A Horse! (on a Comic Cover), a Horse! (on a Comic Cover), My Kingdom For a Horse! (on a Comic Cover) 3 3

[Get Marwood & I]

"Better back away, gents! Yore out-numbered! It's only the three of yuh against the Rawhide Kid!"

"What am I, Scotch mist?"

"Eh?"

"I take you everywhere, with never a word of thanks, and when the action starts it's just you, isn't it. Always just you"

"Huh?"

"How about "Yore out-numbered! It's only the three of yuh against the Rawhide Kid and Barry" How about that for a change?"

"Gee Barry, I never knew you felt that way, bein a horse an all"

"Talk properly! Yore, yuh, an all. Did you go to school or what?"

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"Boss, shall we just shoot these two clowns?"

"Quiet Clive, I'm listening to the horse"

 

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[Hepcat]

Rulah!

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[Hepcat]

From later in the Silver Age:

[Hepcat]

A Charlton!

[Hepcat]

A weird horse but a horse nonetheless!

[Hepcat]

Nightmare!

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[Hepcat]

A horsie on a Charlton cover!

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Edited May 11 by Hepcat

[Hepcat]

On 4/3/2024 at 1:04 AM, Hepcat said:

Here are a couple of shots of Supergirl riding her boyfriend:

 

Supergirl had a relationship with her steed that went well beyond that which is typical for the horsie set:

You see Comet was born a handsome centaur named Biron who saved the goddess Circe from the evil machinations of the wizard Maldor. Circe rewarded him by granting his wish to become fully human. But Maldor switched potions turning Biron into a horse to whom Circe then gave super powers to compensate for the disaster. But Circe still eventually found a way to turn Biron fully human in which guise he romanced Supergirl. But being human caused some very serious problems so Circe turned him back into Comet the Super-Horse who would then dream of his romantic dalliances with Supergirl. But Comet would periodically revert to human form under the influence of a comet.

So Supergirl had a boyfriend who was actually a horse. Yes, most women do like horses but Supergirl's stallion delivered more than the usual. That storyline was as daring as comics got back in the early 1960's.

Edited May 19 by Hepcat

[Hepcat]

Lee Falk's Phantom was part of the horsie set:

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[Jesse-Lee]

On 5/19/2024 at 5:10 PM, Hepcat said:

Supergirl had a relationship with her steed that went well beyond that which is typical for the horsie set:

You see Comet was born a handsome centaur named Biron who saved the goddess Circe from the evil machinations of the wizard Maldor. Circe rewarded him by granting his wish to become fully human. But Maldor switched potions turning Biron into a horse to whom Circe then gave super powers to compensate for the disaster. But Circe still eventually found a way to turn Biron fully human in which guise he romanced Supergirl. But being human caused some very serious problems so Circe turned him back into Comet the Super-Horse who would then dream of his romantic dalliances with Supergirl. But Comet would periodically revert to human form under the influence of a comet.

So Supergirl had a boyfriend who was actually a horse. Yes, most women do like horses but Supergirl's stallion delivered more than the usual. That storyline was as daring as comics got back in the early 1960's.

I had the origin of Comet book as a young kid, as part of my dad's collection from when he was a kid. I was 7 or 8.

For some reason, this panel gave me nightmares so bad back then that I've never forgotten it:

[Hepcat]

Horsies played a prominent element in several Phantom Stranger stories:

[Hepcat]

These horsies may be a bit strange but they still make the cut:

(Sorry for the washed out scan.)

[Hepcat]

Horsies in Batman!