Charles M. Jones. Super-Rabbit. USA 1943
I do believe this was the first crossover between DC and the Looney Toons.
Bugs here is a test subject for mad scientist Dr. Cannafraz. Given a 'super carrot', Bugs finds himself with powers far beyond those of mortal rabbits.
Hearing of a nogoodnik named Cottontail Smith and his declared war on rabbits, Bugs heads to Deepinthehearta, Texas. Donning the disguise of a mild-mannered rabbit (complete with fedora and glasses), Bugs wages a one rabbit war on the villainous cowpoke.
Pretty darn good, and more than enough to wipe Cecil's smug expression away. The ending is a bit odd. Smith and his horse get ahold of Bugs' stash of super carrots. They, now clad in the blue and caped super costumes, wait outside the phone booth Bugs ran into...but he emerges in a Marines uniform, saying he has 'important work to do'.
The Marines loved this short, so much that Bugs was officially declared a member of the USMC. Retired as a Master Sergeant at the end of the war I think. Good parody of the Man of Steel though.
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