Streaky the Supercat
| Streaky the Supercat | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Action Comics #261 (February 1960) |
| Created by |
Jerry Siegel Jim Mooney |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Streaky |
| Species |
Cat (enhanced by exposure to X-Kryptonite) |
| Team affiliations | Legion of Super-Pets |
| Supporting character of | Supergirl |
| Abilities | Depowered Originally flight, super-strength, super-vision, super-speed, invulnerability |
Streaky the Supercat is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Streaky first appeared in Action Comics #261 (February 1960) and was created by Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney.
Streaky the Supercat first appeared in Action Comics #261 and was created by Jerry Siegel and Jim Mooney.
One of a series of super-powered animals including Krypto the Superdog, Comet the Superhorse, and Beppo the Supermonkey that was popular in DC's comics of the 1960s, Streaky was Supergirl's pet cat that was given super-powers by an unusual form of kryptonite.
In Action Comics #261 (February 1960), Supergirl was experimenting on a piece of green kryptonite in an attempt to find a way to neutralize its deadly effects. When her experiment failed, she tossed the kryptonite (or "X-Kryptonite", as it became known) out the window. Though her experiment failed, her pet Streaky came across the X-Kryptonite and was exposed to its radiation. As the comics described it, "Due to the unique combination of chemicals in X-Kryptonite, it has given Streaky superpowers!" Streaky's powers consisted of a smaller subset of those of Superman and Supergirl, including flight, super-strength, super-vision, super-speed, and human-level or better intelligence.
Streaky 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 aforementioned super-powered animals.
Streaky's last pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths appearance was in Adventure Comics #394 (June 1970). When all of Earth's kryptonite was transformed into iron in Superman #233 (January 1971), Streaky's X-Kryptonite power source was eliminated as well, ending his super-career and returning him to the life of a normal housecat. In an answer to a reader's letter in Supergirl #2 (January 1973), editor E. Nelson Bridwell confirmed the elimination of X-Kryptonite and that the now-powerless Streaky had gone to live with Linda (Supergirl) Danvers' foster parents in Midvale.
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