There's also Detective Chimp, a genius (by human standards) chimpanzee who can communicate with animals.The Green Lantern franchise has several animal-looking alien heroes, as well as Red Lantern Earth cat Dex-Starr.Comet the Super-Horse would subsequently return to continuity in Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. Finally, Super Sons saw the return of the Legion of Super-Pets, now comprising Krypto, Streaky, Damien Wayne's pets Titus and Bat-Cow, and the previously unmentioned Flexi the Plastic Bird and Clay Critter. The LSP was phased out at the beginning of the Bronze Age and banned out of continuity after the 1986 reboot, but they gradually made their way back to canon during the early 00's.Superboy #131 also introduced a Space Cat Patrol Agency, but they only appeared in one panel of that story.And then there was the Space Canine Patrol Agency introduced in Superboy #131, a LSH-like team of super-powered dogs that Krypto encountered on one of his romps through space and joined, sharing a few adventures before being the team was "limboed".The LSP consisted of Superman's dog Krypto, Supergirl's cat Streaky (an Earth cat who gained temporary powers because of exposure to a weird type of Kryptonite), Comet the super-horse -a centaur-turned-horse with several powers such like invulnerability and telepathy-, Beppo the super-monkey, and Proty, a shape-shifting blob of protoplasm that the similarly-powered Chameleon Boy had as a pet. In The Silver Age of Comic Books the Legion of Super-Pets, set up in the 30th century (even though most of the members came from the 20th century!) worked as an adjunct to the Legion of Super-Heroes.The Multiversity sees the return of Captain Carrot, who last appeared in Final Crisis.Also historical Earth-C Golden Age hero (and Fastback's uncle), the Terrific Whatzit (DC's first funny-animal superhero).From "Earth-C-Minus," the Zoo Crew's sister team, the Justa Lotta Animals: Supersquirrel, Batmouse, Wonder Wabbit, Green Lambkin, the Crash (a turtle), and Aquaduck.The DCU's Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!, from "Earth-C" (for "cartoon") in The DCU: Rubberduck, Alley Kat-Abra, Pig-Iron, Fastback (a turtle), Yankee Poodle, Little Cheese, and Cap himself.Boris The Bear, an ultraviolent ursine Anti-Hero who made it his life's mission, well, only in his first issue, to destroy every other anthropomorphic animal superhero in existence, starting with the Ninja Turtles.Not to be confused with an Animal-Themed Superbeing. Compare with Teenage Mutant Samurai Wombats, although Samurai Wombats aren't necessarily animals. You can thank the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for this type being so ubiquitous. The fourth and last type, possibly the best known, are straight-up superheroes who just happen to be animals, often of the very anthropomorphic type.The third type, though it's really rare compared to the others, is where the hero transforms into an animal, albeit superpowered and retaining their intellect.The second type often features animal sidekicks and even superhero's pets, and this often is canon, though unlikely to play a very important role.Usually considered non-canon in most comic "universes." The first type is a Funny Animal comic that is a direct parody of superheroes and likely to consist of bad animal puns.The result of bringing together the most popular action-cartoon genre with the most popular comedy-cartoon genre. Others actually are members of the animal kingdom, or at least the Funny Animal kingdom. Some heroes, such as Batman, Spider-Man and Wolverine, name themselves after, or have powers based on, a member of the animal kingdom.
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