Strontium Dog
Originally published in Starlord and featuring Johnny Alpha and Wulf Sternhammer as interstellar bounty hunters, but with a strong western feel. Core to the strip is the idea of norms and muties, and the deep-rooted prejudice shown against the mutant populations of Earth after a nuclear war.
With the controversial death of the main characters, the strip was taken up by different creators and tried to branch out with both the Tales From the Doghouse and Strontium Dogs. These ultimately failed to take off and the original creative team returned to tell flashback tales before it was decided to resurrect Alpha for some new adventures.
Johnny & Wulf 1978-1986 |
Sacrifices 1986-1990 |
Flashbacks 1990-2009 |
Life & Death 2010-2024 |
Features |
Art by Carlos Ezquerra
- The 2000 AD ABC: Strontium Dog
- Shop: Strontium Dog
>>Text Stories<< | |||||||||
Story Title | Parts | Pages | w indicates a wraparound coverCovers | Year(s) | Issues | Writer | Artist | Colourist | Letterer |
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Part comic strip.[Kurtiz on Krillion-6] | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1980 | SFS3 | unknown | Not sure: Steve Kyte or Carlos Ezquerra? unknown | [b&w] | n/a |
Night of the Blood Freaks | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1980 | 2KA'81 | unknown | Brett Ewins Carlos Ezquerra [reprints]various | <-- pp1-3, [b&w] | n/a |
The Iraldi Job | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1983 | 2KA'84 | Chris Lowder | Chiaroscuro | [b&w] | n/a |
>>Features<< | |||||||||
Multi‑part game.Hell Planet | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1978 | SL4-8 | Pat Mills | King | <-- | n/a |
Subtitled: "2000 AD Special Quiz".You Are a Strontium Dog | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1979 | SFS2 | editorial | unknown | [b&w] | n/a |
Contents page.Contents [Johnny Alpha] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1981 | 2KA'82 | n/a | Robin Smith | <-- | n/a |
2000 AD Fact-File: Strontium Dog | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1981 | 2KA'82 | editorial | Carlos Ezquerra | [b&w] | n/a |
In the Doghouse | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1982 | 2KA'83 | Editorial | Carlos Ezquerra | [monochrome] | n/a |
Scissor‑Scan.Strontium Dog Action Figure | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1985 | Reprints: 2KA'88SFS8 | n/a | Robin Smith | <-- | n/a |
Introduction to The Beast of Milton Keynes.The Muties From Milton Keynes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1985 | 2KA'86 | editorial | Carlos Ezquerra | [b&w] | n/a |
Strontium Dog Quiz Special | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1986 | 2KA'87 | editorial | Reprint.Carlos Ezquerra | [b&w] | n/a |
Data File.Johnny Alpha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1990 | JDA'91 | unknown | unknown | [b&w] | n/a |
My Life as a Dog | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1990 | JDA'91 | Mike Butcher | unknown | [b&w] | n/a |
Character Profile: Strontium Dog | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1992 | M2.04 | Mike Butcher | Dean Ormston | <-- | n/a |
From Strontium Dogs Also indexes Strontium Dog.Strontium Dogs: The Series Index | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1994 | SDPP | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Data Bytes: Strontium Dog | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1999 | p2000 | editorial | Carlos Ezquerra | <-- | n/a |
Mutants Pay Taxes Too | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2003 | 1350 | James Norton | James Norton | <-- | n/a |
Reprint of 1766 cover.Series Update | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2015 | 1924 | unknown | Dylan Teague | [color overlay] | n/a |
>>Posters / Teasers<< | |||||||||
Starlord Pin‑Up.Johnny Alpha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1978 | SL21 | n/a | Carlos Ezquerra | <-- | n/a |
Strontium Dog: The Attackers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1980 | 191 | n/a | Carlos Ezquerra | <-- | n/a |
Star Pin‑Up.Johnny Alpha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1986 | 466 | n/a | Skizziks | [b&w] | n/a |
Star Pin‑Up.Mutie and the Beast: [Johnny Alpha] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1987 | SFS10 | n/a | unknown | <-- | n/a |
Star Scan.Johnny Alpha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1987 | 539 | n/a | Liam McCormack-Sharp | <-- | n/a |
Star Scan.Johnny Alpha | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1987 | 553 | n/a | Carlos Ezquerra | <-- | n/a |
The Dog-House Boys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1988 | 564 | n/a | Carlos Ezquerra | <-- | n/a |
Strontium Dog - The Difference Will Surprise You… | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1988 | 570 | n/a | Simon Harrison | [b&w] | n/a |
Strontium Dog - Welcome to Milton Keynes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1988 | 601 | n/a | Simon Harrison | [b&w] | n/a |
[Johnny & Wulf] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1989 | 613 | n/a | Mike Collins | <-- | n/a |
Star Scan.[Johnny Alpha] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1990 | 669 | n/a | David Hine | <-- | n/a |
Star Scan.In Memoriam - Johnny Alpha (2150-2180) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1990 | 692 | n/a | Colin MacNeil | <-- | n/a |
Clean cover reprint of prog 686.[Dark Memories] | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1993 | B2KSE1 | n/a | Colin MacNeil | <-- | n/a |
Strontium Dog | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1999 | Reprints: 11661162 | n/a | Carlos Ezquerra | <-- | n/a |
From Great Moments in Thrill‑PowerStrontium Dog: Johnny Alpha's Revenge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2007 | 1550 | n/a | Lee Garbett | <-- | n/a |
Teaser for "The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha".RIP? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2009 | p2010 | n/a | unknown | <-- | n/a |
Teaser for "Strontium Dog: The Son".A Chip Off der Old Cucumber | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2017 | 2061 | n/a | Carlos Ezquerra | <-- | n/a |
Thrills of the Future.Alpha | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 2023 | 2361 | n/a | Dan Cornwell | [b&w] | n/a |
>>Floating Covers<< | |||||||||
Cover for Journey Into Hell reprint.Terror of the Wailing Swamp! | ~ | ~ | 1 | 2000 | M3.67 | n/a | Trevor Hairsine | <-- | n/a |
Cover for The Bad Boys Bust reprint.Point Blank | ~ | ~ | 1 | 2001 | M3.78 | n/a | Dylan Teague | Chris Blythe | n/a |
year | episodes | pages |
1977 | 0 | 0 |
1978 | 28 | 113 |
1979 | 18 | 128 |
1980 | 16 | 86 |
1981 | 36 | 195 |
1982 | 1 | 6 |
1983 | 11 | 55 |
1984 | 33 | 168 |
1985 | 26 | 135 |
1986 | 49 | 250 |
1987 | 45 | 230 |
1988 | 31 | 170 |
1989 | 16 | 84 |
1990 | 10 | 68 |
1991 | 0 | 0 |
1992 | 22 | 164 |
1993 | 0 | 0 |
1994 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | 0 | 0 |
1997 | 0 | 0 |
1998 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | 1 | 12 |
2000 | 13 | 82 |
2001 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | 8 | 54 |
2003 | 9 | 59 |
2004 | 15 | 84 |
2005 | 1 | 12 |
2006 | 4 | 24 |
2007 | 1 | 6 |
2008 | 11 | 73 |
2009 | 22 | 132 |
2010 | 11 | 67 |
2011 | 1 | 12 |
2012 | 10 | 60 |
2013 | 10 | 66 |
2014 | 9 | 54 |
2015 | 11 | 67 |
2016 | 11 | 72 |
2017 | 2 | 8 |
2018 | 10 | 60 |
2019 | 1 | 6 |
2020 | 2 | 20 |
2021 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 1 | 5 |
2023 | 1 | 10 |
2024 | 2 | 20 |
2025 | 0 | 0 |
2026 | 0 | 0 |
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