is a multimedia franchise created by comic book artist Ryan Brown (noted for his work on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ), revolving around anthropomorphic bovine peacekeepers in a steampunk-inspired "Weird West" setting. The property originally debuted as a toy line in 1991 followed by an animated series on ABC in 1992. Core Premise and World
The story is set in the 19th-century American Southwest after a radioactive strikes Earth. The impact creates a massive, cloud-shrouded mesa and "cow-metizes" the local animals into "bovipomorphic" hybrids. Wild West COW Boys of Moo Mesa
The peacekeepers, known as the C.O.W.-Boys, are led by a trio of deputies: is a multimedia franchise created by comic book
: The series blends traditional Western tropes with steampunk and supernatural "Weird West" elements. Primary Characters The impact creates a massive, cloud-shrouded mesa and
: These intelligent animals established Cowtown , a civilization mirroring the Wild West but with gaps in cultural knowledge they had to "fill in the blanks" for.
: The acronym stands for the moral code the heroes live by.