Thankfully, the circus folk who witness the apparent hit-and-run stop to check on him, are awed when he regenerates thanks to his healing factor they adopt him into their circus as The Freakshow. He can't bear it any longer and leaps in front of a car. Dogpool, who is a dog, is despondent after being used as a test subject, thrown away in a dumpster, and rejected by every human he encountered.
He acquired his healing factor as an animal test subject for regenerating mascara which instead mutated him and gave him the power to regenerate himself.
