Beppo

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The cover of Superboy No. 76, featuring the 1st appearance of Beppo the Super-Monkey.

aka Beppo the Super-Monkey.

A playful Kryptonian laboratory monkey which survived the explosion of the planet Krypton—as the result of having been launched into outer space in an experimental space capsule—and ultimately landed on Earth, where, like any native of Krypton, it acquired super-powers like Superman's and became known as Beppo the Super-Monkey. Beppo wears a colorful red and blue costume modeled after Superman's and is a member of the Legion of Super-Pets. When Metropolis television station WMET-TV inaugurates its new "Our American Heroes" series with a program honoring Superman, "our greatest American hero," Beppo appears on the show along with three of the other super-pets— Krypto the Superdog, Comet the Super-Horse, and Streaky the Super-Cat—to help pay tribute to the Man of Steel (Act No. 309, Feb 1964: "The Superman Super-Spectacular!"). In April 1965 Beppo journeys through the time barrier to the mid-nineteenth century to help Superman and the other super-pets teach a well-deserved lesson to "cruel junkman" Cyrus Atwill (S No. 176/1: "The Revenge of the Super-Pets!").

Beppo the Super-Monkey has appeared in the following comics

• SB No. 76 Oct 1959 "The Super-Monkey from Krypton!"
• Act No. 277 Jun 1961 "The Battle of the Super-Pets!"
• Adv No. 293 Feb 1962 "The Legion of Super-Traitors!"
• Adv No. 316 Jan 1964 "The Origins and Powers of the Legion of Super-Heroes!"
• Act No. 309 Feb 1964 "The Superman Super-Spectacular!"
• Adv No. 322 Jul 1964 "The Super-Tests of the Super-Pets!"
• Act No. 318 Nov 1964 "Supergirl Goes to College!"
• S No. 176 Apr 1965 "The Revenge of the Super-Pets!"
• Adv No. 343 Apr 1966 "The Evil Hand of the Luck Lords!"
• SB No. 142 Oct 1967 "Superboy Goes Ape!"
• Adv No. 364 Jan 1968 "The Revolt of the Super-Pets!"
• Adv No. 380 May 1969 "The Legion's Space Odyssey!"