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Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

15 appearances · Platinum Age · 1933–2020
Who is Oliver Hardy?

Oliver Hardy is the comic-book counterpart of the real-life screen comedian, depicted alongside partner Stan Laurel as one half of the legendary Laurel and Hardy duo. The rotund, pompous straight man to Laurel's bumbling innocence, Hardy appeared in licensed humor comics adapting their slapstick misadventures.

Oliver Hardy is a comic book character who first appeared in Film Fun #721 (1933), with 15 appearances in our catalog.

Film Fun
#721
★ First appearance
Film Fun #721
Nov 1933

Top series

Covers through the years — 1942–1986

Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics #3 1942
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics #3
Mad #105 1966
Mad #105
Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental #[nn] [3rd & 4th printings] 1986
Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental #[nn] [3rd & 4th printings]

Appearances

Film Fun (1920)
Wonder Comics (1939)
#1
Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Comics (1941)
#3
Mad (1952)
Life with Archie (1958)
#94
Cracked (1958)
#93
Penthouse (1969)
#8
New Terrytoons (1962)
#35
The Little Monsters (1964)
#32
Arcade the Comics Revue (1975)
#7
Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental (1985)
Dick Tracy Monthly (1986)
#18
Laurel and Hardy 1967 Gold Key Edition (2019)
#1
Laurel and Hardy / The Three Stooges (2020)
#1
American Mythology Archives: Laurel and Hardy #1 1972 (2020)
#1