It goes without saying at this point that Krypto stole the show in that first Superman trailer so you know everyone’s favorite Superdog will be a major part of promotion from both Warner Bros. and DC Comics. Sure enough, today at at ComicsPRO ’25 DC announced details for Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton, a new five-issue miniseries from the creative team of writer Ryan North and artist Mike Norton with colors by Ian Herring. Debuting on June 18th, a month before the release of the Superman film, the publisher described the Krypto miniseries as a “a heartfelt and moving view of humanity, good and bad, through the empathic eyes of the ultimate outsider: a poor, lost dog, who just happens to have superpowers.”
Here’s what writer Ryan North explained about the project:
“Krypto’s origin has always been done at kind of a high level,” said writer Ryan North. “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 tells us who he is and how he’s feeling like all dogs do: through his expressions and behaviour, through body language and barks and snuggles and licks and sighs. Dogs are some of the most expressive animals, and we absolutely love them, and I wanted to tell a story that really captured and honoured these animals—Krypto in particular.”
Artist Mike Norton is no stranger to working on comics with dogs, most notably Battlepug. So it’s no surprise he called this a “dream project.”
Here’s how the publisher describes this Krpto miniseries:
DC’s Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton comic book series begins Krypto’s journey on the planet Krypton. Jor-El and Lara are working on a ship capable of keeping someone alive in interstellar space, but when their first test—with Krypto inside—goes catastrophically wrong, the dog is thought lost. Unbeknownst to them, Krypto and his spacecraft merely entered an unexpected space-time gateway, and days later from his point of view—even though it’s been decades in real time—Krypto lands on Earth.
North elaborated the following on the structure of the Krypto miniseries:
“Each issue of this miniseries is a complete short story, combining to tell the full story of Krypto the Superdog. Throughout these stories we see Krypto face a strange new world. He travels from town to town, meeting and befriending people, sometimes helping to solve their problems—and sometimes finding problems of his own. He’s a very good dog.”
He added:
“Even in the face of evil, Krypto never gives up hope. He is strong, and he is brave—and brave enough to be kind.”
In addition to the main cover by Jae Lee and the first issue of this Krypto miniseries will feature a variant cover by Dustin Nguyen.
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