Comet (DC Comics)
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Comet is the name of a comic book animal owned by DC Comics whose adventures have been published by that same company.
The first character was a sentient horse with magical powers who was once a centaur in ancient Greece.
Pre-Crisis Comet
- character name : Comet the Super-Horse
- debut: Action Comics #292 (1962)
- creators : Jim Mooney
- alter_ego : Biron
- species:Sentient horse (former centaur)
- alliances : Legion of Super-Pets
- aliases : "Bronco" Bill Starr
- powers: Flight, super strength, super speed, telepathy
Comet the Super-Horse is a super pet. Comet first appeared in Action Comics #292 in October 1962, and was created by Jim Mooney.
One of a series of super-powered animals, including Streaky the Supercat and Beppo the Supermonkey, that was popular in DC's comics of the 1960s. Comet was Supergirl's pet horse and while in his human form as Bill Starr, her brief boyfriend. Comet also had a brief romance with Lois Lane in her comic book.
As he described to her telepathically, he was originally a centaur in ancient Greece named Biron. The witch Circe gave him a potion to turn him fully human, but by mistake made him fully horse instead. Unable to reverse the spell, she instead gave him superpowers, including immortality. Later, after meeting Supergirl, he went on a mission with her to another planet, where a magic spell was cast that turned him into a human, but only while a comet passes through the solar system he is in. As a human, he adopted the identity of "Bronco" Bill Starr, a rodeo trick-rider, whom Supergirl fell in love with.
Comet made sporadic appearances in comic stories through the 1960s, and even became a member of the Legion of Super-Pets, a group consisting of the superpowered animals mentioned above.
Powers and abilities
Though unrelated, Comet's powers are similar to those of Superman and Supergirl, including flight, super-strength, and super-speed. He also has telepathy and telepathic vision. Not being from Krypton he is unaffected by Kryptonite and red suns. Also, each time a comet passes through the solar system he is in, he turns into a man. For a brief transition period, he is once again a centaur.