Ol' Whiskers

Few characters capture the whimsy of mid-1950s DC quite like Ol' Whiskers, a charming figure who stepped onto the page in Sheldon Mayer's delightful The Three Mouseketeers #1 in 1956. Mayer, a creator with a genuine gift for lighthearted, imaginative comics, populated this series with an wonderfully offbeat cast — and Ol' Whiskers shares those pages with the likes of Patsy, Fatsy, Minus, Dizzy Dog, and the irrepressible McSnurtle the Turtle. It's a compact but cozy corner of the DC universe, the kind of fun, all-ages storytelling that defined a particular strand of mid-century comics charm. With only seven catalog appearances, Ol' Whiskers is a genuine rarity — a little piece of Sheldon Mayer's playful imagination waiting to be rediscovered.