Bernard the Brave

Bernard the Brave is a funny-animal character from DC's Golden Age humor titles, appearing alongside an eccentric cast including Robert Rabbit and Nutsy Squirrel in books like Hollywood Funny Folks and Movietown's Animal Antics.

A plucky little figure from the final flourish of comics' Golden Age, Bernard the Brave made his debut in 1950's Movietown's Animal Antics #26, brought to life by Rube Grossman for DC's cheerful stable of funny-animal titles. He carved out his niche across a handful of beloved humor books — Hollywood Funny Folks, Movietown's Animal Antics, and Peter Porkchops — sharing those sun-dappled pages with a wonderfully eccentric cast including Robert Rabbit, Nutsy Squirrel, Montmorency the Worm, Rollo Raccoon, and the beloved Peter Porkchops. With only ten catalogued appearances across a run that stretched to the mid-fifties, Bernard is a genuine rarity — a small, charming footnote in DC's warm and woolly funny-animal corner that rewards the curious collector willing to dig.