Comet

Comet 	Comet
 	
Publication information	Publication information
Publisher 	DC Comics
First appearance 	Supergirl #14 (October 1997)
Created by 	Peter David
In-story information 	In-story information
Alter ego 	Andrew Jones/Andrea Martinez
Team affiliations 	The Stable
Notable aliases 	Andy Jones, Earth-Born Angel of Love
Abilities 	Super-speed, flight, ice wings, ice vision, psionic love manipulation
Comet is a comic book superhero owned by DC Comics whose adventures have been published by that same company after their event Crisis on Infinite Earths, as a revamp of the pre-Crisis character Comet the Super-Horse. He is a shapeshifter with three forms (male, female and winged centaur). The character is connected to the Superman family of titles.
==History==
Comet was introduced in Peter David's Supergirl #14 (October 1997). He was originally introduced as a hero with flight and cold-generation powers. Comet's appearance was unclear, as when using his powers he was surrounded by an aura of cold that made him resemble an actual comet. Comet looked like a man with three fingers, horse-like legs, long white hair, and a star mark on his forehead. There was a lot of speculation about who Comet was, but it was revealed that Comet was Andrew Jones (actually Andrea Martinez), a bisexual stand-up comic, who like her friend Linda Danvers (who could turn into Supergirl), could shape-shift between her human and super-powered forms (however, Comet's change also involved changing gender, from the female Andrea to the male Comet).
Soon, it was learned that Comet's male form was originally Andrew Jones, a (male) jockey, who had been trampled by horses and "rebuilt" by an organization called "The Stable" as a superhuman with equine DNA. He rebelled against the organization and began operating as a superhero. On one of his first missions he attempted to save a despairing Andrea Martinez (who had just come out to her parents, and been rejected) from an avalanche, but they both died. As with Matrix and Linda Danvers (who had merged into Supergirl, the Angel of Fire), this caused them to combine into one being: the Earth Angel of Love. Comet originally was in love with Supergirl, and since he was the Angel of Love, made her have feelings for him too, but she rejected him when she learned he was also a woman. This opened the door for the third Angel, Blithe, the Angel of Light, to use her powers to exploit Comet's heartbreak, and turn him against Supergirl. She enabled Comet to fully embrace his angel powers, transforming himself into a winged centaur.
Blithe deceived Comet into joining the Carnivore (a powerful demonic creature who despised the Earth Angels, and sought their power). The Carnivore lost control, however, when Andrea abandoned her anger, learning that her mother had died, and had left a video apology for her actions. The three Earth Angels worked together to stop the Carnivore. Comet began a relationship with Blithe, since she loved both his forms (hinting that Blithe is bisexual).
==Powers and abilities==
Comet originally had the power of high-speed flight, and when he flew he left behind a freezing contrail behind him. Comet also generated a psionic aura which stimulated feelings of love in those around him. When he became an Angel of Love, he gained wings of ice, ice vision (blasts of subzero energy he released from his eyes), and a centaur-like form which gave him horse-like strength. Comet can shape-shift between his centaur form and his female form of Andrea Martinez.
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