Nutsy Squirrel

Nutsy Squirrel is a Golden Age funny-animal character who debuted in DC's humor comics, eventually earning a solo title. The cheerful squirrel appeared alongside characters like Doodles Duck and Robert Rabbit in anthology titles including Hollywood Funny Folks.

Few characters capture the breezy, anything-goes spirit of Golden Age funny-animal comics quite like Nutsy Squirrel, who bounded onto the scene in DC's Leave It to Binky #4 in 1948 and quickly earned a title all their own. Running through 1957, Nutsy shared the funny pages with a delightful cast including Doodles Duck, Robert Rabbit, and The Professor across beloved anthology titles like Hollywood Funny Folks and Funny Folks — the kind of warm, laugh-filled company that defined DC's lighter side during comics' earliest era. With 44 catalogued appearances and two recognized key issues, this scrappy little squirrel left a more lasting mark on the Golden Age landscape than you might expect. If you have a soft spot for the era when comics were pure, unabashed fun, Nutsy Squirrel is absolutely worth a spot on your radar.