Canonical List of Members of the Lotta Species Heroes
In the early 1980’s, DC Comics produced 20 issues (plus a preview) of a funny animal superhero series called Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew. The Zoo Crew was said to be situated in a parallel dimension called Earth-C. (Note: Earth-C is termed a parallel “dimension” rather than a parallel “universe,” and as such survivied the ravages of Crisis on Infinite Earths.)
During their run, in typical DC Comics style, the Zoo Crew encountered yet another funny animal superheor parallel dimension, this one populated by funny animal analogues of the Justice League of America called the Justa Lotta Animals. This world was termed Earth-C-Minus.
For years, Legion of Super-Heroes fans who also appreciated the Captain Carrot series have pondered the possibility of a Legion analogue in the 30th century of Earth-C-Minus. Such a group would naturally be known as the Lotta Species Heroes.
Thanks to the membership of the LSH-L mailing list, what follows is the Canonical List of Members of the Lotta Species Heroes. Note that some characters have more than one potential analogue; where multiple ones have been suggested, I have listed all suggestions. Until the day comes when DC Comics gets silly enough again to offer us a Lotta Species Heroes Elseworlds story, who can say just which species is correct for a given character?
(Actaully, it can be said for a couple of them, with a certain certainty. I have a piece of artwork commissoned from Captain Carrot artist Scott Shaw! of “Ultra Bear,” and Johanna Draper has a “Bouncing Bear” teddy bear. And SFA Spotlight #5 features the Legion of Super-Furries.)
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LOTTA SPECIES HEROES |
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| Cosmic Boy | Cosmic Cow Cosmic Cat |
(formal member of Legion of Super-Furries) |
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| Live Wire | Lightning Lark Lightning Llama Lightning Bug |
(formal member of Legion of Super-Furries) |
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| Saturn Girl | Saturn Squirrel Saturn Gull |
(formal member of Legion of Super-Furries) | |
| Triad | Triplicate Bunny | ||
| Apparition | Phantom Cat | (aka Phanty Cat) | |
| Kid Quantum | Squid Quantum | (Suicide Squid Quantum) | |
| Leviathan | Colossal Coyote Colossal Boar |
(formal member of Legion of Super-Furries) |
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| XS | QT | (a turtle, since she’s related to The Crash) | |
| Chameleon | Chameleon Chameleon | (formal member of Legion of Super-Furries) | |
| Invisible Kid | Invisible Cat Invisible Kid |
(like the Cheshire Cat) (goat) |
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| Brainac 5 | Brainy-Quack 5 Brainiac Fly |
(Don’t call me a quack!) | |
| Shrinking Violet | Shrinking Violet Shrinking ViolAnt Shrinking ViaDuck |
(an ambulatory plant) (formal member of Legion of Super-Furries) |
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| Andromeda | Pandromeda Andromedary |
(via Ranma 1/2?) | |
| Kinetix | ??? | (not KineTick) | |
| Spark | Light Lark Lightning Lassie Lightning Bug |
(with the Gossamer powers) | |
| Ultra Boy | Ultra Bear Ultra Bowser Ultra-Marine |
(OFFICIAL: sketch by Shaw!) (a fish?; formal member of Legion of Super-Furries) |
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| Element Lad | Element Lamb ElemAnteater Lad Element Eel |
(aka Jan Aarrahdvark) (or Eelement Eel?) |
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| Gates | Gates | (alien; no change) | |
| Star Boy | Star Fish Star Boar |
(formal member of Legion of Super-Furries) | |
| M’Onel | Mon-Eel M’Otter M’Oxel M’Onkey Monk-ey |
(an ox) (formal member of Legion of Super-Furries) |
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| Superboy | Super Bowser | (base him on Krypto) | |
| Sensor | Prince-Asp Projectra | (from Owlrando) | |
| Umbra | Shadow Bat Umbrat Shadow Zebra Shadow Squid Shadow Cat |
(a rat) (or is that Umbrat?) (inky darkness) (hmm, sounds familiar) (any cat sounds like a familiar <ba-dump>) |
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| Magno | Stagno | ||
| Ferro | Ferro Colt Furro |
(becomes an Iron Horse) (species?) |
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| Monstress | Manstress | (human; eww, ick B-) | |
| Karate Kid | Karate Kid | (a goat; formal member of Legion of Super-Furries) | |
| Kid Quantum II | Squid Quantum II | ||
| Thunder | Thunder Bunny Thunder Lizard |
(remember the comic?) (or maybe Hoppy the Marvel Bunny) | |
WORKFORCE |
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| Spider Girl | Spider Girl Spider Spider Spider Gull Spider Gnu Girl Spider |
(doesn’t scan well) |
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| Evolovo Lad | Apevolvo Devolvo Lad |
(becomes a human) | |
| Inferno | Infurno | (species?) | |
| Particon | Pythocon | (python) | |
| Blast-Off | Blast-Otter Blast-Ox |
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UNCANNY ANIMAZERS |
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| Insect Queen | Insect Queen Bee | ||
| Atom’X | Atom’Cat Atom’Ant Atom’Ox Item’X |
(10th generation descendant of The Item from Justa Lotta Animals) |
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| Konk | Kroak | (a frog) | |
| Particon | Pythocon | ||
| Phrenologax | Penguinalax Pandalogax |
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| Radion | Rhinon RayDion |
(doesn’t scan well) (manta ray) |
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| Atmos | Atmouse | ||
SUBS |
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| Polar Boy | Polar Bear | (formal member of Legion of Substitute-Furries) | |
| Night Girl | Night Bat Night Owl |
(formal member of Legion of Substitute-Furries) |
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| Fire Lad | Fire Dragon | ||
| Chlorophyll Kid | Chlorophilodendron | (a plant) | |
| Color Kid | Color Chameleon | ||
| Stone Boy | Stone Fish Stone Crab |
(formal member of Legion of Substitute-Furries) |
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| Double-Header | ??? | (gotta be a Pushme-Pullyu) | |
| Porcupine Pete | Porcupine Pete Porcupine Peacock Porcupine Pig |
(the obvious) (shoots feathers) (nickname would be “Porky Pig”, descended from Pig Iron?) |
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| Infectious Lass | Infectious Amoeba | (eeewww) | |
OTHER HEROES |
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| Dreamer | Dream Gull Prophecy Peacock Dream Cat or Dream Kitty Dream Beaver |
(unusual for a female character, though) (cats predict earthquakes, cats sleep a lot and are vain, “Dream of 1,000 Cats” from Sandman) (formal member of Legion of Super-Furries) |
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| Mysa / White Witch | White Crane Hagfish |
(under Boardru’s spell) |
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| Dragonmage | ??? | (possibly the obvious) | |
| Matter-Eater Lad | Matter-Eater Goat Matter-Eater Beaver |
(Matter-Eager Beaver?) |
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| Bouncing Boy | Bouncing Bear Bouncing Tiger Bouncing Boa |
(OFFICIAL: stuffed animal) (a la “Tigger”) |
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| Chemical King | Chemical Lemming | (destined to die) | |
| Tyroc | Tyroach Tyrox |
(everyone else screams) | |
| Tornado Twins | Tornado Tortoises | (descended from the Crash, so must be turtles) | |
| Magnetic Kid | Magnetic Cow | (species should match Cosmic Boy) | |
| Dawnstar | Dawnstork Dawnstarfish |
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| Wildfire | Wildfirefly Wildduck |
(maintains a bird motif to fit well with Dawnstork) |
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| Comet Queen | Comet Queen Bee | ||
| Mentalla | Mantalla | (manta ray) | |
| Catspaw | ??? | (possibly the obvious) | |
| Crystal Kid | Crystarfish Kid Crystallion Kid |
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| Lamprey | ??? | (possibly the obvious) | |
| Nightwind | ??? | ||
| Timber Wolf | Timber Wolf | ||
| Quislet | Quislet | (alien; no change) | |
| Tellus | Tellus | (alien; no change) | |
| Heroes of Llalor | HeRodents of Llalor | ||
| Wanderers | Migrators | ||
| Impulse | ??? | (again, some kind of turtle) | |
VILLAINS |
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| Command King | Command Cobra | ||
| Dynamo Boy | Dynamo Cougar | (it’s an inside joke, Pomru) | |
| Fatal Five | Feral Five | ||
| Bizarro | Bizarrat | ||
| Ze Tongue | Ze Tongue | (a frog) | |
| Mordru | Boardru | ||
| Dr. Psycho | Dr. Psycrow | ||
| Universo | Tunaverso | ||
| Scavenger | Scavulture | (also seen in Amalgam, yes?) | |
LOTTA SPECIES PERSONS |
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| Krypto | Krypto the Superboy | ||
| Streaky | Streaky the Supergirl | ||
| Beppo | Beppo the Super-Missing Link | ||
| Comet | Biron the Bowman | ||
| Proty I and Proty II | Proty I and Proty II | (Durlans) | |
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS |
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| President Chu | President Chew | (chews her cud) | |
| R.J. Brande | R.J. Branded | (a Texas longhorn) | |
| Marla Latham | Meadowlark Latham Marlin Latham |
(always knew there was something fishy about him) |
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CREATORS |
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| Curt Swan | Curt Swan | ||
| Jerry Siegel | Jerry Seagull | ||
| Jeff Moy | Jeff Koi | ||
| Phil Moy | Phil Koi | ||
| Tom McCraw | Tom Macaw Tom McKaw |
(a crow) |
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| Tom Peyer | Tom Parrot | ||
| Roger Stern | Roger Tern | ||
| Carmela Merlo | Camela Merlo | ||
| Keith Giffen | Keith Griffin | ||
| Mark Waid | Mark Wade | (a stork) | |
| Lee Moder | Lee “Slime” Molder | (not intended to be rude) | |
| Alan Davis | Lion Davis | ||
| Scott Kolins | Scott Cowlins | ||
| Chris Sprouse | Chris Grouse | ||
| W.C. Carani | W.C. Cowrani W.C. Cawrani |
(a crow) |
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| Dan Abnett | Dan AbGnat | ||
| Andy Lanning | Andy Llamaing | ||
| Oliver Copriel | Oliver Cawpriel Oliver Oriole |
(a crow) | |
| KC Carlson | KC Cowlson | ||
| Frank Berrios | Frank Bearios | ||
From a short feature in SFA Spotlight #5: Zebra Comics (from Shanda Fantasy Arts, drawn by Carl Gafford), published in May, 1999:
Members include Cosmic Cat, Saturn Squirrel, Lightning Bug, Monk-Ey, Ultra-Marine, Karate Kid, Dream Beaver, Colossal Boar, Polar Bear, Night Owl, Chameleon Chameleon, Shrinking Viaduck, and Star Fish. Also mentioned is Stone Crab.
© 1999 Carl Gafford
| Date of Update | Content of Update |
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July 29, 1999 |
Added: image from Legion of Super-Furries Redesigned: List of Recent Updates |
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May 26, 1999 |
Added: Legion of Super-Furries members, more creators |
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February 14, 1999 |
Added: photo of Bouncing Bear |
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December 30, 1998 |
Added: Marla Latham/Meadowlark Latham/Marlin Latham |
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December 21, 1998 |
Added: Spark/Lightning Lassie/Lightning Bug, Element Lad/Element Eel, Dreamer/Dream Kitty |
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December 17, 1998 |
Moved: Atmos/Atmouse into “Uncanny Animazers” Added: Saturn Girl/Saturn Gull, M’Onel/M’Oxel/M’Onkey, Umbra/Umbrat/Shadow Zebra/Shadow Squid/ Shadow Cat, Thunder/ThunderBunny/Thunder Lizard, Spider Girl/Spider Gull/Spider Gnu/Girl Spider, Blast-Off/Blast-Ox, Atom’X/Atom’Ox/Item’X, Night Girl/Night Owl, Porcupine PetePorcupine Peacock/Porcupine Pig, Dreamer/Dream Cat/Prophecy Peacock, Tyroc/Tyrox, Dawnstar/Dawnstarfish, Wildfire/Wildduck, Crystal Kid/Crystallion Kid, Carmela Merlo/Camela Merlo |
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December 15, 1998 |
Moved: Karate Kid, Kid Quantum II into “Lotta Species Heroes”; Radion into “Uncanny Animazers” Added: Atom’X/Atom’Ant, Bouncing Boy/Bouncing Bear, Impulse, “Supporting Characters” section (President Chu/President Chew, R.J. Brande/R.J. Branded, Marla Latham), Scott Kolins/Scott Cowlins, Chris Sprouse/Chris Grouse, W.C. Carani/W.C. Cowrani/W.C. Cawrani |
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December 15, 1998 |
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