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1. What is Dog Man's origin story?

Dog Man was created after a terrible explosion that severely injured a policeman and his police dog. While they were both clinging to life, the surgeons performed an operation during which they attached the police dog's head to the human policeman's body.

2. In what way does the foreword of Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls broaden the traditional definition of family?

The narrator explains in the foreword that Petey, "world's most morally conflicted cat," (11) often struggles to stay on the right side of the law. As a result, Li'l Petey has been staying with Dog Man and the robot 80-HD throughout his father Petey's last stint in jail and "together, the three friends have become a family" (14).

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