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Tom Sawyer is an American detective from St. Petersburg, Missouri. He was known for being a clever, but mischievous child of the 1840s that got into a lot of adventures with his best friend Huckleberry Finn. Sawyer most famously tricked a couple of boys into whitewashing a fence for him.

As Tom Sawyer grew up, he became a detective. His exploits were noteworthy enough to have his portrait framed in the Secret Annex.

History[]

In 1898, Mina Murray sat at her desk in the Secret Annex, studying everything she could on Mars due to the recent Martian invasion. Behind her are two framed portraits. One depicting a well dressed man in a hat holding a magnifying glass. The man's name at the bottom of the picture is slightly obscured, but 'Thomas S' can be made out. It is assumed that this is Tom Sawyer, former rebel rousing boy from Missouri who now looks to have grown up and became a detective.

Trivia[]

  • Outside of a visual cameo in one panel in Volume II, there isn't much in universe knowledge about Tom Sawyer.
  • It's mainly speculation that the portrait even is Tom Sawyer since we can't see the full last name.
  • Tom Sawyer as a detective is a reference to Mark Twain's 1896 novel Tom Sawyer, Detective.
  • In the film, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Tom Sawyer is a member of the team. This time, he is depicted as being an agent of the American Secret Service. Despite not being a member of the team in the comics, the studio decided to add him in to give the film a more American appeal.
  • An adult detective version of Tom Sawyer can also be seen in the 2015 movie Band of Robbers.

Gallery[]

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Mina studying at the Secret Annex

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Tom Sawyer

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