Streaky the Super-Cat

Streaky was Supergirl's ordinary pet cat until accidental exposure to a fragment of X-Kryptonite — a variant of Kryptonite Supergirl had been experimenting on — granted him temporary Kryptonian-like superpowers, making him one of the most unlikely super-heroes in the DC universe.

Few comic book companions have captured hearts quite like Streaky the Super-Cat, the delightfully unexpected feline who bounded onto the Silver Age scene in Action Comics #292 in 1962, brought to life by artist Al Plastino. Over a publishing history stretching more than five decades, this remarkable cat has shared pages with some of DC's most iconic figures — Green Lantern, The Flash, Clark Kent, and Bruce Wayne among them — suggesting a place woven right into the fabric of the DC Universe. Popping up across Action Comics, Animal Man, and the gorgeous Wednesday Comics anthology, Streaky proves that the Silver Age's boundless imagination had room for every kind of hero, four-legged ones included. If you have a soft spot for the era when DC Comics dared to be wonderfully, whimsically inventive, this super-powered tabby is absolutely worth tracking down.