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  Strontium Dog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Strontium Dog is a long-running comics series featuring in the British science fiction weekly 2000 AD, starring Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty hunter with an array of imaginative gadgets and weapons.
) showers of Strontium 90 in nuclear fallout led to the birth of a large population of mutants.
Strontium Dog, and in particular the death of Johnny Alpha, is referenced in an episode of TV sitcom Spaced.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strontium_Dog   (1108 words)

  
 Strontium Dog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Strontium Dog is another alias that I sometimes use whilst playing Death Match Quake II games on the Internet.
The Strontium Dogs were actually mutant bounty hunters fronted by a character called Johnny Alpha.
For Strontium made mutants and only mutants hunted other men for money and glory and by law the only work mutants are allowed to do is bounty hunting.
homepage.ntlworld.com /okan.guney/okan/docs/Quake/Strontium.htm   (196 words)

  
 Strontium Dog film movie trailer review at The Z Review
Strontium Dog was one of the first characters that they attempted to sell.
John Wagner also wrote a treatment for the project that eventually ended up in the magazine as a retelling of Strontium Dog after his death in the comic.
This page has no intention to infringe on the rights of the film and intellectual copyright holders of Strontium Dog and hold copyright over the movie, characters, merchandise and storyline.
www.thezreview.co.uk /comingsoon/s/strontiumdog.htm   (530 words)

  
 Strontium Dog - sffworld.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Strontium Dog: Long running strip in 2000AD comics (Judge Dredd et al, I don't know if americans, whom I presume form the majority here, get 2000AD over there).
In main it follows the adventures of Johnny Alpha; like so many in the far future was mutated from birth by strontium fallout; his eyes emit alpha radiation that allows him to see through solid objects and influence thought patterns.
My brother was the big Strontium Dog fan, that and the ABC Warriors - I was more Dan Dare, Dredd and the Stainless Steel Rat stories.
www.sffworld.com /forums/showthread.php?t=9005&page=1   (974 words)

  
 Strontium Dog
After ten years, Dr Bob is standing down as editor of Strontium Dog Fanzine Dogbreath.
Shaggy Dog Story began in 2000AD Prog 2006, and sees the bounty hunters teaming up with the hirsute Shaggy Fuzz to pursue shapeshifting criminal Ecto "No-Bones" Jones on Halcyon - a planet populated by hairless people.
Strontium Dog: The Early Cases is available from our close personal friends
www.strontiumdog.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk   (648 words)

  
 Comics UK - Starlord
We were introduced to Johnny Alpha and Wulf in Strontium Dog.
Strontium 90 was a radioactive isotope which is present from fallout in nuclear explosions and was able to be biologically absorbed and thus creating mutants in living creatures.
However, the nickname for these people was Strontium Dogs because of what they did - bounty hunting - and because of their exposure to the fallout.
www.comicsuk.co.uk /ComicInformationPages/StarlordPages/StarlordHomePage.asp?ReturnPage=CIP   (1551 words)

  
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Strontium Dog - Portrait of a Mutant - John Wagner ; Alan Grant
Following the Atom Wars in the 22nd century, many of the survivors were mutated by the Strontium 90 fallout.
Strontium Dog - John Wagner ; Alan Grant
www.play.com /play247.asp?page=title&r=BOOK&title=644868&p=92&g=149&pa=stgcs7   (283 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Strontium Dog: Prophet Margi: Books: Simon Spurrier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Strontium Dog 5: A Fistful of Strontium (Strontium Dog) by Jaspre Bark
Strontium Dog, Johnny Alpha, is on the hunt for the uber-hedonist and crimelord "Mister Grinn".
As a big fan of the original Strontium Dog comic, I was thrilled enough just to be getting to read a full length novel about my favourite mutants.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/184416134X?v=glance   (752 words)

  
 COMICON.com: 2000 AD SUMMER ASSAULT
Slaine and Strontium Dog will return to regular episode length in Prog 1351, and will be joined by two new strips, brand new story 'Leviathan' by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli, and the return of student paranormal investigators Bec & Kawl in 'Pest Control' by Si Spurrier and Steve Roberts.
Its mix of classic characters - Strontium Dog, Slaine - and new stories - Leviathan - means there should be something for everyone.
Ezquerra's art on Strontium Dogs looks pretty good, and I'm quite glad it'll be in colour.
www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=37&t=001050   (807 words)

  
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Inside Makeria's boxes were two capsules of highly radioactive metals -- strontium and cesium -- of a type that terrorism experts said can be used in a "dirty...
The 10 compounds were arsenic, boron, chloride, dissolved solids, fluoride, manganese, nitrate, radon, strontium and sulfate.
Inside Makeria's boxes were two capsules of highly radioactive metals -- strontium and cesium -- of a type that terrorism experts say can be used in a dirty...
carcinogens.cancer-help.org /ssi/20040601/Strontium.html   (417 words)

  
 Comicartfans :: Galleries :: dayglo, rufus :: Colin MacNeil Art
Strontium Dog, 'The Town that Died of Shame' Pg 2
Strontium Dog, 'The Town that Died of Shame' Pg 3
Strontium Dog, 'The Town that died of shame' Pg 6
www.comicartfans.com /galleryRoom.asp?GSub=7168   (165 words)

  
 Art droids>2000 AD catalogue text p.3
Strontium Dog was originally created by Alan Grant and Carlos Ezquerra for 2000 AD’s sister paper Starlord.
The stories are set in a post-holocaust future and feature the adventures of a team of mutant bounty hunters.
One of the reasons for the longevity of the comic has been its consistent willingness to import new talent and new graphic approaches.
www.vam.ac.uk /vastatic/wid/exhibits/artdroids/Catalogue-textp03.html   (1325 words)

  
 Prophet Margin by Simon Spurrier - review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
'Prophet Margin' is a Strontium Dog novel, with Strontium Dog being Johnny Alpha, the mutant bounty hunter of future from the 2000 AD comic.
The subsequent Strontium 90 fallout creates a mutant underclass, and the only way a mutant has a chance of making a decent living is by becoming a bounty hunter.
Pulp SF as it was intended to be with action, big-guns, mutants, and a welcome excursion into a society that in many ways parody's our own.
www.darkanimus.com /rv_spurrier1.html   (313 words)

  
 Lost Property: Whistler vol1 reviewed
I should preface this by saying that although I have read Strontium Dog in the distant past I don't remember it too well, and have not read any issue of Dog Breath.
Whistler himself is a Strontium Dog bounty-hunter, whose mutation has left his head looking suspiciously like that of a parrot.
Well worth picking up if you're a reader of Dog Breath, but readers should be wary if they are not too familiar with Strontium Dog.
lostpropertybybolt-01.blogspot.com /2006/03/whistler-vol1-reviewed.html   (499 words)

  
 2000 AD Review - Strontium Dog - Day of the Dogs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
What to Expect: Asdoel Zo hires Johnny Alpha and his Strontium Dogs to collect the bounty on Preacher Tarkettle, the man who killed his family...
At first, the story seems like a rerun of the earlier Strontium Dog novel ‘Bad Timing’, as we are introduced one by one to a team of Dogs who’ll aid Johnny in his task.
But it soon becomes clear that this is not the case, as the gathering of the team, and not the mission itself, is the main thrust of the narrative.
www.2000adreview.co.uk /reviews/extra/2005/books/dayofdogs/strontium_dog_day_of_the_dogs.shtml   (609 words)

  
 Strontium Dog - Page 2 - sffworld.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It's a highly imaginative tale, with jetpack assaults on flying cities, guerilla raids on futuristic tank convoys and an unforgettable cast of distinct (internally as well as externally!) characters.
It also contained a story where the Dogs make for Nazi Germany to capture Hitler.
The circumstances surround Hitler's mysterious death are finally resolvein hilarious fashion (in the end it was a simple case of cloning ploys, German farmers and time travel.
www.sffworld.com /forums/showthread.php?p=243155   (164 words)

  
 Strontium Dog, Johnny Alpha, 4-Guns and Scottish accents - RPGnet Forums
Strontium Dog, Johnny Alpha, 4-Guns and Scottish accents
When I was young, a friend of mine made up a Strontium Dog RPG based on the popular British comic 2000AD.
However, as recently as two days ago, Matthew Sprange of Mongoose announced over on uk.games.roleplay that their next 2000AD-based game would be a Strontium Dogs/Rogue Trooper combination.
forum.rpg.net /showthread.php?t=23299   (289 words)

  
 Strontium Dog for Unreal Tournament 2004 - Mod DB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Strontium Dog for Unreal Tournament 2004 - Mod DB Home
Based on the hugely popular british comic strip, Strontium Dog follows the adventures of interplanetary bounty hunter Johnny Alpha - Search/Destroy Agent with the Galactic Crime Commission.
Alpha is the best of these "Strontium Dogs", feared across the galaxy by fugitives and criminals.
mods.moddb.com /3605/strontium-dog   (223 words)

  
 2000 AD Progs 101 to 200
Strontium Dog - The Doc Quince Case i
Strontium Dog - The Doc Quince Case ii
Strontium Dog - Portrait of a Mutant i
www.iol.ie /~joeharte/1012200.htm   (639 words)

  
 Bad Timing review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
There have been three Judge Dredd books (the first a novelisation of a computer game and the second by well-known Who author David Bishop), one ABC Warriors books and this, the first Strontium Dog novel.
Johnny Alpha and a bunch of other Strontium Dogs get caught up in an intrigue involving competing super-villains which takes them to a planet affected by 'chronodiation', where time runs funny.
It's been a while since I read "2000AD" regularly, but as far as I remember the book captured well the style of "Strontium Dog", the violence, the cynicism, but also the wit.
www.bondegezou.demon.co.uk /reviews/badtiming.htm   (438 words)

  
 kidsamurai's Xanga Site
today i am doing a review of the career of a character from 2000ad called johnny alpha the strontium dog before i begin i must mention that johnny alpha strontium dog and all 2000AD Characters and Imagery are (tm) and © 2002 Rebellion All rights reserved.
when i was a boy i read the galaxys greatest comic regularly and was thrilled by the story of john kreelman better knowen as his code name johnny alpha he works for the s/d agency cruely named by humans as the strontium dogs johnny special power was mutant eyes that can emit piercing Alpha rays.
after the death of johnny and the destruction of the base the surviving characters featured in their own series called strontium dogs i hated it however in prog 2000 (released at the end of 1999) they began featuring tales before johnnys death and they are fantastic
www.xanga.com /kidsamurai   (509 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Strontium Dog #3: Ruthless: Books: Jonathan Clements   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He has translated dozens of anime/manga as well as poetry and songs and in 2000, he received a Japan Festival Award for outstanding contributions to the understanding of Japanese culture.
His writing includes scripts for Strontium Dog: Down to Earth, Judge Dredd: Trapped on Titan.
RUTHLESS was my first foray into the Strontium Dog novels.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1844161366?v=glance   (678 words)

  
 COMICON.com: DREDDCON 4 SET FOR DEC. 6
Wagner and Ezquerra are two of 2000 AD’s longest-serving creators, and have been responsible, as a team and with other writers and artists, for some of the most legendary moments in 2000 AD’s history.
Arthur Ranson’s detailed realistic art style has graced many 2000 AD stories, and he is particularly well known for his stunning rendition of Judge Anderson in many collaborations with Alan Grant.
The Union will be providing buffet food during the day and cooked food in the evening, and we are planning to have videos and music in the bar area after the events have concluded.
www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=37&t=001396   (487 words)

  
 Abebooks Search Results - Sooner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dredd; Metalzoic; Strontium Dog; Ace Trucking; Sooner or Later; Candy and the Catchman.
Dredd; Strontium Dog; Anderson Psi Division; Ace Trucking; Sooner or Later; Future Shock.
Dredd; Strontium Dog; Ace Trucking; Sooner or Later; Future Shock; Nemesis.
www.abebooks.co.uk /search/sortby/3/kn/Sooner   (962 words)

  
 Strontium Dogs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
I guess you could say that my father was a freak strontium storm that she was caught in before I was born.
It was a dirty and dangerous job, ideal for mutants,' according to the 'norms'.
Durham Red is currently the best of original strontium dog characters (introduced in prog 505, with Johnny Alpha in the 25 part epic "Bitch", by Alan Grant and Carlos Ezquerra) currently drawn by Mark Harrison.
www.bry.fast.co.za /~stuartm/rave/cypunx/comix/stront.html   (1212 words)

  
 STRONTIUM DOG
You can be a Strontium Bitch if you want to.
But that needn't stop mutants from elsewhere being a Strontium Dog.
*Yes, Strontium Dog is the perfect SF rolegame setting - if you want to play a socially excluded freak with a licence for violence.
homepages.tesco.net /~n.faulkner/rolegam/strondog.htm   (925 words)

  
 pureehosting.com > Amazon Shop > Durham Red 3: The Encoded Heart (Durham Red)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Strontium Dog 5: A Fistful of Strontium (Strontium Dog)
Strontium Dog 5: A Fistful of Strontium (Strontium...
Strontium Dog #4: Day of the Dogs (Strontium Dog)
www.pureehosting.com /amazon-buy-1844162729.html   (117 words)

  
 Strontium Dog Audio #1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Warped by the mutating effects of radioactive Strontium 90 fallout, mutants are a victimised underclass on Earth.
Johnny Alpha is one such "Strontium Dog" - a good man in a bad Galaxy.
With criminals in short supply, the bounty hunters compete for the left-overs.
www.2000ad.nu /classof79/SD.htm   (201 words)

  
 Strontium Dog - Fire From Heaven
Cowering in fear of the Devastator death-god, the simple folk of the desert planet Muspel worship a prophet who fell from the sky.
He prepares them for the final battle, predicting that the Devastator will send terrifying agents of destruction… the Strontium Gods!
But high-priest "Omega" is really fugitive conman Oswald Mega, ready to resist arrest with an army of fanatical followers.
www.muramasaindustries.com /fiction/strontiumdog/firefromheaven/firefromheaven.html   (194 words)

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