The Comet Dog is the lead character in the online photo story The Adventures of The Comet Dog: Missing Someone Is Hard. The story features, Comet, a Golden Retriever, who is searching for his best friend, a deployed soldier. In the story, Comet takes on the identity of a superhero because dogs aren't allowed many places. The book uses photographs and the innocent eyes of a dog to show the challenges of deployment for the children, families, and friends of deployed troops. In real life, The Comet Dog is a purebred golden retriever born May 2, 2006.