Zot!
Zot! is a comic book created by Scott McCloud in 1984 and published by Eclipse Comics until 1990 as a lighthearted alternative to the darker and more violent comics that predominated the industry during that period. There were a total of 36 issues, with the first ten in color and the remainder in black and white. McCloud credited Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka as a major influence on the book, making it one of the first manga-inspired American comic books.
Heroes
Zachary T. Paleozogt, popularly known as Zot, a blond haired, blue eyed teenage hero from an alternate Earth who flies via rocket boots and fights villains with a ten-shooter laser gun and boundless optimism.
Jenny Weaver, a sensitive teenage girl from our world and the reader's point-of-view character throughout the series.
Jenny's older brother, Butch, a typical blustering bully who, after a mishap early in the series, is transformed into a talking chimpanzee whenever he is on Zot's world.
Zot's Uncle Max, an eccentric inventor, artist and surrogate parent whose gadgets help Zot fight crime.