Super Rabbit Super Rabbit 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
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit of the Lost Sheep", an even more major makeover took place: the character was drawn more realistically now, with white fur rather than black, shoes are removed, plus wearing suspenders instead of a shirt and shorts. This new Oswald model was adapted directly from a non-Oswald character in another Lantz cartoon: the Cinecolor "Fox and the Rabbit" (1935), released some two months earlier as the last of the early Cartune Classics series. The redesign was done by Manuel Moreno. The cartoons containing the new, white-furred Oswald seemed to be different from their predecessors in more than one way, as the