Lucas "Snapper" Carr is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, most famous as a supporting character to the Justice League. He has often been referred to as the JLA's mascot. Snapper Carr, along with the Justice League, first appears in The Brave and the Bold #28, written by Gardner Fox and drawn by Mike Sekowsky.
As the JLA could not have the sidekicks of all its members occasionally wandering through its secret headquarters, but neede...
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Lucas "Snapper" Carr is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, most famous as a supporting character to the Justice League. He has often been referred to as the JLA's mascot. Snapper Carr, along with the Justice League, first appears in The Brave and the Bold #28, written by Gardner Fox and drawn by Mike Sekowsky.
As the JLA could not have the sidekicks of all its members occasionally wandering through its secret headquarters, but needed a character to whom the reader could relate, the group needed a distinct character not associated with the home town of any of its members. In order to rationalize that an ordinary person could become an honorary member of the JLA, he had to be important to them at the moment of that group's formation. The solution, devised by Gardner Fox: young Lucas — called "Snapper" for his penchant for snapping his fingers — is immune to Starro's attacks, by the good fortune of his just having put lime on the lawn. It is Green Lantern who recalls that...
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