originally IPC Media (Fleetway) to 1999, thereafter Rebellion Developments
First appearance
Starlord #1 (1978)
Created by
John Wagner Carlos Ezquerra
In-story information
Alter ego
John Kreelman
Team affiliations
Search/Destroy Agency
Notable aliases
Johnny Alpha
Abilities
Mutant eyes allow him to see through solid objects and read brainwave patterns, limited telekinesis, superb military skills, has mastered Yogi trick of stopping & restarting his own heartbeat
Strontium Dog is a long-running British comics series starring Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty hunter who lives in Earth's future. The series was created in 1978 by writer John Wagner (under the pseudonym T. B. Grover) and artist Carlos Ezquerra for Starlord, a short-lived weekly science fiction comic. When Starlord was cancelled, the series transferred to the British science fiction weekly 2000 AD. In 1980, Wagner was joined by co-writer Alan Grant, although scripts were normally credited to Grant alone. Grant wrote the series by himself from 1988 to 1990. Wagner revived the series after a ten-year hiatus in 2000. After Ezquerra's death in October 2018, the series was put in indefinite hiatus with no current plans for its continuation (other than some single-episode stories in special issues aimed at younger readers).
The series takes place in an imagined future after the Great Nuclear War of 2150. Due to nuclear fallout of strontium-90, humanity has an increased number of mutant births, most of whom have physical abnormalities but some of whom possess superhuman abilities. John Kreelman is born with white blank eyes and a mutant "alpha radiation" power that grants him greater perception, allowing telepathy and the ability to see through many surfaces. Facing discrimination, John Kreelman adopts the name "Johnny Alpha" and becomes a bounty hunter for the Search/Destroy Agency. Due to the origin of their mutation and their S/D badges, mutant bounty hunters are nicknamed "strontium dogs." A formidable bounty hunter, Johnny Alpha uses not only his mutant abilities in combat but also an array of high-tech gadgets and weapons.
Strontium Dog stories are often known for a bleak, minimalistic edge at times reminiscent of spaghetti westerns. Several stories veer into satire and overtly bizarre science fantasy. Johnny Alpha's adventures sometimes involve time travel (such as a mission to 1945 where he attempts to apprehend Adolf Hitler) or alternate dimension (including one that seems to be Hell). On several occasions, Johnny Alpha's time travel adventures to periods before the Great Nuclear War have featured him crossing paths with popular 2000 AD character Judge Dredd.
StrontiumDog is a long-running British comics series starring Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty hunter who lives in Earth's future. The series was created...
(1977), for which he created numerous characters, including Judge Dredd, StrontiumDog, Robo-Hunter and Button Man. In the 1980s, he and co-writer Alan Grant...
middle during the American Civil War. In 1978 he and Wagner created "StrontiumDog", a sci-fi western about a bounty hunter in a future where mutants are...
characters from the series StrontiumDog. In these, Judge Dredd is played by Toby Longworth, and Johnny Alpha from StrontiumDog is played by Simon Pegg...
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properties. These include Doctor Who, the characters Judge Dredd and StrontiumDog from 2000 AD, Blake's 7, Dark Shadows, Dracula, Terrahawks, Sapphire...
zombie-hunter named Dr. Fell. He played mutant bounty hunter Johnny Alpha, the StrontiumDog, in a series of Big Finish Productions audio plays based on the character...
British comic 2000 AD a storyline called The Shicklgruber Grab from StrontiumDog mutant bounty hunters Johnny Alpha and Wulf Sternhammer are hired to...
Doctor Who series. Two plays were spin-offs featuring characters from StrontiumDog, with Simon Pegg as Johnny Alpha. Big Finish Productions Big Finish...
or radio under the auspices of Big Finish Productions, including the StrontiumDog series, starring Simon Pegg, and the Doctor Who spin-off Sympathy for...
being credited as "A. Smithee," is also believed to be D.G. Chichester. StrontiumDog, a 2000AD comic strip: In 1996, writer Peter Hogan was dropped from...
Katie Cook The Gronk, a supporting character in the 2000 AD series StrontiumDog A dinosaur character in the comic series B.C. A character on The Hilarious...
several 2000 AD stories in trade paperback form, including Judge Dredd, StrontiumDog, Nikolai Dante, and Sinister Dexter. When DC left the venture, citing...
issue of Marvel Comic's Punisher by Garth Ennis and Richard Corben StrontiumDog, set in a post-nuclear war earth where many humans have been deformed...
strip, Bloom County comic strip (October 11, 1981), as well as in the StrontiumDog comic story "Bitch", published in 2000 AD, which featured President...
Tharg's Dragon Tales, as well as reinventing the long-running StrontiumDog series as Strontium Dogs and supervising the Durham Red spin-off series. Hogan...
between the tips of wings to try and zero in". Chambers also designed Strontium Dogs, a skirmish game, which was released by Warlord Games in 2018. In...
AD series, as well as the supporting role of Wulf Sternhammer in the StrontiumDog series. In Judge Dredd: Solo he provided the voices for all 34 roles...
rights to reissue colourised versions of Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, StrontiumDog, Sam Slade and Halo Jones – the cream of 2000AD's catalogue at that...
sidekick and lover for Johnny Alpha in the long-running comic book series StrontiumDog in 2000 AD. She is a bounty hunter with a mutation that gives her a...
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