Comet was also from Earth, some ancient Greek put under a spell to be an immortal horse. Comet was also in love with Supergirl, so romantic triangle possibilities would abound.

The only pets from Krypton were Krypto and Beppo, the super monkey, who wore pants.

The pre-Marvel DC Universe was a very odd place.

Comet the horse in love with Supergirl was both poignant and freaky, in both senses of the word.

But I guess that goes without saying. ION grass is green.

So was Comet sapient before the curse, or did he gradually become self-aware over millennia of life experience? I feel that in a setting with Mister Tawky Tawny, nothing should be assumed.

Comet was a human man before he was cursed to become a horse, right? So he would've been sapient the whole time. Unless becoming a horse reduced him to only Horse-consciousness and he slowly regained Human-consciousness in his horse body somehow. Sapient the whole time makes more sense, it's not much of a curse if you're not aware enough to realize you've been cursed and you weren't a horse always. Seriously, in all the DC universe in all this time there's no one who can break this curse? Has anyone even tried? Doesn't Supergirl know some magicians and gods?

I get way too involved with the fates of fictional characters.

Comet's story is even freakier than I remembered. He was actually a centaur, who once upon a time saved Circe from an evil sorcerer. Circe tried to reward him by making fully human, but got the spell wrong. To make up for the mistake, she gave him super powers and made him immortal. The evil sorcerer then imprisoned him on an asteroid until Supergirl's rocket passed by and freed him (along with Ft. Rozz, I guess).

So, sentient all the time, just away for most of it.

Once on Earth, he would become human any time a comet passed close by, so he did get to be Supergirl's boyfriend for a little while, and he took a side job as a bronc buster in a rodeo. Nice touch, that.

Oh, wow. Yes, that's even more messed up. Of course. Why he isn't stark raving mad is the real question.

I guess when you start out as a half-man/half-horse you have a higher tolerance for weirdness in your life.

Him being self-aware from the get-go dispels the biggest element of creepiness from having a relationship with Supergirl. Though I'd imagine having to sweep up piles of manure after your boyfriend whenever Hale-Bopp isn't visible in the night sky would kill the romance pretty damn quickly.

I think it was her mother because they kept talking about her all episode. It was a very overwrought finale, but it was mostly a good show. I hope it gets renewed.

I spent today finishing the season of Supergirl and catching up on The Flash. I'm still 2 episodes behind on Arrow and more episodes behind on LoT than I care to count.

I'm not sure if discussion of the show belongs in here rather than in Procedurals or Natter, but I thought I'd let folks know that Claudia Black is one of the stars of the new WB drama Containment that just debuted tonight.

I saw zero indication of that in the press beforehand, but recognized her when I left it on while eating dinner.