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Strontium Dog
Strontium Dog
Collects:
- Kreeler Conspiracy Part 1 (Progs #1174-#1180)
- Kreeler Conspiracy Part 2 (Progs #1195-#1199)
- Roadhouse (Progs #1300-#1307)
- The Tax Dodge 9 episodes (Progs #1350-#1358)
- Kreeler Conspiracy Part 1 (Progs #1174-#1180)
- Kreeler Conspiracy Part 2 (Progs #1195-#1199)
- Roadhouse (Progs #1300-#1307)
- The Tax Dodge 9 episodes (Progs #1350-#1358)
196 pages, Paperback
First published September 11, 2008
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John Wagner
1,304 books190 followersJohn Wagner is a comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy. Alongside Pat Mills, Wagner was responsible for revitalising British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has continued to be a leading light in British comics ever since. He is best known for his work on 2000 AD, for which he created Judge Dredd. He is noted for his taut, violent thrillers and his black humour. Among his pseudonyms are The best known are John Howard, T.B. Grover, Mike Stott, Keef Ripley, Rick Clark and Brian Skuter. (Wikipedia)
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January 30, 2021
This collection is not a follow-on to the previous book ("The Final Solution"), but is a collection of unrelated tales that occur in the period before that book.
The first story, "Kreeler Conspiracy", itself is a 'revision' of the history of Johnny Alpha involving Nelson Kreelman. Here, Kreelman is the ex-President of Earth, imprisoned for his crimes against mutants on another planet. Johnny Alpha gets involved when he runs into a group of fanatics on their way to free Kreelman from prison.
In "Roadhouse", Johnny Alpha and Wulf Sternhammer goes to a world full of art created by vanished artists to track down some fugitives. They enter what looks like a roadhouse (a roadside restaurant) on the trail of the fugitives and end up on an adventure through different worlds created by one artist out for revenge against his fellow artists. Surviving this would need all their skill and wits.
"The Tax Dodge" is a humorous story. A tax agent is after Johnny Alpha for unpaid taxes. To get away, Johnny Alpha takes on a job that may earn him enough to pay off the taxes (assuming he wants to pay). But earning it would put him up against the Unrighteous Brothers, a gang out to create havoc on a world by stealing a holy relic that is the only thing stopping the aliens on the world from fighting constantly with one another. So Johnny not only has to deal with a gang that is willing to kill to get what they want, but also a Taxman that is meek on the outside, but a bundle of trouble on the inside.
The first story, "Kreeler Conspiracy", itself is a 'revision' of the history of Johnny Alpha involving Nelson Kreelman. Here, Kreelman is the ex-President of Earth, imprisoned for his crimes against mutants on another planet. Johnny Alpha gets involved when he runs into a group of fanatics on their way to free Kreelman from prison.
In "Roadhouse", Johnny Alpha and Wulf Sternhammer goes to a world full of art created by vanished artists to track down some fugitives. They enter what looks like a roadhouse (a roadside restaurant) on the trail of the fugitives and end up on an adventure through different worlds created by one artist out for revenge against his fellow artists. Surviving this would need all their skill and wits.
"The Tax Dodge" is a humorous story. A tax agent is after Johnny Alpha for unpaid taxes. To get away, Johnny Alpha takes on a job that may earn him enough to pay off the taxes (assuming he wants to pay). But earning it would put him up against the Unrighteous Brothers, a gang out to create havoc on a world by stealing a holy relic that is the only thing stopping the aliens on the world from fighting constantly with one another. So Johnny not only has to deal with a gang that is willing to kill to get what they want, but also a Taxman that is meek on the outside, but a bundle of trouble on the inside.
June 8, 2023
Post-mortem stories of the Dog, cleverly housed within stories with deliberate credibility issues. In the first, dad Kreeler is a prisoner following his genocidal behaviour towards mutants. A plot involving an amazing pilot whose temperament is soothed by fantastic blobby pink singing monsters is charmingly 2000AD. Just in case the storyline was too heavy for you.
The second story takes aim at the militant wing of the pro-mutant faction, distinguishing Johnny as neither one thing nor another.
The final, shorter story contains Wulf. Nothing more needs to be said.
Classy stuff.
The second story takes aim at the militant wing of the pro-mutant faction, distinguishing Johnny as neither one thing nor another.
The final, shorter story contains Wulf. Nothing more needs to be said.
Classy stuff.
October 16, 2017
Three great Alpha tales here, and some excellent latter day Ezquerra art. I’ll be honest, I think I prefer Johnny to Joe. Four books in and this collection looks lovely on my shelf already.
December 5, 2017
Brilliant. so glad that they are collecting these stories.
August 13, 2020
It's good and everything but they should have left him alone.
October 15, 2013
Was worried that the ones after he came back from the dead would be shit was also worried that they'd just be remakes of the older ones but I was wrong on both counts. This trade paperback collects the first SD story I read (the one where he's handcuffed to the tax collector), it sums up the action, science fiction and absurdity of the whole series
May 16, 2009
Three starts mostly because the Esquerra art is so brilliant in this one.
Timo
Timo
October 6, 2012
Not enough Wulf. But I'm always going to say that. Beautiful, beautiful artwork. Beautiful.
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