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Having won the hearts of, well, everyone who saw the movie trailer, it only makes sense the Krypto is about to step into the comic book spotlight as part of DC’s Summer of Superman. After all, who doesn’t want to read the story of the best boy in the entire DCU in just five issues?

Launching in June as part of 'DC All In,' the new series Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton sees creators Ryan North and Mike Norton fully reveal what it took to bring Kal-El’s beloved pooch from the planet Krypton to the planet Earth, with each issue serving as a complete story that will add up to nothing less than the definitive origin of comics’ greatest canine. (Sorry, Dogpool.) The All In banner would also suggest that this is a canonical origin story, making this the very first in-canon solo comic book Krypto has had in his entire 70-year career. He has, thankfully, had solo comics that stood outside regular continuity in all that time, but still: this is a long, long overdue honor for the pup.

“Krypto's origin has always been done at kind of a high level," North said in a statement about the new series. "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 behavior, 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 honored these animals — Krypto in particular."

Norton, meanwhile, was far more succinct in his thoughts on the series, adding, “I’m always ready for drawing more dogs in comics. Krypto is a dream project!”

The series launches with a June 18 first issue, featuring cover artwork from Jae Lee and June Chung, and a second cover from Dustin Nguyen; you can see both, along with some interior artwork from Norton and color artist Ian Herring, in the gallery below.

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