i was reading Pep # 391 and 393 there are stories called Marvelous Maureen which i didnt understand and in Pep # 393 there was also a story of this boy who turn into this superhero called Thunder Bunny which i thought was VERY weird................
anyone know what these stories are and care to share you opinion about them if youve read them

thannx Oldiesmann
well this is what Wikpedia says about Thunder Bunny (Part of the Red Circle thing that Gregg knows bout alot):

Thunder Bunny is a comic book created by Martin Greim about the adventures of a boy who gained the ability to become a superhero who also resembles a large pink humanoid rabbit. This character is a clear homage to the Golden Age funny animal hero Hoppy the Marvel Bunny.

Publication history

Thunder Bunny first appeared in fan publications. His first appearance in a title published by a major company came in Charlton Bullseye #6, published by Charlton Comics, he made a sunsequent in #10 of that title as well. The character then moved briefly to Archie Comics as part of Red Circle Comics, a short lived revival of their superhero characters, and published in Blue Ribbon #13 and Pep #393. He then moved to WaRP Graphics in its longest run including when the imprint changed to Apple Comics for 12 issues.

Character history

Thunder Bunny is the last survivor of an alien race of humanoid animals. The essence of this world's greatest hero is transferred into a special box shaped device and subtly presented to a young human boy named Bobby Caswell.

When Bobby places his hands in two hand shaped impressions on the box, the act causes a power transfer into his body and gives him the ability to transform into Thunder Bunny. Although the powers which include super strength and flight are thrilling to him, he still finds the bunny form embarrassing. Furthermore, he learns to his consternation that the longer he stays in that form, the more difficult it is to form the essential mental image of his original form to change back. This combination of concerns make him most reluctant to use his superhero identity, but he still has numerous adventures in it.



and if you go to this link you'll find a little for info and a coupla pictures:
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/t/thunbuny.htm

Thanks for the nod, acf27. Unfortunately, Thunder Bunny is one of my weaker subjects. I knew he appeared with 3 companies (Charlton, Archie and WaRP) and he's had crossovers with two super groups: The Mighty Crusaders and the THUNDER Agents (another favorite 1960s group of mine.) I have the Crusaders crossovers and the THUNDER Agents crossover (Thunder Bunny 12 or 13, I think) but nothing else.

Gregg

I remember Marvelous Maureen in Pep when I was younger. It was one of the reasons why I don't have many issues of Pep in my collection. It was very weird and didn't strike my fancy at all.

Jim

Reminds me of Bucky O'Hare... it's hard not to see where the inspiration for Bucky came from though... Then again, butt-kicking bunnies seems to be a popular twist, like with Usagi Yojimbo and even Bugs Bunny to some degree. Rabbits can be lethal!

I seem to recall Thunder Bunny as being a little more ... "tame" then some of the other Anthropromorphic characters of the time.  For some reason, I think of him also appearing in an old title called "Critters" - now I have to dig those out and look.