The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther is the iconic animated big cat popularized by the United Artists film series, brought to comic-book pages by Western Publishing. Cool, wordless, and perpetually unflappable, he stumbles into absurd misadventures with effortless comic grace.

Few animated icons have translated to the comics page with such effortless cool as The Pink Panther, who made his Bronze Age debut in 1971's The Close Shaves of Pauline Peril #4, brought to comics life by Del Connell and Jack Manning. Over an remarkable run stretching more than five decades — from 1971 all the way to 2023 — this rosy, wordlessly suave feline has proven himself one of the most enduring funny-animal presences in the medium, appearing primarily in his own self-titled Harvey series. The company he keeps is genuinely delightful: his pages have been shared with the likes of The Inspector, Underdog, Shoeshine Boy, Underdog, and even George Jetson and Mickey Mouse, making his comics run a nostalgic crossroads of classic cartoon culture. Thirty catalog appearances across half a century tell the story of a character with real staying power — a pastel original worth tracking down for any collector with a taste for wit and vintage charm.