Flaming Carrot Comics Flaming Carrot Flaming Carrot Comics # 01 ( 2005 ) Art by Bob Burden Publisher Image Comics First appearance Visions # 1 ( 1979 ) Created by Bob Burden Characteristics Alter ego Unknown , but hints point to Jim Morrison Affiliations Mystery Men , Junior Carrot Patrol Abilities Atomic Powered Pogo Stick , Tornado in a Can , Plungers , Surrealism Flaming Carrot Comics is a surrealist comic book by Bob Burden originally published by Aardvark-Vanaheim , then by Renegade Press and Dark Horse Comics between 1984 and 1993 . The book was relaunched in 2005 with Image Comics . The title refers to the protagonist , The Flaming Carrot . The origins issue ( issue 7 ) states that `` having read 5 , 000 comics in a single sitting to win a bet , this poor man suffered brain damage and appeared directly thereafter as - the Flaming Carrot ! `` He wears a costume that consists of a giant carrot mask ( which is continually aflame ) , a white shirt , and red pants . Also , he wears flippers on his feet ( in case he has to swim ) . Most of his dialogue is disjointed , but sometimes thought provoking in a Zen Koan fashion . Flaming Carrot can be seen as a parody of various aspects of the superhero genre ( though his origin story is much the same as that of Don Quixote ) . He is portrayed as a womanizing , hard drinking , mentally unbalanced individual ( calling to mind the gritty anti-heroes of the 1980s ) , whilst at the same time almost inexorably being on the side of The Establishment , with at least one instance of telling the audience to `` avoid between meal snacks and brush after every meal '' similar to the very clean cut , all American comic characters of the Golden Age . However , the series contains more depth than a superhero parody . Reflections on philosophy , the absence of meaning in modern life , why someone would choose the life of a superhero , and the effects of waking up from a night of heavy drinking with a speaker surgically implanted in one 's chest abound . To date , Flaming Carrot has staved off at least three alien invasions , the Communists , flying dead dogs , the Man on the Moon , Death , and ninja clones of Hitler 's boots . The Flaming Carrot lives in Iron City , and was a founding member of a superhero group called Mystery Men . The story of this group was later made into a movie . The movie used neither this character , nor the Strangler ( whose super-power was his ability to strangle people ) . The Flaming Carrot 's human alias is Cameron Bradley . External links Rotten Library Article on Flaming Carrot Bob Burden 's Flaming Carrot homepage Categories : Dark Horse titles | Image Comics titles Flaming Carrot Comics # 01 ( 2005 ) Art by Bob Burden background : # 80ff80 Flaming Carrot Unknown , but hints point to Jim Morrison Image Comics Visions # 1 ( 1979 ) Bob Burden background : # ffc0c0 active Mystery Men , Junior Carrot Patrol Uncle Billy , Dr. Heller Atomic Powered Pogo Stick , Tornado in a Can , Plungers , Surrealism 