 In the IDW Comics Krang is both an Utrom and a denizen of Dimension X.He is the heir of Quanin, the former Prime Minister of the Utroms' ruling council who appointed himself Emperor and aggressively expanded the Utrom domain into an empire.However, his megalomanic expansion drive both deprived his home planet of its most essential natural rescource, the Ooze, and incited rebellion among the subjugated people of Dimension X, eventually leading to the destruction of Utrominon.