Grandpa Nutmeg

Grandpa Nutmeg is the kindly grandfather of the Nutmeg family, the household that serves as home base for the mischievous orange tabby Heathcliff. He shares the home with Grandma Nutmeg and young Iggy, tolerating — and occasionally enabling — Heathcliff's endless antics.

Grandpa Nutmeg is one of the warm, familiar faces anchoring the beloved Heathcliff universe, debuting in the Bronze Age with Heathcliff Rides Again in 1984 and going on to appear across marquee Marvel titles like Heathcliff, Star Comics Magazine, and Heathcliff's Funhouse. Part of the Nutmeg household that gives the irrepressible orange tabby his home base, he shares the page with Heathcliff, Grandma Nutmeg, Iggy, Sonja, and Spike across 41 catalog appearances spanning into the early '90s. For fans of Marvel's charming Star Comics era — a golden pocket of all-ages storytelling within the House of Ideas — Grandpa Nutmeg is a cozy, dependable presence worth seeking out.