When I started reading comic books, I assumed this name was a kind of pun on “peat moss.” No real reason, just that I’d come across the words “peat moss” and thought this was a writer’s play on words. Now I’m not so sure. Did anyone else suspect this name, or some other name in early reading, was a joke but now you’re not so sure?
The wiki article makes no mention of such a thing.
And I can’t think of any way it could be a pun or joke of any kind.
Thanks for the wiki link. I see that I first came across Pete Ross when I was six years old, so it isn’t too tough to see how I made some connection between Pete Ross and peat moss, an odd term I’d probably just learned about. I’m really about if anyone has made that sort of improbable connection at an early age that doesn’t really work out in actuality.
Also, from your link, I see that comic books got even stupider and more improbable after I stopped reading them. Pete Ross as President Lex Luthor’s VP? Gimme a break.