Admittedly, when you think of
Atomic Kommie Comics™, you don't usually think of funny animals.
Well, it's time you did...
We're reintroducing two long-lost superheroes from the 1940s. We've done that before in our
Lost Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics™ line.
This time, the rub is...they're funny animals, and they're for kids only!
Cosmo Cat, like many other superheroes, was created by an accident that would kill most normal people (or animals). In his case it was dropping a bomb on his foot. The fact that he was standing in an atomic power plant at the time might have had something to do with his survival. Scientific accuracy was not one of the strong points of Golden Age stories...
After gaining the usual super-powers of invulnerability (which all animated animal characters have to an extent, Ask Wile E. Coyote!) super-strength, and flight, he renewed his powers by taking Cosmic Catnip Capsules! Despite having the power of flight, he rode in a cat-rocket when traveling from his base on the Moon to battle crime on Earth.
He was one of the last of a wave of 1940s super-animals including
Super Rabbit (ironically from Timely/Marvel) and
Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, the animal surrogate of the Golden Age
Captain Marvel.
We're also offering the FIRST of that wave...
Super Mouse (although we're calling him "SuperDuper Mouse" to avoid wrath of the owners of the Big Man in Blue! (and, no,
Super Mouse was
not a DC character!)
Super Mouse also took a controlled substance to maintain his powers, in his case cheese produced from the milk of a "super-cow"! (We won't dwell on the implications of chemical/radiation-enhanced animals, at least not while chewing on our genetically-manipulated cheeseburger...)
At any rate, we're offering several images of each furry hero...
CosmoCat 1,
CosmoCat 2,
CosmoCat 3,
CosmoCat 4,
SuperDuper Mouse 1, &
SuperDuper Mouse 2Please note: while we offer the usual assortment of mugs, mousepads and other tchochkies, the clothing is infant, toddler, and kid sizes only!
Well, summer's almost over.
