Bamse

A Silver Age curio with Scandinavian charm, Bamse made their debut in the pages of Hakke Hakkespett #1 in 1966, brought to life by John Carey under the Norwegian publisher Serieforlaget. Sharing those early adventures with a colorful cast that includes Hakke Hakkespett, Pingo Pingvin, and Andy Panda, this character belongs to a lively, animal-populated world that defined a particular flavor of mid-sixties comics. With only a handful of catalog appearances, Bamse is a genuine rarity — the kind of find that makes a collector's pulse quicken.