Captain Carrot!

Funny animal superheroes have been around almost as long of the guys in tights themselves. In the 1980s DC published 20 issues of Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!. Created by writer Roy Thomas and cartoonist Scott Shaw!, the Captain and his crew battled a wide assortment of anthropomorphic animal adversaries. Beautiful cartooning and outrageous animal-based puns were the order of the day.

Captain Carrot (Rodney Rabbit) was the glue that held this gang of happy misfit adventurers together. An artist and writer of superhero comics in his regular job, Rodney can truly be said to have jumped into his superheroing life with both feet first. A fair number of the plots actually turn on Rodney's knowledge of obscure pop culture to save the day.

Other members of the Zoo Crew will be featured here in the coming days.

30/30 - Space Stallion!

BraveStarr was the last cartoon produced by Filmation, running from 1987 to 1988 with 65 episodes and one feature film. Basically a western set in outer space, the show featured humans, aliens and large assortment of uplifted animal species. Marshal BraveStarr was the show's titular hero, but for my money the coolest character was his partner 30/30. A member of race of uplifted horse people, 30/30 not only provided backup, by switching to quadroped mode he also provided transportation, allowing BraveStarr to ride him like a conventional horse. Strong, quick tempered and ready to shot at almost anything, 30/30 was much more interesting to watch than the straight shooting marshal. Too bad the one toy they made of the character looked nothing like him.