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The Secret Origins of Krypto the Superdog
Before James Gunn’s Superman, 70 years of comics, TV, and movies defined DC’s goodest boy.
Sure, he could wreck a house and Fortress of Solitude alike and had been the victim of more editorial mandates and reboots that any one pet should have to endure, but the iconic white pup has never been less than a symbol of the potential of DC Comics’ joy. In order to properly celebrate DC Comics’ goodest boy finally trotting (and flying) into the blockbuster spotlight, it’s important to understand the superheroic hurdles his character faced getting there. Adventure Comics would birth several DC mainstays: It introduced the Legion of Superheroes and would plant the seeds of the on-in- Smallville-again/off-again idea that Lex Luthor first met Clark Kent as a teenager.
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