Mr. Gruff

Few characters capture the cozy charm of Golden Age DC humor comics quite like Mr. Gruff, who stepped onto the page in Leave It to Binky #8 in 1949, brought to life by the talented duo of Sheldon Mayer and Bob Oksner. A fixture of the lighthearted teen-comedy world shared with the likes of Binky Biggs, Peggy Baxter, and Susie Gruff, he's exactly the kind of character that made DC's postwar humor titles such a warm corner of the spinner rack. His appearances span both Leave It to Binky and Buzzy, and with two of his four catalog appearances flagged as collector-significant key issues, Mr. Gruff punches well above his weight for such a compact comics footprint — a genuine little gem for Golden Age enthusiasts.