Krypto (dog)

This article is about Kryptonian pet. For Bizarro's pet animal, see Krypto.

Krypto was a Kryptonian canine and Kal-El's pet when he was as a baby.

History[]

Baby Kal-El had a puppy, who likely perished on Krypton.

Years later after the Black Mercy latched itself onto Superman, the man of steel began fantasizing of a life on Krypton where he was married to Loana-El and had a son named Van-El. Krypto was their pet who was adopted as an adult and the responsibility of Van. After the Black Mercy was removed from Superman, him, along with the rest of the fantasy, was destroyed.

Background information[]

Paul Dini had hoped to develop a Krypto story going back to Superman: The Animated Series. However, when he took his pitch to Bruce Timm, the latter responded "It's pretty good, but NO KRYPTO!"^[1]