Super Rabbit | |
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Super Rabbit #6 (Spring 1946). Cover artist unknown
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Timely Comics |
First appearance | Comedy Comics #14 (Feb. 1943) |
Created by | Ernie Hart |
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Alter ego | Waffles Bunny |
Notable aliases | The Marvel of the Age |
Abilities | Super strength Flight Invulnerability except for a single spot at top of head |
Super Rabbit is a fictional, funny-animal superhero in comic books published by Timely Comics, a predecessor of Marvel Comics, during the 1930s and 1940s period fans and historians call the Golden Age of comic books. Created by cartoonist Ernie Hart, he first appeared in Comedy Comics #14 (cover-dated Feb. 1943).
The character appeared after Fawcett Comics' funny-animal superhero Hoppy the Marvel Bunny (debut: Fawcett's Funny Animals #1, cover-dated Dec. 1942), and before the Bugs Bunny theatrical cartoon short "Super-Rabbit" (released in April 1943)
Following his debut as the cover star of Comedy Comics #14 (March 1943), the funny-animal superhero Super Rabbit remained the lead feature through at least #33 (Sept. 1946). A star of Timely Comics' humor division — produced by what the company called its "animator bullpen", edited by Vincent Fago and largely separate from the superhero group producing comics featuring Captain America and other such characters — Super Rabbit also appeared in Krazy Comics, Comic Capers, Funny Tunes (a.k.a. Animated Funny Comic-Tunes), All Surprise Comics (as the cover star of #1-11, Fall 1943 - Fall 1946) and other anthology series.