Jon's Blog: Horse Shooting in Johnson County, Iowa // Plus My ...

Not too long ago, I learned from the KCJJ Facebook page some troubling news about a horse, specifically:

Scanner traffic indicates Johnson County sheriff's deputies are investigating the reported shooting of a horse; 1 other injured

Which got me thinking that this would be a really good article to write about if I knew more, which then got me thinking that I haven't posted a list of favorite comic book characters in a while. So until I get more information about our local horse shooting, I though it might be fun to list my Favorite Five Comic Book Horses!: 5. Horse: Horse is one of those characters that I know almost nothing about, but that I would absolutely love to see in comic books so that I could learn about him. Horse was a Chinese agent who once belonged China's now-former national super-hero team, China Force. After he left China Force, Horse and two other super-agents attempted to conquer Hong Kong, but ended up getting killed by an American agent named Rick Mason. Horse's powers were pretty basic. He could kick -- really hard. I would love for someone to resurrect this Chinese mutant and I'm not even for sure why. I like the simplicity of his powers, but I also kind of just like the way he looks. And sometimes that's enough to get onto my various lists of favorite comic book characters! 4. Brightwind: Long ago while lost in Asgard, Danielle Moonstar of the New Mutants rescued a winged horse from hunters. Because of her actions, Danielle ended up becoming a Valkyrie. Brightwind moved to the X-Mansion with the X-Men and New Mutants and then died and then got better, but she's always remained bonded to Danielle. In recent years, Danielle once again became a part-time Valkyrie. Unfortunately, we haven't seen enough of Brightwind for my preference. Danielle is slated to joined an all-female team of Defenders soon and that team is being modeled after the Valkyries, so I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that we'll get to see more of Brightwind soon! 3. Thunder: Several years ago, Marvel Comics relaunched a poorly conceived version of Alpha Flight, Canada's premier super-team. Sasquatch was gathering a new team of Alphans and recruited a local hero named Major Mapleleaf, who appears to have the powers of flight and super-strength and invincibility. Except that he didn't. His horse did. That's right. Major Mapleleaf's horse, Thunder, was a magical steed who kept his master safe from harm -- until the costumed mountie got himself killed by an out-of-control mutant named the Collective. Presumably Thunder is still galloping around Toronto -- which offers the possibility of future Pet Avengers membership. Not that I'm begging... 2. Comet: I have actually never read a comic book with this classic comic book character in it, but the pure creepiness of Supergirl's pet horse, Comet the Super-Horse, is enough to get him onto this list. Apparently, Comet the Super-Horse was once an ancient centaur who got transformed into a horse by a nasty witch. Supergirl eventually adopted him as her pet horse and he eventually fell in love with her. He eventually begins visiting her dreams every night and then learned how to become human when in our solar system so that he can romance Supergirl. When not making out with Supergirl, Comet could often be seen fighting crime with Krypto and the other Superman-themed animals in the Legion of Super-Pets. 1. Comet: You read the correctly. My first and second favorite comic book horses are both named Comet. This second Comet was introduced in a relaunched SUPERGIRL comic book back in the late 90s. Supergirl kept running into this really fast horse-like alien hero named Comet and found herself falling head-over-heels for the big lunk. There was an ongoing storyline where she struggled to figure out which of the guys in her life was Comet's alter ego. Then she found out that Comet wasn't a "he". He was a "she" named Andrea Martinez. Sort of. You see, Comet was an injured jockey who became a superhuman through an injection of equine DNA and Andrea Martinez was a suicidal lesbian who had just been rejected by her parents. Comet tried to save the suicidal Andrea and they both ended up getting killed by an avalanche. Fortunately, this sacrifice merged and resurrected the two into an Earth Angel of Love. (Yes, it's complicated, but they were still pretty cool.) Comet and Supergirl eventually broke up, which led to Comet hooking up with another Earth Angel named Blithe (a bisexual woman who loved both Comet and Andrea).

Comet was one of the first blatantly gay characters in comic books back in the late 90s. Before that, LGBT characters weren't unheard of, but they were often more hinted at than anything else. Andy was an out lesbian who was clearly attracted to both Supergirl and Blithe and that was pretty cool at the time. Unfortunately, both Comet and Blithe disappeared into comic book limbo when this particular SUPERGIRL series got canceled. Still, there's hope that one or both of them will revisit Supergirl at some point in the future. Maybe...

So those are my favorite comic book horses. Who are your favorites?

Source: http://jontrouten.blogspot.com/2013/01/horse-shooting-in-johnson-county-iowa.html

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