That Time Supergirl Dated A HORSE!

Main Plot / Timeline

In this episode of Because Comics, the show dives into one of Silver Age DC’s most bizarre love stories: Supergirl dating a literal horse—only for “horse” to be the beginning of the weirdness.

• Linda Danvers (Silver Age Supergirl) starts having vivid dreams about a white, super-strong, flying stallion marked with a shooting star.
• On vacation, she visits the Supergirl Dude Ranch, where she meets Comet, the exact super-horse from her dreams—except he’s also telepathic and not actually just a horse.
• Comet is revealed to be Biron, a centaur from Greek mythology, who was accidentally transformed into a horse after Circe’s potions were mixed up.
• Circe upgrades Biron with godlike abilities (speed, wisdom, telepathy, immortality).
• A dark wizard later banishes Biron to an asteroid in Sagittarius.
• Biron is freed when Supergirl’s rocket hits the prison asteroid. He then helps set up the relationship by sending dreams to Linda through telepathy.
• Later, Biron gains a spell-based human form, temporarily becoming “Bronco” Bill Starr—and this is where the romance turns into full-on “teen drama” absurdity:
  • Supergirl falls hard
  • There are multiple make-out moments.
• The madness escalates further when Comet/Bill Starr also makes out with Lois Lane, prompting a joke that Supergirl and Lois could’ve become “eskimo sisters”—a hilariously awkward DC-romance what-if.

Big Highlights & Jokes

• The narrator repeatedly stresses that Silver Age comics are “weird, really really weird,” treating the romance with dead-serious melodrama for comedic effect.
• The romance beats are framed like heightened teenage melodrama:
  • name-carving in trees
  • marriage predictions
  • repeated kissing
  • all centered on a guy whose true form is a super-centaur-horse
• In later continuity, the episode leans hard into absurd visuals, including Comet described with centaur angel wings made of ice, likened to a Yu-Gi-Oh monster.

Continuity Twist (Earth-One → Crisis → New Earth)

• The first Comet storyline happens in Earth-One, later erased by Crisis on Infinite Earths.

• In the post-Flashpoint “mainline” continuity, a direct equivalent doesn’t really exist—but the video explains an alternate, even stranger version:

  • A man (Andrew Jones) is spliced with horse genetics after a racing accident.
  • He later fuses with Andrea Martinez, can switch between forms, becomes a stand-up comedian, and is revealed to be an angel of love.
  • The “love triangle” shifts to Comet/angel romance vs Supergirl’s interest, with Comet being kidnapped and tortured by Blithe.
  • After Supergirl rescues Comet, the story reveals the “horse-angel” setup has evolved into a centaur with ice angel wings, tying into cosmic stakes:
    • Blithe works for the first vampire, who wants to take control of Heaven.

Resolution / Takeaway

• The Comet/angel storyline helps defeat the vampire and save Heaven, but then Comet largely disappears from comics, making the ending feel anti-climactic.
• The narrator ultimately suggests it may be better that these bizarre versions didn’t return—some Silver Age weirdness is best left in the past.

Notable Personalities Mentioned

• Drake McWhorter (host)
• Linda Danvers / Supergirl (Silver Age and later iterations)
• Comet / Biron (super-horse / centaur)
• “Bronco” Bill Starr (Comet’s human identity in some stories)
• Lois Lane
• Blithe (angel / torturer)
• Circe (Greek myth figure who powers Biron)
• The dark wizard (who banishes Biron)
• Andrew Jones / Andy Jones (New/alternate-era fusion-based character)
• Andrea Martinez
• The Presence (DC multiverse god)
• The first vampire (antagonist connected to Heaven)