A little Monday madness.... DC Superpets!!

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A couple of years back I posted a couple of pages from one of the DC Super-Pet's books, just for fun...

And now, thanks to the most wonderfully deranged super-hero affiliated book I've seen in a long time, I'm going to post some more..

First there was the Super-Dictionary, and now thanks to Steve Korté (who wrote the book), and Art Baltazar (Who drew it) there's....

The DC Super Pets Character Encyclopaedia

Starting with the most obvious one (for me at any rate)...



And it's not just Batman who has a Bat-Hound, nor just Robins who have birds



But it's not just the frontline heroes who get their animal companions....



Copper the teacup pig is an adorable idea, but Gumshoe the aardvark is... an eccentric choice

And what the Bat Family have, the Arrow Family have too!





And the Teen Titans get a look in too of course....



Terra having a pet rock seems so obvious! :)

And what other kind of bird would Kid Flash have than...



But it's not just the heroes who have their animal companions... alongside classics like Harley's Hyenas and the Joker's Fish we have lesser known examples, like Lefty, Two-Face's fiddler Crab and these....



And I've saved perhaps the most unexpectedly cute of all for last...



There are over 200 beasties listed.... including such surprises as Robotman’s armadillo Shelly, Ra’s Al Ghul’s immortal camel Sandy, Swamp Thing’s “Down Home Critter Gang” and Blue Beetle’s pet beetle; The Scarabian Knight!

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And since Elvis openly based his style on his favourite comic book character Captain Marvel Jr (Who later returned the favour by developing an Elvis-like hairstyle in more recent iterations) the comic book circle of life continutes...

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Icon, your wealth of knowledge never ceases to amaze me. I want to be you when and if I grow up!!

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Oh sweetie, I'm old, not grown-up! :)

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Same here!