Who Is Tom Thumb? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Tom Thumb is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Thomas Thompson, with over 79 comic issue appearances. The diminutive genius known as Tom Thumb from Earth-712 was the first to use the the name as a hero and resident brainiac of the Squadron Surpreme. The second man to use the name of Tom Thumb is a size altering member of another Earth's Squadron Supreme (Earth-31916).

Who is Tom Thumb?

Origin Thomas Thompson was born a dwarf, on Earth-712. Although he lacked strength physically, he was incredibly intelligent, possibly one of the smartest people on Earth in this universe. At an unknown age, presumably in his 20's or 30's, he started to fight crime, using devices and inventions which he had invented himself. He fought at least one supervillain, named Iron Moth (who has never been seen physically). At some point, Tom was invited to join the Squadron Supreme , to which he happily accepted. Creation Tom Thumb was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema , and first appeared in Avengers #85, alongside the majority of the Squadron Supreme, on the parallel Earth-712. Tom Thumb was intentionally homage to a DC character, in this case the Atom . In his case, he is something of a merge between both the Golden and Silver Age versions of the character: like the Golden Age version, he has no powers and is merely a short crime-fighter, but as with the Silver age version, he is a skilled scientist.

Key facts

Tom Thumb is of human origin and first appeared in "The World Is Not For Burning". The character is published by Marvel. With 79 recorded issue appearances, Tom Thumb ranks among the most featured characters in comics.