The Legion of Super-Pets is a fictional team of super-powered pets in the DC Universe. The original membership included Krypto the Superdog, Streaky the Supercat, Beppo the Super-Monkey and Comet the Super-Horse, with the shape-shifting alien Proty II later joining. The team first appeared in Adventure Comics #293 (February 1962), although all of the members except for Comet had appeared individually in earlier issues. The group was removed from mainstream DC Comics continuity in 1986 but a new version appeared in mainstream comics in 2017.
DC Rebirth[]
A new Legion of Super-Pets team appeared in the Post-DC Rebirth universe in Super Sons Annual #1 (2017). This roster includes Krypto, Titus (Damian Wayne's dog), Streaky, and the Bat-Cow (a cow with a bat-shaped patch over its eyes, previously introduced in Batman Inc.), along with two new animals making their first appearance in the story: Flexi the Plastic Bird (a parrot with Plastic Man's powers) and Clay Critter (a creature resembling Proty, possibly related to Clayface).
The group is revealed to have secretly operated on several missions over the years (indicating that parts of their Silver Age history may be canon once more), but disbanded after a battle with Dex-Starr and Harley Quinn's hyenas Bud and Lou resulted in Clay Critter's apparent demise. Streaky evidently blamed Krypto for the loss of their teammate. In the Super Sons Annual #1 story, Krypto and Titus meet with Detective Chimp after realizing many dogs have gone missing. The two dogs reunite with Streaky, Bat-Cow and Flexi, and the group rescues the kidnapped dogs from an alien thief.
Other versions[]
- In DC Super Friends #14, Ch'p (the alien Green Lantern) is called in when the Super Friends are immobilized by Kanjar Ro. Realizing that only humans are affected by the immobilizing effect, John Stewart summons Ch'p to Earth. The squirrel-like Green Lantern then leads a version of the Legion of Super-Pets, (although he is quick to assert that he himself is not a pet) including Krypto, Streaky, Beppo, Ace the Bat Hound, a super-powered Octopus namely Topo, and Jumpa an Amazonian kangaroo, in a mission to free the planet from Kanjar Ro's evil plot.
- This group appears in the comic book Tiny Titans issue 6. Krypto the Superdog, Ace the Bat-Hound, Topo, Green Lantern (B'dg), Comet The Super-Horse, Krypto Mouse, Robin Robin, Super-Turtle, Terrific Whatzit, Hoppy the Bunny Marvel and Jumpa
- In DC Nation Shorts, some shorts show the legion of Super-Pets of Tiny Titans. The group's members were: Krypto the Superdog, Ace the Bat-Hound, Jumpa the wonder kangaroo, Ch'p the squirrel-like Green Lantern, and League Just Us Cows joined the team in one episode.
- In July 2018, Jared Stern had been hired by the studio to write and direct a CGI-animated film based on the team. By January 2019, DC Films announced Super Pets with a scheduled release of May 21, 2021. Sam Levine was later hired as co-director. On May 22, 2019, the release date was delayed to May 20, 2022. A 10 second teaser was presented at the DC FanDome event in August 2020. On May 21, 2021, it was announced that actor Dwayne Johnson had been cast as the voice of Krypto the Superdog. For the film, the group's lineup of pets has been partially changed and it has been named the DC League of Super-Pets. Additional voice actors announced for the film include Keanu Reeves, Kevin Hart and John Krasinski.
- Dwayne Johnson as Krypto the Superdog, Superman's dog.
- Kevin Hart as Ace the Bat-Hound, a hound who acquires the powers of super strength and invulnerability and Batman's dog.
- Vanessa Bayer as PB, a potbellied pig who acquires the power to grow in scale. She later becomes Wonder Woman's pet.
- Natasha Lyonne as Merton, a turtle who acquires super speed. She later becomes The Flash's pet.
- Diego Luna as Chip, a squirrel who acquires electric powers. He later becomes Green Lantern's pet.