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Krypto is the loyal companion of Superman.
History
Origin
During Krypton's final moments, Jor-El tried to save his family by opening a portal to the Phantom Zone, when suddenly the incarcerates tried to escape. Krypto bravely defends the family but was sucked into the Zone, while baby Kal-El showed anguish at losing the dog.[1]
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Meeting Kal-El (again)
When an adult Kal-El was trapped in the Phantom Zone, Krypto was able to smell Superman and eventually reunited with him. Superman refused to leave Krypto in the Zone, and so, when Superman managed to escape from the Zone, he came back to save Krypto and exposed him to Earth's yellow sun, saving his life and granting him powers. [2]
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Adventures with Superman
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Adventures with Superboy
At some point after their encounter with H'el, Superman intrusted Superboy to take care of Krypto. Learning a lesson after his battle with H'el, Superboy would also return the millions he stole from the bank. While fighting a villain, Superboy was tricked by Doctor Psycho. Superboy would also defeat a H.I.V.E. villain with his help. Superboy also assisted a girl who was manifesting a monster with her mind. He was tricked into destroying a school thinking that a villain was teleporting around. Superboy finally snapped out of his trance after he used a phone camera to realize that there was actually no villain there after all. The "villain" turned out just to be a manifestation of his Superboy's fears created by the Psycho Pirate. Even with all his power, Superboy could not defeat him. Superboy was badly beaten and all his telekinetic senses were temporarily stolen from him.[3]
Alongside the Superman Family again
After Superman was infected by the Doomsday virus from killing Doomsday, he went into hiding in Alaska where he reunited with Krypto. However, Superman ran into some poachers who were attacking a nearby wolf. Losing his calm because of the virus, Superman destroyed their plane while sparing their lives. Superman then attempted to enter the Fortress of Solitude but it didn't allow him to get in because the virus altered his DNA, and when Krypto growls at him because of the change, Superman decides to return to Metropolis.[4]
Krypto then stayed in the Arctic until Batman, Wonder Woman and Steel came to the Fortress to find a cure for Superman. Following Doomsday's trail, Krypto entered an unstable Phantom Zone. After a confrontation with Xa-Du, who claimed there wasn't a cure, the team exites the Phantom Zone alongside Xa-Du.[5]
Accompanying Supergirl
Krypto accompanied Supergirl when she traveled to the remains of Krypton.
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Powers and Abilities
Powers
Weaknesses
Notes
- Krypto was created by Otto Binder and Curt Swan, first appearing in Adventure Comics #210. However, in the Prime Earth continuity, Krypto first appeared as part of the New 52 DC Universe in Action Comics (Volume 2) #3 by Grant Morrison, Rags Morales, and Gene Ha.
- Krypto (Prime Earth) appears as Krypto (Prime) a playable character in the Infinite Crisis video game.
Related
- 101 Appearances of Krypto (Prime Earth)
- 38 Images featuring Krypto (Prime Earth)
- Quotations by or about Krypto (Prime Earth)
- Character Gallery: Krypto (Prime Earth)
Footnotes
  This character is or was a member of the Super Pets in any of its various incarnations, super-powerful sentient animals that fight crime together. |
 Superman Family member |
