Streaky the Supercat
Dead - Tundra
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Action Comics #261 (February 1960)
Created by Otto Binder
Jim Mooney.
Characteristics
Alter ego Streaky
Previous affiliations Legion of Super-Pets, Supergirl
Notable powers depowered
originally flight, super-strength, super-vision, and super-speed.
Streaky the Supercat is a fictional character published by DC Comics.
Streaky first appeared in Action Comics #261 in February 1960, and was
created by Otto Binder and Jim Mooney.
Streaky discovers the X-Kryptonite, becoming exposed to its radiation
and receiving superpowers. Art from Action Comics #261, February 1960.
Art by Jim Mooney.One of a series of super-powered animals (which also
included 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.
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 as) 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, and
super-speed.
Streaky in the post-Crisis DC Universe; Streaky tries flying off of a
tree and is caught by Supergirl. Art by Leonard Kirk.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
superpowered animals mentioned above.
Streaky had a 30th century descendant named Whizzy (who also had
superpowers).
Streaky's last pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths appearance was in June
1970's Adventure Comics #394. Presumably, when all of Earth's
kryptonite was transformed into iron in Superman #233 in 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 again.
Streaky has made a few appearances in the post-Crisis DC Universe, but
he appears to lack any of his former superpowers.
Streaky, as he appears in the 2005 animated series Krypto the
Superdog.[edit]
Other media
One scene of the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Deep Freeze" had
a group of robotic toys which all resembled classic comic book
characters, and one of the toys resembled Streaky.
In Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League, Streaky has made a
few appearances as an ordinary housecat of the Kents. As an injoke in
the episode "Mxyzpixilated", Mr. Mxyzptlk demonstrated his powers by
making Streaky fly around the room.
In 2005, Streaky became a supporting character on Cartoon Network's
animated series Krypto the Superdog. In this series, Streaky once again
has superpowers, and is the pampered pet of Krypto's owner's next-door
neighbor, Andrea. In the series Streaky goes into a lab, where he
crashes into a duplicator laser. The laser shoots Krypto, which bounces
off him and into Streaky, giving the cat a portion of Krypto's powers.
Warlock
Saturn Girl used to loan the Super-Pets the power of telepathic speech
so they wouldn't just stare at one other, occasionally snorting, which
makes for a boring story (but a pretty hot date).
Streaky seemed to spend most of his time in the 30th century, I guess
because having an easily identifiable birthmark would make him a threat
to Supergirl's secret identity. You can't see it hear, but when Streaky
supered up ihe would wear a cape, which he put on by ... hey, how does
a cat put on cape?
Anyway, Streaky did many wonderful things with his powers. Like...
Um.
Er.
Oh, yeah!
Beat the snot out of the Legion!
Yeah, Supergirl; "command" your cat. That'll help.
Remember, folks: cats are evil.
# posted by Scipio : 12:04 PM
Comments:
Are you drunk posting?
# posted by Anonymous : 8/18/2006 10:08 PM
Aren't you gonna mention Wildcat?
# posted by Dumma : 8/18/2006 10:40 PM
But really, I have to believe that any legionnaires Streaky attacks had
it coming. Maybe Brainiac 5 is in telepathic contact with him (her)?
after all, he and Supergirl used to be .... close.
# posted by Bill Meisel : 8/18/2006 11:23 PM
What kind of hairballs do you think a Kryptonian cat would cough up?
# posted by Bully : 8/19/2006 12:10 AM
Um...yeah...that's why I'm a dog person.
# posted by Loren : 8/19/2006 1:15 AM
WHIZZY is the 30th century decendant of Streaky and yes, WHIZZY is the
amazing mutant telepath kitty who can mentally talk with people. Whizzy
and Streaky do look a lot alike,though.
Even Supergirl gets them confused!
But hey, if you're the kind of person that would name ANY pet "Whizzy"
or "Streaky"--
you KNOW you're askin' for trouble.
# posted by Steph--a Cat Fan!! : 8/19/2006 7:17 AM
My cat is Whizzy. That's why we have to keep extra paper towels on
hand.
# posted by Bully : 8/19/2006 8:51 AM
I think Streaky's problem was that he was just jealous because
Supergirl used to date her other super-pet...
-Mindbender
# posted by Anonymous : 8/19/2006 10:30 AM
Streaky's alive and well in Wisconsin!
http://www.catster.com/pet_page.php?i=252744&j=t
Boise Warlock
ability again in his third appearance. It would have been nice to see
him engage in more teamwork with Krypto and Streaky, but still a good
episode.
Stretch-O-Mutt wakes up and notices something unusual: the sun is red.
The reason, it turns out, is that Mechanikat has used his solar specs
to change the sun's yellow rays to red, leaving Krypto and Streaky
powerless. Stretch-O comes upon the two heroes and, after they explain
the situation, helps them out. There are some very funny scenes as
Stretch-O uses his shape-changing ability to cause much confusion on
Mechanikat's ship until he saves the day by causing the destruction of
the solar specs.
A pretty good episode but it appeared to be the start of an unfortunate
trend for Stretch-O. While the Krypto writers are usually good about
avoiding formula, starting with this episode we got three shows where
Krypto and/or Streaky are rendered powerless and Stretch-O has to come
to their rescue. So far, it seems Stretch has to dominate every episode
he appears in instead of acting as a team player like Krypto, Ace,
Streaky and the Dog Stars usually do. I didn't really like that
Superdog and Supercat disappear for most of the episode so Stretch
could dominate the proceedings. They should have been shown working
together more.
Don't get me wrong, Stretch-O is a good character and they've come up
with some excellent episodes for him but I think it's time for someone
else to save the day. When a brand new character is getting more good
scenes than Ace the Bat Hound in the second season, it just seems like
things are way out of balance. (Maybe Stretch should be in his own
show. Likeable as he is, he really comes off more like a star than a
supporting player.)
Sorry for the complaints. This is still a pretty good episode and the
potential for comedy with Stretch-O's imitations is developed well. I
just wish they could have found more for Krypto and Streaky to do.
Wichita Sorcerer
mean McCann is making the book a kids-only affair. As films such as
"Shrek" or "The Lion King" have shown, you can tell all ages stories
that an entire family can enjoy, which is exactly the scribe's goal.
"While the Krypto stories are written mainly for kids, they will also
appeal to many adults--for example, my 79-year-old dad loved it, and he
hardly reads any of my stuff," revealed McCann. "The length of the
stories is tailored to kids, who tend to like short stories that they
can read repeatedly. I skewed it older than the show, to 8-11 years,
because the younger fans of the show, say 5-6, are more likely to have
the comic read to them. I did include material that I think older fans
will appreciate."