Horatio Strong

Captain Horatio Strong is a fictional adventurer and a recurring character featured in comic books published by DC Comics. He is associated with the Superman line of titles and first appeared in Action Comics #421 in February, 1973.

Biography
Horatio Strong was a muscular and barrel-chested mariner who was married to a woman named Olivia Tallow.

Horatio discovered a special strain of performance enhancing seaweed called Sauncha, which imbued him with superhuman abilities including enhanced strength and the ability to fly. Strong used these gifts to aid Superman on a number of adventures.

Powers

 * Flight
 * Superhuman strength

Skills

 * Seamanship

Equipment

 * Sauncha

Notes & Trivia



 * Horatio Strong is a pastiche of Popeye, the Sailor Man. Instead of eating spinach however to increase his strength, Captain Strong instead consumes a special type of seaweed called Sauncha.


 * Horatio Strong is exclusive to the continuity of the Pre-Crisis, Silver Age, Earth-One reality. He has no direct counterpart in modern continuity, however the character of Bibbo Bibbowski shares some minor characteristics with Captain Strong.

Appearances

 * Action Comics 421
 * Action Comics 439
 * Action Comics 456
 * Action Comics 566
 * Superman 361