One Panel #316-317: Unsupervised Animal Action

From Hawkman: "The Awesome Alligator" by Sheldon Moldoff, Flash Comics #14 (February 1941)
An alligator that speaks? Hawkman needs a new pair of shoes! And it's not all about maces and spears for him. How about a good, old-fashioned pistol? Egads!

From "Congo Bill meets The Thing" by Whitney Ellsworth and George Papp, More Fun Comics #64 (February 1941)
Meanwhile, in the jungle, you will believe Death itself can have a monkey on its back! And by Death, I mean a prototypical Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? villain. And if it hadn't been for those meddling chimps...