Happy Comics #12

A scrappy squirrel named Scamper realizes he's losing his speed to a pursuing dog and decides he needs to slim down—but when he hits upon the scheme of fattening up his canine chase partner instead, the tables turn in ways neither of them quite anticipated. This 1946 humor tale from Al Hubbard and Hubie Karp plays out the law of unintended consequences as two adversaries find themselves trapped in a comic cycle of their own making. Watch as a simple diet plan spirals into something far messier than either animal bargained for.

Francois the cat has been the pampered pet of his owner—until a chirpy little bird arrives and steals all her attention, leaving the jealous feline scheming to send his feathered rival packing. When his plot to evict the bird backfires spectacularly, Francois finds himself outmaneuvered and facing exile, though he's determined this rivalry is far from over. A slapstick battle of wits between two pets vying for their owner's affection in this 1946 tale from Happy Comics.

A vagrant spots a fancy estate and decides to ask its owner for a handout—but the mysterious gentleman claims to be "Zombie," a hypnotist, and offers something far grander: he'll transform the hobo into whoever he wishes to be. When the hobo chooses Abraham Lincoln, his newfound conviction about freeing the enslaved sets off a wild chain of misunderstandings that lands him in increasingly absurd situations. This 1946 funny-animal romp lets loose with slapstick chaos as one hypnotic wish spirals hilariously out of control.

When Mabel tries to locate a gas leak the hard way—with a lit match—her quick-thinking husband Noah intervenes just in time to prevent disaster. This 1946 funny-animal tale captures the slapstick chaos of domestic life, where a moment of carelessness nearly becomes catastrophic.

Peeper is a carrier pigeon just starting out in the mail delivery business, and when he's tasked with delivering a letter to Oak Street, he quickly discovers that asking for directions isn't getting him anywhere. Desperate to complete his first assignment, he comes up with a creative—if unconventional—solution to find his way.

When a cunning fox campaigns for Homer Hound as the town's new fox-catcher—banking on the beagle's reputation for being dim-witted—the election results surprise no one. But Homer takes his new job seriously, and what unfolds is a slapstick battle of wits as the fox tries to outsmart the newly sworn officer, leading to a standoff neither quite expected. It's a clever election-day caper with plenty of comedic chaos and double-crosses that keeps you guessing who's really outfoxing whom.

Woolly needs something to help him sleep, and he finds a creative solution to his restlessness. This brief humor tale from 1946 delivers the quick comedic punch that made funny-animal comics such reliable entertainment.