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Odie

22 appearances · Bronze Age · 1981–2022
Who is Odie?

Odie is Jon Arbuckle's lovably dim but good-natured yellow beagle, whose boundless enthusiasm and slobbery antics make him a constant fixture in Garfield's world. He has no special powers — just an endlessly wagging tail and an unfailingly cheerful disposition.

Few comic companions radiate quite as much cheerful, tail-wagging energy as Odie, the lovable pup who bounded onto the page in Garfield #3 back in 1981, courtesy of the one and only Jim Davis. A Bronze Age original, Odie has kept gloriously silly company for over four decades alongside Garfield, Jon Arbuckle, Nermal, Arlene, and the beloved Pooky — a cast that makes every issue feel like a warm, laugh-filled Sunday morning. With 41 years of published appearances stretching from 1981 all the way to 2022, this good-natured dog has proven himself one of comics' most enduring sources of pure, uncomplicated joy. If you're diving into the Garfield library through Boom! Studios, Odie is the irresistible heart of the fun — impossible not to love.

★ First appearance
Garfield #3
Nov 1981

Top series

Covers through the years — 1981–2022

Garfield #3 1981
Garfield #3
Garfield #15 1988
Garfield #15
Garfield #19 1990
Garfield #19
Garfield #30 1996
Garfield #30
The Comics: Since 1945 #[nn] 2002
The Comics: Since 1945 #[nn]
The Comics: The Complete Collection #[nn] 2008
The Comics: The Complete Collection #[nn]
Garfield #8 2012
Garfield #8
Garfield #73 2022
Garfield #73

Appearances

Garfield Treasury (1982)
#1
United Feature Comics (1939)
Garfield: It's a Cat-Eat-Dog World (1996)
The Comics: Since 1945 (2002)
The Comics: The Complete Collection (2008)