[1] Created by writer Cary Bates, Strong gains superhuman strength by consuming "sauncha," a special seaweed with drug-like effects that enhance his power but cause addiction and erratic behavior.

First appearing in Action Comics #421 (February 1973), Captain Horatio Strong was created by writer Cary Bates, who wondered what would happen if Superman and Popeye met.

[2] In the first story, Bates presented a darker side of the famous sailor; the green vegetable that gave him his strength was a drug, making him powerful yet irrational.

[3] Captain Strong appeared in five stories from 1973 to 1985, and reappeared in The New 52 volume of Harley Quinn's solo title.

Horatio Strong is the captain of The Fantasia who discovers an alien seaweed-like plant called sauncha that gives him superhuman strength.