722 – Streaky, the Super-Cat
In Action Comics #261 (Dec 1959), Supergirl does some experiments on a piece of kryptonite and then discards it. She befriends a stray cat who later finds it and is granted super-powers briefly. Yawn.
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708 – Beppo, the Super-Monkey
Beppo, the Super-Monkey makes his debut in Superboy #76 (August 1959). Unnamed in this first story, the monkey is one of Jor-El’s test animals that snuck aboard Kal-El’s rocket before it left Krypton. Young Clark eventually tricks the monkey to be chased out into space. Beppo will be back, and eventually joins up with other […]
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