The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha - The Project Loved Middenface and Precious' detective work as they scour the galaxy for the breadcrumbs that might lead them to Johnny. It was fascinating, it was dense, and suddenly it all mattered again, because we were back in the 'present' for the first time since the Final Solution - and that particular elephant in the room was finally being confronted head-on, for better or worse. The strip was moving forward again, and it felt like history was being made. Oh, and the Stone Wizards were great as well. 2 points
The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha - Dogs of War Dark and brutal stuff, but compelling and vital. It gets a vote just for the moment when all seems lost and then the stronts come pouring down out of the sky. 1 point
Repo Men was not a return to form, exactly; but certainly a return to more lighthearted romps after years of much darker storylines. It felt fresh and breezy, and could have pointed the way toward a fun new status quo (though in actuality we were soon back to bounties on the doghouse). 1 point
I didn't love The Son, to be honest - it felt a bit off-model, and Ezquerra's art seemed rushed and very far from his best. But what a stroke of serendipity for the strip. Not planned as any kind of end for Strontium Dog, it was inadvertantly, and retrospectively, a beautiful one. 'Just thinking of an old friend.' 1 point
