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Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #4 is another emotional gut punch

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Krypto has made a new friend—another stray—and together, the two of the mare traveling across America. But they are not alone, for a monster from a distant world has come to Earth, and their two paths are now on a collision course. Krypto,with superpowers that are just coming in, must find a way to defend himself, hisfriend—and his planet.

Story: Ryan North
Art: Mike Norton
Color: Ian Herring
Letterer: Ferran Delgado

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Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #3 is another issue that pulls at the heart strings

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Krypto, the last dog of Krypton, has seen some of the worst of what Earth can offer–and escaped it with his life. And yet, he still hasn’t given up hope. Alone, Krypto wanders through a forest in the depths of winter, until one day, he encounters a young girl who is also lost. At least they can be lost together. But humans aren’t as equipped to survive in the wilderness as dogs are, and there will come a point when this girl can walk no more…and a strange visitor from another world will be her only hope.

Story: Ryan North
Art: Mike Norton
Color: Ian Herring
Letterer: Lucas Gattoni

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Zeus Comics
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Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #2 is really good but features rough subject matter

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Krypto, the last dog of Krypton, has landed on an alien world called Earth after his shuttle test went catastrophically wrong. Krypto wanders into a city, scared and hurt… But this lost dog has found someone to take care of him. A young man: troubled, unkind, but ambitious. Krypto just wants to be loved, but that may not be something this boy is capable of. Krypto may be the first to suffer at the hands…of Lex Luthor!

Story: Ryan North
Art: Mike Norton
Color: Ian Herring
Letterer: Lucas Gattoni

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Zeus Comics
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Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1 shows what a good boy Krypto is while tugging at heart strings

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Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1

There will come a day when Krypto stands beside Superman, helping him fight off monsters, aliens, and supervillains–a day when this dog will save his adoptive world thanks to the incredible powers granted him by Earth’s strange yellow sun. But he’s not there yet. Today, Krypto is a normal puppy on Krypton, spending each happy, snoozy, endless day alongside his family: Jor-El, Lara, and baby Kal-El. But when a rocket test goes wrong, Krypto finds himself lost in space–and soon crash-landing, all alone, on a strange and alien world called Earth. Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1 puts the star of the upcoming Superman film in the spotlight delivering an origin tale that’ll get you to choke up.

I’ve never been much of an animal person. I had a few pets growing up but no cats or dogs and only one I really got attached to. I hate to see animals suffer or when it’s clear they’re sad, but I’m not what I’d call an “animal lover” (though I did just get a cat who loves to snuggle with me). Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1 though, hits me in the heart.

An origin of sorts, Ryan North kicks off the series following Krypto’s journey from Krypton to Earth. How did the dog get here? Well, all of that is answered as we see Kal-El’s parents scrambling as to what to do knowing Krypton is dying and its leaders are doing nothing about it. We see the process they go through which includes building the familiar rocket that eventually sends Kal to Earth but they had to test that right? Well, after some unmanned tests, Krypto is chosen to see what will happen.

North sets up Krypto as that loyal best friend, following commands, curling up with a baby Kal-El, generally being a loyal dog that would be a great addition to any family. It’s an adorable comic that does a great job of connecting the reader to care about Krypto, especially when things go wrong. North nails down his journey and those final moments before he’s swept away really nail down the emotion of it all. But, North also does an excellent job of getting to the point, Krypto getting to Earth. The comic doesn’t linger with a solid pace getting readers to care but also to the main story that’s to come.

Mike Norton‘s art is great making Krypto adorable while also capturing the heartache of the entire situation. While Krypto rockets through space, a few panels just hit the reader hard. It’s such a sad but sweet moment showing such trust between Krypto and his family but also such a betrayal in some ways too. Norton is able to convey so much through the art and it’s key seeing as Krypto has no dialogue to really tell us what he thinks. There is an intriguing thing at the end of the issue as far as the art as the Earth Krypto lands on feels like there’s sort of a mix of styles of time period. So we know where Krypto has landed but the “when” is a bit up in the air based on the art detail.

Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1 hits hard in so many ways with a sweet story that shows off why this lovable canine has such a fandom. It’s a great debut that gives a great origin story that is sci-fi adventure mixed with an emotional center.

Story: Ryan North Art: Mike Norton
Color: Ian Herring Letterer: Lucas Gattoni
Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy

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ComicsPRO 2025: DC reveals Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton by Ryan North and Mike Norton

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DC has announced a new five-issue DC All In comic book series, Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton by writer Ryan North and artist Mike Norton, as part of their “Summer of Superman.” Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton is set to debut on June 18, 2025, and delivers 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.

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.

Through the five issues of Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton, Krypto explores Earth in search of his family. Finding himself lost and alone on our alien world—and with strange new superpowers quickly coming in—Krypto begins traveling the strange planet he finds himself in the middle of, always on the trail of his lost friend: Kal-El, a being now better known as Superman.

Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1, written by Ryan North with art by Mike Norton and colors by Ian Herring, will publish on June 18, 2025, with a main cover by Jae Lee and a variant cover by Dustin Nguyen.

Dust off your magic and check into the Maynard Hotel with Welcome to the Maynard

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Dark Horse Comics presents Welcome to the Maynard, a new fantasy mystery series from Eisner Award-winner James Robinson and Eisner Award-winner J. Bone. Penned by Robinson, illustrated by Bone, colored by Ian Herring, and lettered by Jim Campbell, the first issue in this enchanting series featuring magic, mystery, spells, sorcery, and first-class hotel room service arrives November 2024. Issue #1 will be available with cover art by J.Bone and a variant cover by Chris Samnee.

“Welcome to the Maynard!”

The Maynard is a hotel unlike any other, a place where every guest and staff member has magic in their veins. It’s a hotel for magicians, witches, and otherworldly beings. It’s also where Phillipa (Pip) Dale begins her first day as the hotel’s new bellhop (and trainee house detective). She’s immediately sent on the hunt for a magical hotel thief whose daring thefts are part of a much bigger mystery, one that could turn deadly at any moment. And that’s just one of the many challenges and perils Pip must face in her new job in the magical Maynard Hotel, a wonderful, thrilling, fun place… so please come in and stay a while.

The series reunites Robinson with J. Bone, whose clean-line style evoking European comics, brings an added bright energy to this series. While Welcome To The Maynard has magical mystery and danger, it is also a book filled with hope and joy, and is written to appeal to all ages, young and old.

Welcome to the Maynard #1 (of 4) will arrive in comic shops on November 27, 2024 and is now available to preorder at your local comic shop for $4.99.

Preview: Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #3

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Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #3

(W) Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum (A/CA) Scott Hepburn
In Shops: Jun 05, 2024
SRP: $4.99

Loretta Follis has been a mother, a grandmother and an infamous supercrook named Toy Queen… but tonight she’s become a target. When a group of ruthless teen heroes come to her apartment complex to capture her as bait for her daughter Frankie, Loretta decides to pick up her Jack-in-the-Box gun for one last fight. It’s octogenarian supervillain vs tween sidekick psychopaths in brutal winner takes all. The body count will rise in a story we call “Last Stand at La Leyenda.”

Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #3

Preview: Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #2

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Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #2

(W) Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum (A/CA) Scott Hepburn
In Shops: May 01, 2024
SRP: $4.99

With Brain Tease out of the picture, the sadistic teen heroes, The Action, have set their sights on Frankie as they tear through Redport to uncover the truth about The Insomniac’s death. Meanwhile Frankie’s recent reckless behavior begins to jeopardize her criminal empire, putting her in direct conflict with her partner Scalpel. It’s Minor Threat vs Minor Threat in a brutal rooftop battle for the ages. All that and “justice for Snakestalker” as the second arc of the Minor Threats saga continues…

Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #2

Gemstone Publishing moves into publishing graphic novels starting with Kill Shakespeare

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For the first time in its history Gemstone Publishing, the publisher of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, will publish graphic novels, beginning with Pulitzer Prize-Winning writer Anthony Del Col’s acclaimed series Kill Shakespeare. The publishing program begins on Free Comic Book Day, May 4, 2024 with the release of the first act of Romeo Vs. Juliet: A Kill Shakespeare Adventure. Del Col returns to the world of the Bard in this all-new story featuring the beloved star-crossed lovers which provides the ultimate twist. The story continues November 19, 2024 with the publication of the original graphic novel Romeo Vs. Juliet: A Kill Shakespeare Adventure written by Del Col, with art by Stefan Tosheff, letters by Becca Carey, and enveloped in a cover by acclaimed artist Richard Isanove. On September 24, 2024, Gemstone will publish Kill Shakespeare 1st Folio, a new compendium edition of the groundbreaking Kill Shakespeare series, collecting Volumes 1 and 2,by co-writers Del Col and Conor McCreery, artist Andy Belanger and colorist Ian Herring with Kill Shakespeare 2nd Folio to follow next spring.

In the new story Romeo Vs. Juliet is a great entry point for everyone—Juliet Capulet has survived her ordeal with Romeo and has reinvented herself as an independent warrior-for-hire. In order to help protect a small nunnery and border town from her ex-lover, Juliet must reunite with old allies, including Hamlet, Othello, and Puck. Also, Juliet’s pregnant! The father could be either Hamlet… or Romeo?

Kill Shakespeare originally launched as a series of award-winning comic books and has expanded to board games, an audio drama, and a live stage show. Launched by IDW Publishing in 2010, the comics were an immediate success, with the first issue receiving acclaim from NPR, The New York Times and CBC. Combining amazing action sequences with a sprawling, emotional, adventure, Kill Shakespeare was nominated for a Harvey Award for Best New Comic Series and Joe Shuster Award for Best Comic Writing.

Preview: Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #1

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Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #1

(W) Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum (A/CA) Scott Hepburn
In Shops: Apr 03, 2024
SRP: $4.99

The hit superhero saga that’s Watchmen meets The Wire returns from Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum and superstar artist Scott Hepburn. Frankie Follis AKA the costumed criminal Playtime has won. Twilight City’s greatest hero The Insomniac and its greatest villain The Stickman are dead, allowing Frankie to unify the super crook underworld and assert herself as the Queenpin of Redport. But Frankie is feeling the pressure from every side. Rival gangs are challenging her authority, Scalpel her consigliere is pushing her to legitimize her empire, and the act of murdering The Insomniac has broken something deep inside her. Frankie is about to learn the hard way… heavy is the head that wears the supervillain crown. In the vein of Sin City, Black Hammer, and The Boys, this noir-ish superhero caper, focuses on a lower-class kind of criminal, similar to the Coen Bros most pulpy films, but set in a high concept world of heroes and villains.

Minor Threats: The Fastest Way Down #1
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