Fawcett's Funny Animals #59

Straight from the summer of 1948, this cheerful issue of Fawcett's Funny Animals bursts with the energy of its cover, where Hoppy the Marvel Bunny — cape, lightning bolt, and all — dashes alongside the cowboy Billy the Kid atop galloping cartoon horses, the whole gang kicking up puffs of dust in a lively stampede. The promise of "flying high adventure and chortling fun" is right there on the cover, and with a story titled "The Party" waiting inside, there's clearly plenty of good-natured mischief to go around. At just ten cents, this "Wholesome Approved Entertainment" package is a warm snapshot of postwar funny-animal comics done with real charm.