Toby Tortoise

Toby Tortoise is a Walt Disney animated character — a slow-but-determined tortoise best known from the 1936 cartoon "Toby Tortoise Returns" — who made his comics debut in the 1939 Merry Christmas from Mickey Mouse holiday special, joining Disney's roster of classic cartoon stars.

Toby Tortoise is a Golden Age gem, stepping into comics with a debut in the 1939 Merry Christmas from Mickey Mouse special — a festive entry point into the beloved Walt Disney universe published by Western. Over an astonishing stretch spanning nearly eight decades, this slow-and-steady charmer has kept some of the most iconic company in all of comics, sharing pages with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto. With appearances across landmark collections like Walt Disney's Comics and Stories Archives and a collector-significant key issue to their name, Toby Tortoise is a delightful piece of Disney comics history — rare enough to feel like a genuine find for any dedicated archivist of the Golden Age.