KRYPTO II	BIOGRAPHY
Created by Karl Kesel and Tom Grummett

PERSONAL DATA

Occupation: Pet
Hair: White (fur)
First Appearance: Adventures of Superman #501 (June 1993)
Creators: Karl Kesel and Tom Grummett

OVERVIEW

A dog saved from drowning by Bibbo Bibbowski, Krypto was the companion of Superboy for a while and now lives with Hillary Chang.

HISTORY

After Superman's supposed death, Bibbo Bibbowski rescued a young pup who was the last pup of his litter. His original owner had put all the puppies in a bag and left them to drown in a sewage canal along Metropolis's Suicide Slum.

Upon rescuing the pup, Bibbo originally planned to name the little mutt "Krypton," after the planet Superman came from, and due to the fact Superman was last of his litter too.

Bibbo went to get a dog tag with the name "Krypton" for the little dog. However, when he returned to get the tag he saw that the engraver had only put "Krypto" on the collar as he insisted that he only did 6 letter dog tags, as his sign said, unless of course Bibbo would be interested in paying a "modest" fee for the seventh. Unwilling to get chiselled out to pay more money, Bibbo punched the man out, and from then on called the pup Krypto.

Later on when Metropolis had been leveled by Lex Luthor and his assistant Happersen in their attempts to stop Superman and project Cadmus, Superboy and Dubbilex had returned to Metropolis to help rebuild. As Bibbo no longer thought that Metropolis was a safe place for the little pup, he gave the dog over to Dubbilex and Superboy to look after. Superboy really doesn't like that dog very much and the feeling is mutual. Dubbilex and Krypto do get along well though. Krypto currently lives with Superboy's good friend, Hillary Chang.

Krypto aided Superboy by biting and distracting the villainesses 'Snare,' and Amanda Spence, an agent of the Agenda that captured Superboy to create Match.

POWERS AND WEAPONS

Krypto has no powers, he's simply a very friendly dog.

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of Krypto in chronological order click here