The Mutt Of Steel’s Origins Revealed In ‘Krypto: The Last Dog Of Krypton’ From DC Comics

Krypto will be everywhere this summer thanks to James Gunn‘s Superman movie coming out this summer. And now DC Comics has added to the hype by announcing a five-issue miniseries Krypto: The Last Dog Of Krypton, starring Superman’s best friend by writer Ryan North and artist Mike Norton. Reading the synopsis and looking at the preview, it looks like a fun read.

“There will come a day when Krypto stands beside Superman, helping him fight off monsters, aliens, and supervillains—a day when this dog will save his adoptive world thanks to the incredible powers granted him by Earth’s strange yellow sun. But he’s not there yet.

Today, Krypto is a normal puppy on Krypton, spending each happy, snoozy, endless day alongside his family: Jor-El, Lara, and baby Kal-El. But when a rocket test goes wrong, Krypto finds himself lost in space—and soon crash-landing, all alone, on a strange and alien world called Earth.”

Writer Ryan North said of this heartfelt story:

“Krypto’s origin has always been done at kind of a high level. The little guy starts out on Krypton, ends up on Earth, and helps Superman fight crime. The chance to really define Krypto—to show what a little lost dog would go through if he landed all alone on a strange alien world named Earth—was really enticing. And I also fell in love with the idea of treating Krypto as the actual dog he is: he doesn’t talk, and we don’t cheat by reading his thoughts in balloons either. Mike Norton’s art captures exactly what needs to be ‘said’ in every scene.”

Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1 out on June 18th from DC Comics with a main cover by Jae Lee, a variant cover by Dustin Nguyen, a Superman Movie variant cover by Dan Mora, and a blank sketch variant.