Oswald the Rabbit

Oswald the Rabbit is the classic cartoon character created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, adapted into comics form in an early Dell publication. The mischievous, long-eared rabbit starred in animated shorts before making his comics debut.

Few characters can claim roots as deep as Oswald the Rabbit, who hopped onto the page all the way back in 1935's New Fun #6 — a genuine Platinum Age artifact brought to comics life by Leger and Reuths. That debut alone makes Oswald a piece of living history, and the fact that he's kept appearing across a remarkable nine-decade span through Dell's beloved funny-animal titles speaks to an enduring charm that never quite fades. His natural habitat is the warm, laugh-filled world of Walter Lantz New Funnies and New Funnies, where he shares the page with an all-star roster of classic cartoon personalities including Woody Woodpecker, Andy Panda, and Charlie Chicken. With two key-issue appearances to his name and a lineage stretching from the Platinum Age to the present, Oswald is a delightful find for any collector who loves the golden thread connecting comics' earliest days to the funny-animal tradition we still cherish today.