Tom

Tom is the scheming house cat featured in Dell's comic adaptations of the classic MGM animated series, forever chasing his quick-witted mouse rival Jerry. Debuting in Our Gang with Tom & Jerry #46, he translates the beloved theatrical cartoon duo into comic-book form.

Few characters can claim a Golden Age debut and still be showing up in comics clear through to 2025 — but Tom has done exactly that, first bounding onto the page in Our Gang with Tom & Jerry #46 in 1948, brought to comics life by Dan Gormley under the Dell banner. Over 104 catalogued appearances spanning nearly eight decades, he's been a fixture across beloved titles like Tom & Jerry Comics, Golden Comics Digest, and even the modern Multiversus: Collision Detected, proving his staying power across generations of readers. Along the way he's shared pages with a wonderfully classic cast — Tuffy, Barney Bear, Droopy, Fuzzy, and Wuzzy among them — keeping genuinely fun company throughout his long run. With four key issues to his name, collectors have every reason to dig into this remarkable cross-era catalog.