppy the Marvel Bunny is a fictional comic book superhero and anthropomorphic animal originally published by Fawcett Comics as a spin-off of Captain Marvel. Excerpt from the cover of Fawcett's Funny Animals #23 (October 1944)įawcett Comics / Charlton Comics / DC Comicsįawcett's Funny Animals #1 (December 1942)
