Bugs Bunny

Few comic characters can claim a Golden Age debut and still be gracing new pages over eight decades later, but Bugs Bunny is exactly that kind of enduring icon — first hopping into print in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics #1 back in 1941, with Win Smith among his earliest comics collaborators. Across 315 catalog appearances spanning an extraordinary 84 years under DC's banner, this wisecracking rabbit has headlined his own series, anchored Looney Tunes, and shared the page with an all-star roster of cartoon legends — Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester, and Petunia Pig among them. With nine key issues to his name, Bugs isn't just a pop-culture touchstone; he's a genuine piece of comics history, the kind of character whose earliest appearances belong in any serious Golden Age collection.