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* In ''Webcomic/PrincessPrincess'', Amira has a steed that charges through solid walls if Amira claims that there's a cookie on the other side.

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* In ''Webcomic/PrincessPrincess'', ''Webcomic/PrincessPrincess2012'', Amira has a steed that charges through solid walls if Amira claims that there's a cookie on the other side.
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** UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington had his trusty steed, Nelson.

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** UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington loved horses and was a skilled equestrian. During the Revolutionary War, he primarily rode Blueskin, a grey half-arabian, and Nelson, a chestnut gelding. Blueskin was better for marching as he had high endurance (and due to his trusty steed, Nelson.striking appearance, if Washington is depicted with a horse it's probably Blueskin), but Washington preferred to ride Nelson, who was calmer under fire, in battle.
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* ''Literature/EarthsChildren'':
** Whinney is Ayla's cool horse. After killing her dam, Ayla takes pity on the now orphaned foal, saving her from hyenas and coaxing her into her cave. Ayla raises Whinney to adulthood and she trusts Ayla enough to let her ride on her back, which is unheard of in the setting (Ice Age Europe). She also helps Ayla hunt from horseback and transports heavy goods for her, making her journey across Europe easier than if she'd been solely on foot.
** Whinney's colt Racer is ridden by Jondalar and is considered an impressive horse; he's a rare bay colour and can gallop very fast (hence why Jondalar named him Racer). A lot of people are awed that Jondalar can not just ride a horse, but have any degree of control over a powerful stallion.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Apocalypse, Batman's huge, black warhorse (with batwinged barding) in the UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar {{Elseworld}} ''ComicBook/BatmanTheBlueTheGrayAndTheBat''.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Apocalypse, Batman's huge, black warhorse (with batwinged barding) in the UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar {{Elseworld}} Creator/{{Elseworlds}} ''ComicBook/BatmanTheBlueTheGrayAndTheBat''.

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* Apocalypse, ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s'' huge, black warhorse (with batwinged barding) in the UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar {{Elseworld}} ''The Blue, The Gray, and The Bat''.

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* ''ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld'': Amy owns a white, winged unicorn.
* ''ComicBook/{{Bamse}}'': Billy Boy is a more realistic version of the trope; he's a fairly normal horse with a normal horse's intelligence and behavior -- but no less cool for that, as he's exceptionally strong and fast, and can beat just about any other horse in a race.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
Apocalypse, ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s'' Batman's huge, black warhorse (with batwinged barding) in the UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar {{Elseworld}} ''The Blue, ''ComicBook/BatmanTheBlueTheGrayAndTheBat''.
* ''ComicBook/BlackFury'':
The Gray, titular character is a mustang who wanders around the Old West, bringing evildoers (who he can invariably identify) to justice and fighting off various apex predators. People know better than to even try catching a horse from the herd that Black Fury leads- they '''will''' fail, they always have, and he will make you look like an idiot into the bargain. Besides, most of them owe their lives or livelihoods to Black Fury's intervention.
* ''ComicBook/{{Black Knight|MarvelComics}}:'' Dane Whitman has had three flying horses in his career, all three of which are named after characters from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.
* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': Don Rosa's ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'' has Hortense, Scrooge's mare named after his hot-tempered sister. Smart, fearless, and capable of things extraordinary for regular horse, including ''mast climbing''.
* ''ComicBook/GhostRider'':
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The Bat''.Wild West-era Ghost Riders usually got {{hellish horse}}s burning with {{hellfire}}.
** PlayedWith with [[ComicBook/TheGhostRider Carter Slade]]'s horse, as while he didn't possess hellfire like the later Rider's would, he painted his horse with a phosphorescent substance that caused it to glow in the dark so as to appear as a true spirit.
* ''ComicBook/KidColt'': Kid Colt's steed was called Steel. Steel was a very smart and well trained horse and was able to understand simple orders. The horse often carried Kid Colt off to safety when the outlaw was wounded.
%%* ''ComicBook/LadyDeath'': Lady Death's war horse Vassago.
* ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'': Jolly Jumper. Aside from being Luke's NonHumanSideKick, Jolly can ride on his own with Luke sleeping (and vice versa), thinks of Luke's escape routes by himself (helps Luke is prone to [[SuperWindowJump window departures]] which LandInTheSaddle), is a [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic smartass]], can play chess well enough to beat [[TheAce Lucky Luke]] himself, can not only do math, but write the correct answer in the sand, and, of all things, ''fish''. [[LampshadeHanging How did he get the bait on the hook]]? "Like everybody: [[MathematiciansAnswer With disgust.]]"
-->'''Cavalry commander:''' Lucky Luke's horse escaped? Didn't you tie him?\\
'''Cavalry recruit:''' I could not. The horse tied me up!



* In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} had Comet the Super-Horse, who had the powers of unaided flight, super-strength, super-speed, telepathy, and the ability to turn into a human named Bronco Bill. They were dating. [[spoiler:Okay, okay, he was actually a centaur who got turned into a horse by a witch, but it's ''still'' creepy.]]
* Wild West-era ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' usually got {{hellish horse}}s burning with {{hellfire}}.
* Don Rosa's ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'' has Hortense, Scrooge's mare named after his hot-tempered sister. Smart, fearless, and capable of things extraordinary for regular horse, including ''mast climbing''.
* As a Western series, ''ComicBook/TexWiller'' has a few. The most notable are:

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* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'': In one issue, Spike gets to ride around on Celestia's back. For those unfamiliar with the franchise, Celestia is the setting's BigGood PhysicalGoddess WingedUnicorn, you'll be hard-pressed to find a mount cooler than that.
* ''ComicBook/RawhideKid'': Nightwind is the horse that was ridden by western legend the Rawhide Kid during the days of the American Frontier. The horse became the Kid's regular companion since the day that Rawhide avenged the murder of his uncle Ben Bart, and later as the Rawhide Kid rode across the west as an outlaw.
* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'':
In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}}, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Supergirl had Comet the Super-Horse, who had the powers of unaided flight, super-strength, super-speed, telepathy, and the ability to turn into a human named Bronco Bill. They were dating. [[spoiler:Okay, okay, he was actually a centaur who got turned into a horse by a witch, but it's ''still'' creepy.]]
* Wild West-era ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' usually got {{hellish horse}}s burning with {{hellfire}}.
* Don Rosa's ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'' has Hortense, Scrooge's mare named after his hot-tempered sister. Smart, fearless, and capable of things extraordinary for regular horse, including ''mast climbing''.
* As a Western series, ''ComicBook/TexWiller'' has a few. The most notable are:
''ComicBook/TexWiller'':



* ComicBook/LuckyLuke's Jolly Jumper. Aside from being Luke's NonHumanSideKick, Jolly can ride on his own with Luke sleeping (and vice versa), thinks of Luke's escape routes by himself (helps Luke is prone to [[SuperWindowJump window departures]] which LandInTheSaddle), is a [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic smartass]], can play chess well enough to beat [[TheAce Lucky Luke]] himself, can not only do math, but write the correct answer in the sand, and, of all things, ''fish''. [[LampshadeHanging How did he get the bait on the hook]]? "Like everybody: [[MathematiciansAnswer With disgust.]]"
-->'''Cavalry commander:''' Lucky Luke's horse escaped? Didn't you tie him?\\
'''Cavalry recruit:''' I could not. The horse tied me up!
* ComicBook/{{Bamse}}'s horse Billy Boy is a more realistic version of the trope; he's a fairly normal horse with a normal horse's intelligence and behavior -- but no less cool for that, as he's exceptionally strong and fast, and can beat just about any other horse in a race.
* ''ComicBook/BlackKnight:'' Dane Whitman has had three flying horses in his career, all three of which are named after characters from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.
%%* ComicBook/LadyDeath's horse Vassago.
* In one issue of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'', Spike gets to ride around on Celestia's back. For those unfamiliar with the franchise, Celestia is the setting's BigGood PhysicalGoddess WingedUnicorn, you'll be hard-pressed to find a mount cooler than that.
* ''ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld'': Amy owns a white, winged unicorn.
* All of Marvel's western heroes had a cool horse who accompanied them on their adventures:
** ComicBook/KidColt's was called Steel. Steel was a very smart and well trained horse and was able to understand simple orders. The horse often carried Kid Colt off to safety when the outlaw was wounded.
** Nightwind is the horse that was ridden by western legend the ComicBook/RawhideKid during the days of the American Frontier. The horse became the Kid's regular companion since the day that Rawhide avenged the murder of his uncle Ben Bart, and later as the Rawhide Kid rode across the west as an outlaw.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]:

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* ComicBook/LuckyLuke's Jolly Jumper. Aside from being Luke's NonHumanSideKick, Jolly can ride on his own with Luke sleeping (and vice versa), thinks of Luke's escape routes by himself (helps Luke is prone to [[SuperWindowJump window departures]] which LandInTheSaddle), is a [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic smartass]], can play chess well enough to beat [[TheAce Lucky Luke]] himself, can not only do math, but write the correct answer in the sand, and, of all things, ''fish''. [[LampshadeHanging How did he get the bait on the hook]]? "Like everybody: [[MathematiciansAnswer With disgust.]]"
-->'''Cavalry commander:''' Lucky Luke's horse escaped? Didn't you tie him?\\
'''Cavalry recruit:''' I could not. The horse tied me up!
* ComicBook/{{Bamse}}'s horse Billy Boy is a more realistic version of the trope; he's a fairly normal horse with a normal horse's intelligence and behavior -- but no less cool for that, as he's exceptionally strong and fast, and can beat just about any other horse in a race.
* ''ComicBook/BlackKnight:'' Dane Whitman has had three flying horses in his career, all three of which are named after characters from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.
%%* ComicBook/LadyDeath's horse Vassago.
* In one issue of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'', Spike gets to ride around on Celestia's back. For those unfamiliar with the franchise, Celestia is the setting's BigGood PhysicalGoddess WingedUnicorn, you'll be hard-pressed to find a mount cooler than that.
* ''ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld'': Amy owns a white, winged unicorn.
* All of Marvel's western heroes had a cool horse who accompanied them on their adventures:
** ComicBook/KidColt's was called Steel. Steel was a very smart and well trained horse and was able to understand simple orders. The horse often carried Kid Colt off to safety when the outlaw was wounded.
** Nightwind is the horse that was ridden by western legend the ComicBook/RawhideKid during the days of the American Frontier. The horse became the Kid's regular companion since the day that Rawhide avenged the murder of his uncle Ben Bart, and later as the Rawhide Kid rode across the west as an outlaw.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman''
''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol Vol. 1]]:



* ''ComicBook/BlackFury'' is a mustang who wanders around the Old West, bringing evildoers (who he can invariably identify) to justice and fighting off various apex predators. People know better than to even try catching a horse from the herd that Black Fury leads- they '''will''' fail, they always have, and he will make you look like an idiot into the bargain. Besides, most of them owe their lives or livelihoods to Black Fury's intervention.
* Vassago is the war horse of ComicBook/LadyDeath.
* ''{{ComicBook/Yakari}}'': Little Thunder is the fastest of all horses the Sioux have; in ''Yakari and the White Buffalo'', he lost the race with Rainbow and Buffalo Seed on his own accord because ''he wanted to make the former happy''.

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* ''ComicBook/BlackFury'' is a mustang who wanders around the Old West, bringing evildoers (who he can invariably identify) to justice and fighting off various apex predators. People know better than to even try catching a horse from the herd that Black Fury leads- they '''will''' fail, they always have, and he will make you look like an idiot into the bargain. Besides, most of them owe their lives or livelihoods to Black Fury's intervention.
* Vassago is the war horse of ComicBook/LadyDeath.
* ''{{ComicBook/Yakari}}'':
''ComicBook/{{Yakari}}'': Little Thunder is the fastest of all horses the Sioux have; in ''Yakari and the White Buffalo'', he lost the race with Rainbow and Buffalo Seed on his own accord because ''he wanted to make the former happy''.

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