Superkatt

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Superkatt is an American cartoon animal comic book series by Dan Gordon (under the comics pen name "Dang"), a jab at the “long-underwear” genre of superhero comics. The series stars Superkatt, an anthropomorphic cat who wears a bowtie, bonnet, and diaper as a superhero costume.^[1] Ron Goulart, author of Ron Goulart's Great History of Comic Books, said that Superkatt was Dang's most memorable comic book character.^[2] Denis Gifford, author of The International Book of Comics, said that the character "was as silly as his supercostume."^[3]

Superkatt
Publication information
Publisher	American Comics Group
First appearance	Giggle Comics #9 (June 1944)
Created by	Dang a.k.a. Dan Gordon
In-story information
Notable aliases	Supe

Superkatt was an ordinary housecat who thought that he had superpowers, although all he did was drink vitamin milk.^[4] However, he did often successfully (if accidentally) defeat his enemies; at one point, he captures a U-boat.^[5]

Publication history

Superkatt first appeared in American Comics Group's Giggle Comics #9 in 1944.^[3] The series was a regular feature in Giggle until 1955, when creator Gordon returned to the animation field.^[6] The character also made an appearance in ACG's series Ha-Ha Comics in 1946.

Character

• Superkatt - An anthropomorphic cat nicknamed "Supe."^[3] Superkatt does not have any super powers at all, but is a normal (talking) house cat that dresses in a diaper, a baby's bonnet, and a big blue bow to fight minor neighborhood injustices.

Supporting characters

• Humphrey - An anthropomorphic dog character
• Petunia - An African American human who works as a maid^[7]
• Junior - A human child. Junior wears Superkatt's superhero clothing when Superkatt is not in costume.^[8]
• Lassie - A female dog who Humphrey develops a crush on.^[9]
• Trelawney - A cat who decided to disguise himself as Superkatt in order to steal some birds.^[10]
• Clancy - A cat who is Trelawney's accomplice.^[11]
• Chauncey - A dog.^[12]

In other media

In 1947, Superkatt appeared in the animated short Leave Us Chase It, a part of the Phantasies series. A cat, who is being tormented by a mouse, reads a comic book and receives inspiration from it, so he dresses up as Superkatt and decides to fight back.^[13] The cat was voiced by Bill Shaw.^[14]