Desdemona

Few characters can claim roots stretching all the way back to the very first issue of All-American Comics in 1939, but Desdemona is one of them — a genuine Golden Age original brought to life by Carl Claudy and Stan Asch at the dawn of the comic book form. Best known from Cicero's Cat, this Dell charmer spent two decades on the page sharing adventures with the likes of Augustus Mutt and Cicero Mutt. Rare in the catalog and tied to a landmark debut issue, Desdemona is a quiet treasure for collectors with a soft spot for the funny-animal and humor strips that gave early comics so much of their warmth and personality.