Super Squirrel

(Original Design)

## Appearances

### Appears in

Super Squirrel (2010-11), Super Squirrel: The Return (2012), Super Squirrel: Rebirth (2016-17)

### Debut

Super Squirrel #1 (2010)

> "I don't remember how it happened. I have nightmares about it. Captivity, experiments, humans fooling around with something they didn't understand. They gave me power I couldn't control. But now I can. Now, I have a duty to protect all, animal and human alike." — Super Squirrel
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**Super Squirrel** is a superpowered squirrel acting as a hero to both animals and humans.

## History

### Origins

Super Squirrel was once just a normal squirrel minding his own business, eating acorns and climbing trees. Until one day, he was caught in a trap laid by a nefarious group of human scientist. He was brought back to their lab where they exposed his body to an unknown alien artifact. The exposure, along with various painful experiments, granted the squirrel superpowers that he was at first unable to control. He eventually broke free of his captivity in a blind, superpowered-rage, resulting in the destruction of the lab and the deaths of most of the scientist. Once he came to, Super Squirrel saw the destruction he was capable of and the lives it cost. So from then on, he vowed to use his powers for good and defend animal and humankind against the evil. Thus becoming, Super Squirrel.

### The Golden Age

Shortly following his origins, Super Squirrel remodeled his treehouse apartment in to a 'treehouse mansion' which acted as his base of operations. He also at some point during this time acquired the *A-Acorn* (Arial Acorn, or just *AA*), which was a heavily armored, military-grade aircraft built and designed for rodent piloting.

Super Squirrel's first encounter with a supervillain was Pumpkin Man who had been terrorizing the city with Halloween-themed gadgets and weaponry. Super Squirrel followed Pumpkin Man into the Math Dimension where they had their duel. Super Squirrel won and Pumpkin Man was put behind bars, but the portal to the Math Dimension was still open, proving to eventually come back to haunt Super Squirrel for the lion's share of his career.

About a year into his career, a baby chipmunk was left on Super Squirrel's doorstep. Super Squirrel took in the child and raised him as his own. When the time came, Super Squirrel used salvaged materials from the destroyed laboratory to create his own superpower-granting machine. He allowed his young ward to expose himself to the machine, giving him superpowers similar to those of his adoptive father. Thus he became, Super Chipmunk, loyal sidekick of Super Squirrel.

Super Squirrel along side Super Chipmunk rounded out the so-called 'Golden Age' by combating a number of foes that would go on to become staples of their rogues gallery. Notable villains included: Pumpkin Man, The Eagle, Math Man, The Thesaurus, Rat King, King Goo, and Robo Squirrel.

### The Return

*Super Squirrel: The Return (2012) was a soft reboot of the franchise, with the events of the miniseries occurring some time after the original series.*

A few years into their career, Super Squirrel and Super Chipmunk found themselves going up against a host of mutated Super Squirrel clones, the strongest of which being the villain known as Ultra Squirrel. Eventually the duo uncovered the culprit, Dr. James Johnson who was a young scientist who worked at the lab that originally gave Super Squirrel his powers. Johnson was fired from the lab despite perfecting the super formula and blamed Super Squirrel for his misfortunes. Johnson was then kicked into a mountain by Super Squirrel while Super Chipmunk threw all his super formula away with him. The formula combined with the rocks of the mountain and fused to Johnson's body, becoming reborn as the supervillain, Dr. Graveler.

Dr. Graveler teamed up with his creation Ultra Squirrel to destroy Super Squirrel once and for all. They almost succeeded, but their plans were foiled by S.T.U.M.P. Agent, Hop. Together with the help of Agent Hop, Super Squirrel and Super Chipmunk defeated the Doctor, Ultra Squirrel, and a few of their old rogues who'd come out of hiding.

The event launched a spin-off series staring Agent Hop where he'd go on secret missions for the morally gray, animal agency known S.T.U.M.P.

### Rebirth

*Super Squirrel: Rebirth (2016) was a miniseries taking place during the first year of Super Squirrel's career, before he met Super Chipmunk.*

Fearing the repercussions of Super Squirrel's heroic actions, S.T.U.M.P'.s Director Hoot ordered Agent Hop and his partner Cam Chameleon to capture him. Hop went through with his orders and successfully captured Super Squirrel after a brutal battle. With Super Squirrel neutralized, Hoot moved forward with his covert plans to take over and enslave the human population of Unicity. However, upon uncovering Hoot's true plans, he turned on his director and helped to free Super Squirrel from his captivity. Hoot, having prepared for such an event, unleased his plan-b: Robo Squirrel, a weaponized super-A.I. designed specifically to kill Super Squirrel. Together Super Squirrel and Agent Hop defeated the robot and arrested Director Hoot shortly after. After the battle, S.T.U.M.P. was reorganized and put under a new director, though dozens of Hoot loyalist likely remained.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* Super Strength
* Flight
* Heat Vision
* Invulnerability
* Forcefield Projection