| Legion of Super-Pets | |
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 The Legion of Super-Pets as depicted inAdventure Comics #322 (July 1964). Art byCurt Swan. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Adventure Comics #293 (February 1962) |
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| In-story information | |
| Member(s) | Krypto the Superdog Streaky the Supercat Beppo the Super-Monkey Comet the Super-Horse Ch'p B'dg Proty II Detective Chimp Solovar Terrific Whatzit Jumpa Hoppy the Marvel Bunny Tawky Tawny Gleek Wonder Dog Rex the Wonder Dog Ace the Bat-Hound Bat-Cow Flexi the Plastic Bird Clay Critter Titus Pooch Streak the Wonder Dog Haley Fuzzy the Krypto Mouse |
TheLegion of Super-Pets is afictional team of superheropets in theDC Universe. The original membership includedKrypto,Streaky the Supercat,Beppo, andComet, with the shape-shifting alienProty II later joining.[1] The team first appeared inAdventure Comics #293 (February 1962), although all of the members except for Comet had appeared individually in earlier issues.[2] The group was removed from mainstream DC Comics continuity in 1986, but a new version appeared in mainstream comics in 2017.
The crossover seriesDC One Million in 1998 indicated that, in the 853rd century, a version of the team operates called theJustice Legion of Super-Zoomorphs. A follow-up story revealed that the universe of the 853rd century is protected by many teams representing theLegion of Super-Familiars, all of which are overseen by theLegion of Executive Familiars.
The Legion of Super-Pets are a group of superpowered animals from the past who are gathered byCosmic Boy,Lightning Lad, andSaturn Girl, the founding members of theLegion of Super-Heroes, to battle the alien Brain-Globes in the 31st century. After the Legion defeats the Brain-Globes, Saturn Girl declares the group of animals will be honored as the Legion of Super-Pets, a special branch of the Legion of Super-Heroes, before returning them to their times.[3] The Legion of Super-Pets make several subsequent appearances, in which the shapeshifting alienProty joins the team.[4]
The Legion of Super-Pets and their history are removed from DC Comics canon following theCrisis on Infinite Earths continuity reboot (1985). The group is reintroduced in theSuper Sons Annual (2018), and consists of Krypto, Streaky,Damian Wayne's dog Titus, Damian Wayne's cow Bat-Cow (acow with a bat-shaped patch over its eyes, previously introduced inBatman Inc.), along with two new animals making their first appearance in the story: Flexi the Plastic Bird, a parrot with powers similar toPlastic Man, and Clay Critter, a creature resembling Proty, possibly related toClayface. Other members includeCh'p andB'dg (H'lvenites from theGreen Lantern Corps),Solovar (a super-powered sapientgorilla fromGorilla City), theTerrific Whatzit (aturtle with theFlash's powers),Jumpa (anAmazonianbreed of kangaroo which was probablybred and originated in Themyscira, owned byWonder Woman),Hoppy the Marvel Bunny (arabbit withCaptain Marvel's powers),Tawky Tawny (a sapienttiger, and a friend of Captain Marvel),Wonder Dog (Wendy and Marvin's pet dog),Rex the Wonder Dog, alongside his brother, Pooch (a pair ofwhite shepherd dog brothers from the U.S. Army's K-9 Corps),Ace the Bat-Hound (Batman's dog originally owned by an engraver named John Wilker), Streak the Wonder Dog (Alan Scott's pet dog and sidekick companion), and Fuzzy, a mouse who gainedKryptonian powers from exposure to an unusual form ofkryptonite.,[5] In the special issueBitedentity Crisis (2024),Gleek is revealed to have joined the Legion of Super-Pets and Ace temporarily recruitsNightwing's dog Haley into the group.[6]
Several variations of the Legion of Super-Pets appear in "DC One Million". The first, theJustice Legion of Super-Zoomorphs, are led by Proty One Million and Master Mind, descendants ofProty andMister Mind.[7]DC One Million 80-Page Giant #1 introduces a coalition of super-powered animal teams collectively known as theLegion of Super-Familiars. They are led by theLegion of Executive Familiars, which includes Krypto-9, a descendant of Krypto; Octus, an eighth-dimensional cephalopod; Wormhole, a teleporting worm; and the twin sun-dogs Phaethon and Savitar.[8]
The Legion of Super-Pets, renamed theLeague of Super-Pets, appear inDC League of Super-Pets,[9][10][11][12][13][14] consisting of Krypto,Ace the Bat-Hound, theTerrific Whatzit,Chip, PB, a pot-bellied pig with size-shifting powers, and Mark and Keith, a pair of guinea pigs who possess pyrokinesis and hydrokinesis, respectively.
