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- - This is Part Two of my previous post:
"She's Bunny, 'The Queen of The In Crowd!'" - 1960's 'Teen' comics from Harvey - -

Follow the link ⬆ to dig the nitty of the gritty on Bunny and her zoovy pals!

MEANWHILE, while Bunny's band of low-rent fashion followers were cavorting through their adventures in the main portion of the funnybooks, the back-up features in 'Bunny' comics were just a bit more off the beaten track.

- First up is Stanley Humbert, a.k.a. Sooper Hippie ⬇ - - A reading experience sorta kinda maybe almost like a blend of Austin Powers and Wonder Warthog, still within Harvey Comics' 'cheap knockoff' framework...

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⬅ Sooper Hippie in
'Flower People',
from issue #5 (1968)
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⬅ Sooper Hippie in
'Love Beads',
from issue #7 (1969)
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- Bunny's "afro-tastic" special friends The Soular System ⬇ (Marcy, Gideon, Bomby and Randolph) are a happening band that appear to be filling a musical niche somewhere between The Fifth Dimension and Sly and the Family Stone.

(See 'Bunny Orbits With The Soular System' in part one of this post.)



⬅ The Soular System in
'The New Look',
from issue #13 (1970)
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- And then there's Fruitman... (sigh) ⬇
Proving that it's not necessarily the powers, it's the commitment - - fruit vendor Percival Pineapple fights evil-doers everywhere with his unique ability to turn into various pieces of fruit (and rattle off bad puns).



⬅ Fruitman in
'The Cruise',
from issue #16 (1970)
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- - And finally,
the pièce de résistance:
Not a dream, not a hoax, prepare yourself for...

⬅ 'Fruitman in Israel',
from issue #13 (1970)
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See also:
- Click over to The Comics Bin 'Fruitman's Vacation', a story from Bunny Comics #6.

- ADDENDUM, 2.02.09: Found another one!
Follow link to read The first appearance of Fruitman, from Bunny Comics #3.