9) Comet the Super-Horse
Let’s briefly talk about the original Legion of Super-Pets. When the “Brain-Globes of Rambat” took mental control of a few members of the Legion of Superheroes back in 1962, a group of un-mind-controllable super-pets had to team up to defeat the aliens. This was Krypto, Streaky, Beppo (all of whom you’ll learn about shortly), and, making his comics debut, Supergirl’s pet horse Comet. Comet isn’t from Krypton; in fact, he’s not even a horse. Comet was a centaur who had accidentally been cursed by a witch to become solely a horse and was given super-strength, super-speed, flight, and immortality as a consolation prize. Later, an alien gave him the power to transform into a human whenever a literal comet was passing by Earth, during which time he took the identity of rodeo trick-rider “Bronco” Bill Star. As Bill, he actually dated Supergirl, who had no idea of his real identity as her pet horse. This is one of the weirdest things I’ve ever heard about in old comics, and I’ve been making fun of them for decades. Of all the wild things about Comet, it’s somehow the fact that he joined a rodeo that boggles me the most.
