Beppo (comics)
DC Comics character
Beppo is a monkey superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, primarily those featuring Superman.
Publication history
Created by Otto Binder and George Papp, he first appeared in Superboy #76 (October 1959). He made sixteen appearances in Superman comics during the Silver Age of Comic Books.
Fictional character biography
Beppo is a Kryptonian alien who resembles an Earth monkey due to convergent evolution. He was originally one of Jor-El's test animals and escaped the destruction of Krypton by stowing away aboard baby Kal-El's rocket. Upon landing, Beppo hopped out unseen and went off on his own for some months.
Due to Earth's environment and yellow sun, Beppo develops abilities equivalent to Superman. After seeing Kal-El, Beppo flies to Smallville and secretly causes havoc. Beppo accidentally sets off fireworks stored in Jonathan and Martha Kent's garage, which startle him and cause him to flee into space. At the end of the story, which is told in a flashback by teenaged Clark, the reader is informed that Beppo eventually returned to Earth.
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