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Krypto the Superdog #1
Here Comes Krypto
As the Last Pup of Krypton arrives on Earth, he meets his host family and new friend Kevin, and fights crime!
24 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 2014
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Jesse Leon McCann
208 books23 followersJesse Leon McCann is an American comic book and children's book author. He wrote most of the stories for the Pinky and the Brain comic series, edited two out of the four Simpsons episode guides, and wrote all of the Smiley the Psychotic Button comics for Chaos! Comics. McCann's Shrek II movie adaptation novel made the New York Times Best Selling Children's Book list in 2005. While McCann mostly scribes comic books and children's books, he has written for a variety of genres in different forms (such as the Austin Powers trivia game).
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July 8, 2026
“Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…a dog?”
What a fun throwback, this is a show I grew up on so I love the entire vibe of it and all the fun characters. It’s especially cool to see how this is packed in with two stories just like a Saturday morning cartoon. The first one is a pretty basic introduction to this world and Krypto, he’s a talking dog from krypton who lost his family, he finds new family in a boy named Kevin as he takes off his cape and collar during the day to pose as this kids dog. I love that no one addresses that Krypto can just talk normally to people and even though Superman and him are finally reunited he is allowed to stay and grow up like a normal dog with Kevin, it’s really sweet.
The second story throws us right into the midst of this world, in talking bathound and streaky already established and fighting crime against Joker’s hyenas. Hilariously joker gave his Hyena’s a net full of laughing gas, fully trusting two literal Hyenas to head out and commit crimes for him. And actually they would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for Krypto and Streaky. There entire plan was using laughing gas to make the rat population of Gotham laugh, the moment they did this all of the rats began to shake causing mini earthquakes throughout the city. Which is a silver age level of insanity. They were even able to use the laughing gas on bat hound to freeze him up, but of course our show pets got the best of them and saved the day. Now one thing I did note at the end is how much I wish this and more series take a sesame Street mentality when it comes to kids media. Kids see and do what they see, so when they see Kevin trying to give his pets chocolate as a reward then that doesn’t bode well. But this is also a pretty obscure comic at this point and I don’t think there is any risk in it, but I still feel that mentality is important to have depending on the perception of your demographic.
What a fun throwback, this is a show I grew up on so I love the entire vibe of it and all the fun characters. It’s especially cool to see how this is packed in with two stories just like a Saturday morning cartoon. The first one is a pretty basic introduction to this world and Krypto, he’s a talking dog from krypton who lost his family, he finds new family in a boy named Kevin as he takes off his cape and collar during the day to pose as this kids dog. I love that no one addresses that Krypto can just talk normally to people and even though Superman and him are finally reunited he is allowed to stay and grow up like a normal dog with Kevin, it’s really sweet.
The second story throws us right into the midst of this world, in talking bathound and streaky already established and fighting crime against Joker’s hyenas. Hilariously joker gave his Hyena’s a net full of laughing gas, fully trusting two literal Hyenas to head out and commit crimes for him. And actually they would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for Krypto and Streaky. There entire plan was using laughing gas to make the rat population of Gotham laugh, the moment they did this all of the rats began to shake causing mini earthquakes throughout the city. Which is a silver age level of insanity. They were even able to use the laughing gas on bat hound to freeze him up, but of course our show pets got the best of them and saved the day. Now one thing I did note at the end is how much I wish this and more series take a sesame Street mentality when it comes to kids media. Kids see and do what they see, so when they see Kevin trying to give his pets chocolate as a reward then that doesn’t bode well. But this is also a pretty obscure comic at this point and I don’t think there is any risk in it, but I still feel that mentality is important to have depending on the perception of your demographic.
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August 9, 2020
I love the silver age, so I was always a fan of Krypto. The series was cute and the six issue comic book spinoff was fun too. It's bring and colorful and features team-ups with Superman, Batman and Flash!
We talked about this series over on Comic Book Coffee Break:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Gh2...
We talked about this series over on Comic Book Coffee Break:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Gh2...
July 9, 2026
Read it for a badge. It’s for kids. That is all I gotta say about that.
October 5, 2016
This was a comic-style book that contained two stories featuring Krypto the Superdog.
In the first story, a puppy from Krypton is trapped in space for several years. When he comes out of hibernation and lands on earth, he's fully grown. He befriends an earth boy, but misses the little boy he knew on Krypton. He discovers he has superpowers and uses them to rescue some animals. But will he ever see his original owner again?
In the second story, strange earthquakes are happening every 15 minutes. Krypto, Supercat and Ace (Batman's dog) join forces to solve the case.
The eight-year-old girl I read this book to loved it. It was good to see a comic book about superheroes that wasn't dark. There were also some extra educational features in the back (i.e. jokes, glossary, info about the creators and some comprehension questions). I'll definitely be looking for the others in this series.
In the first story, a puppy from Krypton is trapped in space for several years. When he comes out of hibernation and lands on earth, he's fully grown. He befriends an earth boy, but misses the little boy he knew on Krypton. He discovers he has superpowers and uses them to rescue some animals. But will he ever see his original owner again?
In the second story, strange earthquakes are happening every 15 minutes. Krypto, Supercat and Ace (Batman's dog) join forces to solve the case.
The eight-year-old girl I read this book to loved it. It was good to see a comic book about superheroes that wasn't dark. There were also some extra educational features in the back (i.e. jokes, glossary, info about the creators and some comprehension questions). I'll definitely be looking for the others in this series.
February 19, 2014
Not up to par with the other comics coming out with DC/Capstone. Obviously for little kids; plots are very simple and straightforward; this contains two separate non-related stories with the first one being the introduction tale of how Ktypto got to Earth and why Superman lets him stay with Kevin. The second is a team up with Ace the Bat-Hound. But for the young intended audience the reading level is a bit high and the bubbles contain a lot of text. Not *my* thing and I'd recommend other Capstone series over this one.
October 6, 2015
Krypto is a fun superhero to read about.
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