''The Adventures of Captain Kentucky'' is a weekly comic-strip by

Don Rosa Keno Don Hugo Rosa (), known as Don Rosa (born June 29, 1951), is an American comic book writer and illustrator known for his comics about Scrooge McDuck and other Disney comics, Disney characters. Many of his stories are built on characters an ...

, in the local newspaper ''

Louisville Times ''The Louisville Times'' was a newspaper that was published in Louisville, Kentucky. It was founded in 1884 by Walter N. Haldeman, as the afternoon counterpart to ''The Courier-Journal'', the dominant morning newspaper in Louisville and the common ...

''. It ran from October 6, 1979, to August 15, 1982, after the publication of 150 episodes. It was a continuation of his earlier comic strip,'' The Pertwillaby Papers'', featuring the main character Lance Pertwillaby. In this sequel, Lance has taken up a job as a newspaper journalist in

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the List of cities in Kentucky, most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, and the list of United States cities by population, 27th-most-populous city ...

, Don Rosa's hometown. Due to toxic waste being dumped into a sewer where Lance was working on a story, he discovers that consuming the toxic waste temporarily grants him superpowers. He salvages a large barrel and keeps a small vial of it on his person for emergencies. The comic often incorporated real events and local celebrities from Louisville and Kentucky as backdrops, or occasionally as supporting characters in storylines. Also featured was Lance's Basset hound Cleo, based on Don Rosa's own dog of the same name and breed.

Collections

* ''The Captain Kentucky Collection'', 3 volumes, 1981–85 * ''The Don Rosa Archives - The Complete Captain Kentucky'', 2001, Gazette Bok, * ''Don Rosa Classics - The Complete Captain Kentucky'', 2012, Dani Books,

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* American comics American comic strips Kentucky in fiction Louisville, Kentucky in fiction {{Louisville-stub