Flaming Carrot

The Flaming Carrot is a superhero vigilante who fights crime with a variety of gadgets. Once a normal law-abiding citizen, he read 5,000 comic books in a row for a bet and came out with irreparable brain damage. It was then that he decided to wear a giant carrot mask and shoot criminals to death with a handgun. He guards Palookaville from a variety of villains, such as flying dead dogs, a couple of alien invasions, and an army of clones of Hitler’s left foot. He’s incredibly childlike and stupid, but through sheer grit and murderous rage, he earns his place as a true American hero.
Physicals
- Displays notable physical fitness, including agility, stamina, and strength (source) (Renegade)
Strength
- Bends a heavy gauge steel pipe with his bare hands (source) (Renegade)
- Knocks out a man with a tennis ball and racquet (source) (Renegade)
- Tosses a man across a bar table by attaching a toilet plunger to his head (source) (Renegade)
- Chokes out a monster using a broken drain pipe (source) (Renegade)
- Defeats an undead dog by striking it with a 2x4 until it breaks into pieces, then jars the remains (source) (Renegade)
- Spins Cerebus around like a top (source) (Cer#104)
- Along with one other person, carries a milk truck uphill (source) (vsRF)
- Rides a 10-foot chicken wing like a bull and breaks its bone (source) (IC‘04)
- Accidentally pulls off an alien’s tentacle while attempting a handshake (source) (Photocomic)
Durability
- Jumps off a rooftop onto the sidewalk without harm (source) (Renegade)
- After being knocked out with a baseball bat, wakes up during a beating by gangsters, fights back but requires assistance (source) (Renegade)
- Holds onto a small rocket, drops a grenade inside, falls to the ground unharmed using his pogo stick, and appears to be shot by the rocket’s thruster (source) (Renegade)
- Gets smacked by the flying dead dog (source) (Renegade)
- After being backhanded across a room by a vampire, stabs it with a wooden stake and reflects sunlight to destroy it (source) (DH‘88)
- Gets tossed into water by a wolfman (source) (TMNT/FC)
- Gets knocked out by an extending boxing glove (source) (Limit, DH‘88)
Agility
- Swings on a wire and leaps onto the back of a moving truck (source) (Visions)
- Dodges a speeding car attempting to run him down (source) (Renegade)
- Leaps onto a chandelier to escape a bar (source) (Renegade)
- Leaps up and snatches a piece of clothing from a flying man (source) (DH‘88)
Fistfighting
- Bonks the heads of two goons (source) (Visions)
- Punches a gunman causing his gun to discharge on himself (source) (Renegade)
- Fights the superhuman Frankenstein’s monster but gets knocked out (source) (Renegade)
- After being knocked out with a baseball bat, wakes up during a beating by gangsters, fights back but requires assistance (source) (Renegade)
- Responds to a drive-by shooting by breaking the gunman’s arm and disarming him (source) (Renegade)
- Beats up a heavyset man armed with a hammer (source) (DH‘88)
- Cooperates with the TMNT to fight off a small gang (source) (DH‘88)
- Immediately after a bar fight, engages in 16th century philosophy discussion with the opponent (source) (DH‘88)
- Knows a martial art specifically for fighting ghosts (source) (IC‘04)
- Sometimes runs away from unwinnable fights (source) (Limit, Renegade)
Melee Weapons
- Beats away four men with a broom but uses his gun to escape when the fight escalates to a bar brawl (source) (Renegade)
- Storms a Groot’s castle and kills it (source) (Renegade)
- Kills and hangs a couple of communist officers offscreen (source) (Renegade)
- Defeats an undead dog by striking it with a 2x4 until it breaks into pieces, then jars the remains (source) (Renegade)
- Kills aliens using an old banana, then a spoon, and finally a stick (source) (DH‘88)
- Fights off a large spider and breaks one of its legs (source) (DH‘88)
- Puts out an enemy’s eye with a pencil despite the enemy wielding a sword (source) (DH‘88)
- After being backhanded across a room by a vampire, stabs it with a wooden stake and reflects sunlight to destroy it (source) (DH‘88)
- Decapitates a man with a sheet of laser paper (source) (DH‘88)
- Uses stink bombs and laughing gas to smoke Pygmies out of their shelter, then beats them with a wooden paddle before being dropped by a poison dart (source) (IC‘04)
Firearms
- Shoots criminals to death rather than using superpowers (source) (Visions)
- Engages in many gunfights over his years of service (source) (AG‘86)
- Survives a multi-man shootout using dual handguns, a corrosive stink bomb, and a tommy gun (source) (Renegade)
- Shoots a thrown bottle to show off (source) (Renegade)
- Outdraws and shoots a gunman dead (source) (Renegade)
- Shoots skeletal police officers dead (source) (Renegade)
- Takes out a sniper in a tower by sneaking up and shooting him dead (source) (Renegade)
- Shoots a monster directly in both eyes from behind cover (source) (Renegade)
- Kills a man with a giant spitball, then two more with a submachine gun (source) (Renegade)
- Attempts to shoot a flying dead dog (source) (Renegade)
- Destroys a terrorist death squad with a pistol and switchblade (source) (AG‘86)
- Outdraws a cowboy in a bar shootout (source) (DH‘88)
- Shoots someone’s hat off and shoots it multiple times to prevent retrieval (source) (DH‘88)
- In an extended gunfight, kills nearly a dozen gunmen with dual pistols (source) (DH‘88)
- Kills a couple of giant amoebas with a machine gun (source) (TMNT/FC)
Non-Firearms
- Splits a lawn dart down the middle with his own in a game of jarts (source) (Renegade)
- Sprays an agile villain with a fire hose (source) (Renegade)
- Hits a distant rat with a slingshot (source) (Renegade)
- Hits baseballs at a group of gangsters from a rooftop, calling it “kamikaze baseball” (source) (Renegade)
- Sharpens a frozen pizza and throws it to sever someone’s arm (source) (DH‘88)
Other Skills
- Infiltrates a news station (source) (Renegade)
- Bashes monsters with a lead pipe while on his pogo stick (source) (Renegade)
- Performs impressive motorcycle tricks (source) (Renegade)
- Evades being tracked by Raphael of the TMNT and sneaks up on him instead (source) (DH‘88)
- Infiltrates a group of terrorist performance artists called the Umpires (source) (DH‘88)
- Kills giant amoebas with pitchers of lemonade (source) (TMNT/FC)
Intelligence
- Enters a state of zen stupidity to face danger and better understand the criminal mind (source) (IC‘04)
- Cannot read very well (source) (Visions)
- Learns to be a cowboy over the course of a montage (source) (Visions)
- Convinces an army of Martians to leave Earth by informing them of income tax (source) (Renegade)
- Deduces a thief’s next strike location, despite it making no sense (source) (Renegade)
- Quickly converts a hospital bed into a vehicle using sheets as a sail and pogo stick for propulsion (source) (Renegade)
- Tricks a communist into killing himself with his own speech bubble (source) (Renegade)
- Commands an army against giant monsters (source) (Renegade)
- Makes a paper costume for a friend to impersonate the Flaming Carrot (source) (DH‘88)
- Kills an entire gang using weaponized garbage like coat hangers, carpets, and license plates (source) (DH‘88)
- Launches a kid across a backyard to distract an angry dog (source) (IC‘04)
- Kills a man by hitting a switch with his yo-yo, forcing the man into a beam (source) (IC‘04)
Equipment
- Possesses a handy guide detailing his entire arsenal, from deadly to mundane items (source) (IC‘04)
Carrot Mask
- The carrot is a mask, and the flame extinguishes when removed (source) (Renegade)
- Stabs someone in the face with his carrot mask (source) (Visions)
- Can turn the flame off with a switch (source) (Cer#104)
- The carrot mask protects against whip strikes (source) (DH‘88)
- Kills aliens with the flame from his carrot head (source) (DH‘88)
Pogo Stick
- Chases an agile criminal on his pogo stick (source) (Visions)
- Stores the pogo stick in a compartment inside his carrot mask (source) (Renegade)
- Upgrades to a smaller but more powerful pogo stick model (source) (Renegade)
- The upgraded nuclear pogo stick keeps up with jet boots, negates gravity to about eight pounds, and bounces on clouds (source) (DH‘88)
- Uses the pogo stick to launch a spear into three aliens (source) (DH‘88)
- Tosses the pogo stick into a room where it bounces off walls to beat a group of men senseless; can be switched off remotely, and at full strength would be lethal (source) (DH‘88)
Baloney Gun
- The baloney gun fires weak projectiles but can serve as a bludgeoning weapon (source) (IC‘04)
- Kills a man by shooting baloney down his throat, causing him to choke (source) (IC‘04)
- Can launch the entire tube of baloney for a stronger projectile (source) (IC‘04)
Stink Bombs
- Uses stink bombs like grenades (source) (Renegade)
- Stink bomb detonations can be delayed (source) (Renegade)
- Launches himself into the air using two stink bombs and a trash can lid (source) (IC‘04)
- Uses stink bombs and laughing gas to smoke Pygmies out of their shelter, then beats them with a wooden paddle before being dropped by a poison dart (source) (IC‘04)
Supercycle
- Receives the Supercycle, an advanced motorcycle equipped with machine guns, guided mini-missiles, and a rear smokescreen (source) (DH‘88)
Other Equipment
- Kills someone with a banana peel (source) (Visions)
- Uses “carrot land torpedoes,” essentially hand grenades (source) (Renegade)
- Injects a man with truth serum using a small mechanical spider (source) (Renegade)
- Employs a nose gadget that enhances his sense of smell (source) (Renegade)
- Uses gagoon-ga juice to prevent fear (source) (Renegade)
- Wields a baseball bat modified to damage ghosts and devils (source) (Renegade)
- Uses a bazooka and jetpack against giant monsters (source) (Renegade)
- Employs a giant sock against a guard (source) (Renegade)
- Climbs walls using toilet plungers (source) (AG‘86)
- Uses a spray can of George-Away to eliminate George Washington-related items (source) (Cer#104)
- Carries extensive camping gear (source) (DH‘88)
- Uses a bubble pipe that inadvertently reveals his position (source) (DH‘88)
- Kills an alien unable to sneeze like humans using sneeze powder (source) (DH‘88)
- Administers laughing gas through a medical mask (source) (DH‘88)
- Carries protection in his utility belt (source) (DH‘88)
- After defeating three terrorists, confines them using glue and skis (source) (DH‘88)
- Possesses a skeleton key that starts any car (source) (DH‘88)
- Has an unpleasant odor projector in his pants that fires a noxious cloud (source) (IC‘04)
- Carries a pouch of sneeze powder (source) (IC‘04)
- Owns a crime detector (source) (Photocomic)
- Stops a bike thief using a banana peel and a flower pot (source) (Photocomic)
Limbo World
- After chemical petrification, revives upon hearing his favorite song on the radio and mentions being trapped in a Limbo world during petrification (source) (Renegade)
- Chronicles time in Limbo world, falling for hours before hitting the ground (source) (Renegade)
- Escapes Limbo world by golfing to the Crossroads (source) (Renegade)
- In Limbo world, grows to giant size to fight the monstrous Dragoon (source) (Renegade)
Mystery Men Membership
- Leads a team of dollar-store superheroes called the Mystery Men (source) (Renegade)
- With the Mystery Men, kills sentient Nazi boots using explosives and two firearms (source) (Renegade)
- The Mystery Men disband after numerous lawsuits and scandals (source) (DHP#20)
Supercharged
- Temporarily gains enhanced strength, agility, and durability when an alien death ray explodes (source) (DH‘88)
- Can rocket off and fly through the sky when supercharged (source) (DH‘88)
- Supercharged powers rely on extreme focus, or he would fall apart (source) (DH‘88)
Miscellaneous
- First introduction to the character (source) (Visions)
- Public opinion on the Flaming Carrot varies greatly (source) (Renegade)
- Sings skiffle music (source) (Renegade)
- Is not good at disguises (source) (Renegade)
- Performs with the local lounge band (source) (Renegade)
- Initially became a superhero for the exercise (source) (Renegade)
- Speaks zombie (source) (Renegade)
- Is a real ladykiller (source) (DH‘88)
- Can have hours of fun with a bar of soap (source) (DH‘88)
- Leaves carrots in the ears and nostrils of victims as his calling card (source) (DH‘88)
- Trains a giant nerve to behave like a pet (source) (DH‘88)
- Keeps souvenirs from all adventures (source) (DH‘88)
- Deals with female criminals in a sexist manner (source) (IC‘04)
- Defeats ghosts with a vacuum cleaner in an alternate dimension (source) (IC‘04)
- The Flaming Carrot is real (source) (Photocomic)