More than a decade before DC Comics decided to come up with canine counterparts to the World's Finest, Fawcett Publications premiered the first ever superhero hound. Bulletman started off in a feature in Nickel Comics until getting his own title where police scientist Jim Barr created a formula that increased his strength and smarts. He used this new intelligence to invent a bullet-shaped helmet that gave him the ability of flight, and became the flying detective, Bulletman, along with his girlfriend Susan who got her own helmet as Bulletgirl. The gravity-defying duo fought a bizarre rogues gallery, including the anti-Joker known as The Weeper who once kicked Susan's dog Slug. Bulletman evened the playing field by making Slug his own special collar that allowed him to fly too as the newly dubbed Bulletdog. He whips Weeper back, as well as eventually helps save Christmas, duels with an evil robot dog, and saves rich dogs from jewel thieves. Fawcett really tried to pimp Bulletdog by making their own special contest where readers got to decide his new name, which ended up being "Tracer", even though this didn't help keep the character around for more than a few issues as he was dropped when the Bulletman comic was discontinued. Despite being used mostly as a publicity stunt, Bulletdog is the original super pet, and now only needs to get a big Hollywood animated movie where he's voiced by an ex-wrestler.
More than a decade before DC Comics decided to come up with canine counterparts to the World's Finest, Fawcett Publications premiered the first ever superhero hound. Bulletman started off in a feature in Nickel Comics until getting his own title where police scientist Jim Barr created a formula that increased his strength and smarts. He used this new intelligence to invent a bullet-shaped helmet that gave him the ability of flight, and became the flying detective, Bulletman, along with his girlfriend Susan who got her own helmet as Bulletgirl. The gravity-defying duo fought a bizarre rogues gallery, including the anti-Joker known as The Weeper who once kicked Susan's dog Slug. Bulletman evened the playing field by making Slug his own special collar that allowed him to fly too as the newly dubbed Bulletdog. He whips Weeper back, as well as eventually helps save Christmas, duels with an evil robot dog, and saves rich dogs from jewel thieves. Fawcett really tried to pimp Bulletdog by making their own special contest where readers got to decide his new name, which ended up being "Tracer", even though this didn't help keep the character around for more than a few issues as he was dropped when the Bulletman comic was discontinued. Despite being used mostly as a publicity stunt, Bulletdog is the original super pet, and now only needs to get a big Hollywood animated movie where he's voiced by an ex-wrestler.
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