IIRC, it's an otter-ism. The comic is Fusion, produced in the late 80s by Eclipse Comics. The character in question is an uplifted Earth otter, a ship's engineer, comes from Canada, and uses a weirdly clipped English syntax. Others on the ship's crew use the phrase, but the impression I got is that they picked it up as a catchphrase from the otter.

It's a fun comic, although probably nearly impossible to find these days unless you hit a lucky streak in comic shop oldies boxes. Some mid-level Names associated with it, though; writing by Steven Barnes and Michael Reaves, and art by Lela Dowling and Steve Gallacci. I certainly enjoyed it.

Now, that's interesting. A Google Images search on "eclipse comics fusion" brings up all (I think) of the covers, bits of the art, and a claim by E-Bay to have a few of them available. (The otter is on one cover clinging to a rope, and on another running from a hungry notreallyadinosaur.)

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