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The first character was a sentient horse with magical powers, who was once a Centaur in ancient Greece . The second character is a Shapeshifter with three forms, male, female and winged centaur. Both characters are connected to the Superman family of titles.

Due to the events depicted in the 1985 Limited Series , '' Crisis On Infinite Earths '' the first character's stories are no longer considered to be Canon within the DC Universe .


PRE-CRISIS COMET

  Caption First appearance of Comet, from '' Action Comics '' #292, September 1962 Art by Jim Mooney
  Character Name Comet the Super-Horse
  Publisher DC Comics
  Debut Action Comics #292 (1962)
  Creators Jim Mooney
  Alter Ego Biron
  Species Sentient horse (former centaur)
  Homeworld <!-- optional -->
  Alliances Legion Of Super-Pets
  Aliases "Bronco" Bill Starr
  Supports <!--optional-->
  Powers Flight, super strength, super speed, telepathy



Comet the Super-Horse is a Fictional Character published by DC Comics . Comet first appeared in '' Action Comics '' #292 in September 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.




POST-CRISIS COMET

  caption Comet as a winged centaur from ''Supergirl # 50''
  comic Color background:#8080ff <!--Do not change See Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics-->
  character Name Comet
  real Name Andrew Jones (male), Andrea Martinez (female)
  publisher DC Comics
  debut '' Supergirl '' #14 (1997)
  creators Peter David
  alliance Color background:#ffc0c0 <!--Do not change See Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics-->
  alliances The Stable
  aliases Andy Jones
  powers super-speed, Flight , ice wings, ice vison, and psionic love manipulation