page_title: Tom Mix
section_title: Comic book appearances
hierarchical_section_title: Tom Mix / Comic book appearances
caption_attribution_description: English: Cover art of Tom Mix Western #20, August 1949.
context_page_description: Thomas Edwin Mix was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies between 1909 and 1935. Mix appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent movies. He was Hollywood's first Western star and helped define the genre as it emerged in the early days of the cinema.
context_section_description: Tom Mix was often portrayed in comic books, primarily during the heyday of Western-themed comics, the 1940s and 1950s.
  He was first featured in 11 issues of Dell Comics' The Comics from 1937 to 1938. 
  The Ralston Purina Company, a sponsor of the radio series, produced nine issues of Tom Mix Comics in 1940–1941, and three issues of Tom Mix Commandos Comics in 1942. The 36-page comics were available by mail order, for two boxtops of any Ralston cereal. 
  Fawcett Comics published 61 issues of Tom Mix Western from 1948 to 1953.
  Comics featuring Tom Mix were also published in Sweden, Germany, Canada, Australia, and Great Britain, including L. Miller & Son's Tom Mix Western Comics, which ran 85 issues from 1948 to 1951.
caption: Tom Mix Western, Fawcett Comics, August 1949. Artwork by Norman Saunders.
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