Atomic Rabbit #4

When Sly Fox lands on a distant cat planet seeking revenge, he convinces its starving population that Rabbit-Ville's rabbits are hoarding milk—and recruits them for an invasion. Atomic Rabbit must find a way to stop an entire armada of cats from descending on his hometown, armed with nothing but quick thinking and his dwindling atomic power. It's a race against time as our hero discovers that sometimes the best defense is turning your enemy's hunger against them.

Sly Fox hatches a devious scheme to rob Rabbitville by putting its citizens—including Atomic Rabbit himself—to sleep with gas, then stealing the special carrots that give our hero his super strength. With his powers gone and the Fox on a crime spree across town, Atomic Rabbit must race against time to stop a catastrophic plan that threatens to bury Rabbitville itself beneath an avalanche of rocks. When an unexpected delivery from the President arrives, Atomic Rabbit gets one last chance to turn the tables on the villain.

When Goofy arrives in town looking for his hero Atomic Rabbit, the well-meaning but clumsy newcomer catches the attention of Sly Fox, a villain who sees an opportunity for revenge. Goofy becomes an unwitting pawn in a dangerous scheme involving impersonation, deception, and a sealed cave—but Atomic Rabbit and a helpful friend have a plan to expose the truth.

Fuzzy the Bear's tuba playing is so loud it's keeping the neighbors awake—so when Rollo shows up with an unusual request, it becomes clear that Fuzzy's musical talents might need a little rethinking. This 1956 one-pager from Atomic Rabbit delivers the kind of gentle, groan-worthy humor that makes funny-animal comics so charming.

When Li'l Foxes learn that their father has been down in the dumps because of too many run-ins with Atomic Rabbit, they hatch an elaborate scheme to gift-wrap the pesky hero himself—literally freezing him solid inside an ice cream cake for his birthday. But thawing out proves to be just the beginning of the trouble in Al Fago's "Happy Birthday, Pops," as Atomic Rabbit turns the tables on the scheming family and the villain Sly Fox who was lurking behind it all.

Bercy Penguin can't resist a little slide on the ice despite Mom's warning to stay put, and soon finds himself in hot water with a grumpy polar bear—leading to a wild chase across ice, water, and sky. When the dust settles, this clever little penguin manages to land right back where he started, ready to enjoy the reward for his "good behavior."

Orsen Buggy sets out to film his movie masterpiece "Bank Nite Tonite," but when real bank robbers crash his set and make off with the footage, he finds himself caught in a wild chase—only to end up in the clutches of the villainous Blackheart Louie, who forces him to star in a pirate picture with far more dangerous stakes than any studio production. What follows is a chaotic battle of wits and survival as Orsen tries to outwit his captors and reclaim his life from the mad crook's grip.

Atomic Rabbit has answered 496 calls for help in a single day, and when a desperate duck frantically pleads for rescue, our exhausted hero springs into action—only to discover the bird's real emergency has nothing to do with swimming. This one-page tale plays the gag perfectly: sometimes the real reason someone needs help isn't what it seems at first glance.