question for any Strontium Dog experts

dogfan · 04 January, 2005, 09:24:31 PM

I thought some of Johnny's other fellow S/D agents might be also be worth a mention since they sometimes aided him in his adventures.

Sniffer Martinez has already been mentioned, 'No Cure for Kansyr' (Starlord 6-7). I guess Kid Knee would also count, 'The Kid Knee Caper' (progs 228-233), as would Feral, 'The Final Solution' (progs 600-687).

Perhaps the most help Johnny had was in 'Outlaw' (progs 363-385). Apart from Wulf and the Gronk, backup was also provided by Middenface, Evans the Fist, the Torso from Newcastle, Spud Murphy and a few others - can you name them? I think a few of these were killed during the course of the action.

Are there any others you can think of that aided Johnny in any of the other storylines?

DavidXBrunt · 05 January, 2005, 05:06:07 AM

McNulty cameos in Ragnaraok and Rage , asking for cash for booze in the first and offering support hunting Max in the second.

Smiley · 05 January, 2005, 11:37:03 AM

backup was also provided by Middenface, Evans the Fist, the Torso from Newcastle, Spud Murphy and a few others - can you name them?

Going by fuzzy memory there was also Frinton Fuzz, Vince Scampi, Sideways Smith and some dwarf (name forgotten completely, Low Blow Eddie or something daft like that.)

dogfan · 05 January, 2005, 02:10:56 PM

Thanks Smiley. You sparked my memory. I think that the dwarf was a "low blow specialist" called Big Eddie Little. I think that Big Eddie, along with Spud, Sideways and Torso, was one of those killed during the course of the action.

Since Frinton was the son of one of the Mutant Army generals, can anyone fill in the names of any of Johnny's other fellow generals?

Here's what I can vaguely remember:-

2-headed Scotsman (can't remember his name - think he may have been leader before Johnny)
Middenface McNulty
Evans the Fist
Clacton Fuzz
George Moore, aka the Torso from Newcastle
Box ??? (can't remember his last name)

not sure if there were any others ...

Smiley · 05 January, 2005, 04:04:54 PM

Pretty sure he was called Box Paton. Can't remember the two-headed jock twin brother's names offhand. Had a pair of tam o' shanters and one got shot before the other, didn't he? General Armz was Johnny's leader, while two other soldiers I can remember offhand were Crabtree and Jimmy No-Nose.

Lobo Baggins · 05 January, 2005, 07:39:09 PM

Mutant Generals:

General Armz, commander of the Mutie Army's South-West division (killed during the Battle of Upminster)

Johnny Alpha (promoted after Armz is killed)

The Alexander Brothers (Tom and Jack), Highlands and Islands Division (killed during the Battle of Upminster)

Studs Boyce (William James Boyce), Midlands Division (killed escaping from prison)

Evans the Fist (Huw Rees Evans), Welsh Division

Clacton Fuzz (Claude Ince), South-East Division (killed escaping from prison)

Middenface McNulty (Archebald McNulty), Scotland

The Torso from Newcastle (George Moore), North-East Division (killed by the Stix brothers during 'Outlaw')

Mutant Soldiers:

Hiss, Cuss and Silent Weerd (killed during 'The Gronk Afair')

Box Paton (one of Armz's lieutenants, later one of Alpha's assassination squad, killed by Kreelman's bodyguard)

Beanpole (killed by a T-Gun during the Battle of Upminster)

Crabtree (killed making a suicide run during the Battle of Upminster)

Jimmy No-Nose (suicide bomber)

Dennis No-Nose (one of Alpha's assassination squad, killed by a T-Gun)

Nearly Normal Norman (one of Alpha's assassination squad)

Tripod Thompson (one of Alpha's assassination squad, shot in the legs)

Duckbill Higgs

Noisybast · 05 January, 2005, 10:41:28 PM

D'oh! missed this thread!
So, er, yeah. What they said...

dogfan · 06 January, 2005, 12:40:33 AM

Yeah, I remember the Weerd brothers - more S/D agents gone bad! But I think that maybe only Hiss and Cuss appeared in 'Portrait of a Mutant', with Silent only appearing in 'The Gronk Affair'?

Not sure if this should really be a different thread, but since it's directly SD-related I'll leave it in this one. I'm trying to compile a list of villains to appear in each of the stories.

Here's what I have so far, but there are still plenty of gaps to fill in (especially for later stories) ...

'Galaxy Killers' - ???
'Journey Into Hell' - ???
'Death's Head' - ???
'Schicklgruber Grab' - Stix (first name?)
'Mutie's Luck' - ???
'Doc Quince Case' - ???
'Bad Boys Bust' - ???
'Portrait of a Mutant' - Nelson Bunker Kreelman
'Gronk Affair' - Hiss, Cuss and Silent Weerd
'Kid Knee Caper' - the Mutator
'Moses Incident' - Malak Brood
'The Killing' - the Osmongs, + others?
'Outlaw' - Kreelman, Stix brothers (first names?)
'Big Bust of 49' - Xen the Brainwraith, + others?
'Slavers of Drule' - the Slavers of Drule! (not sure if they were specifically named)
'Ragnarok Job' - Max Bubba + gang (names?)
'Rage' - Max Bubba + surviving gang (names?)
'Incident on Mayger Minor' - ???
'Bitch' - ???
'Royal Affair' - ???
'Sorry Case' - ???
'The Rammy' - ???
'Stone Killers' - ???
'Incident on Zeta' - ???
'No-Go Job' - ???
'Final Solution' - ???

A long list I know, but hopefully the experts will have the answers!

Richmond Clements · 06 January, 2005, 12:43:54 AM

What's all this for, Dogfan?

Fanboy curiosity, or are you writing a book?

Noisybast · 06 January, 2005, 12:52:17 AM

I started work on this SD timeline, which may be of some use. Obviously, it's not finished yet...

Link: http://www.strontiumdog.myby.co.uk/timeline.html" target="_blank">Timeline - work in progress

dogfan · 06 January, 2005, 01:24:48 AM

Like the timeline Noisybast, can't wait to see it complete.

The questions are mainly out of curiosity, His Lordship rac - that and reliving old (and dimming) childhood memories. I pretty much read all the stories from 'Portrait of a Mutant' through to 'Rage', but don't know too much about the earlier or later stories.

It would be nice to see a dedicated Strontium Dog site though, with perhaps an A-Z of its weird and wonderful characters and in which stories/progs they appeared - perhaps something along the lines of the old Judge Dredd A-Z.

Grant Goggans · 06 January, 2005, 01:58:53 AM

OTTOMH, the Weerd Bros. are also in Journey into Hell. The rival agents in Schicklegruber Grab are Big Cynthia, Armstrong Jones and Slabhead, and Max Bubba's surviving henchmen are Impetigo Jones and Brute Mosely. And don't forget Steelkreeg the Android in The Killing.

There were three rival agents in Bitch, but the memorable one was Doc Death. Man, I hated that he was never seen again.

--Grant

Noisybast · 06 January, 2005, 02:00:18 AM

My site's geared more towards the UT2004 mod I'm working on, but there's a few character bios on there. I'm sure more content will appear in time...

Link: http://www.strontiumdog.com" target="_blank">www.strontiumdog.com

dogfan · 06 January, 2005, 04:26:17 AM

Those members of the Bubba gang definately sound familiar now. I think one of those that was killed by Johnny in 'The Ragnarok Job' was Banana-Nose Geest, but I can't remember if there might have been a few others.

Were there more than three Stix brothers? I know there was one that died in 'The Schicklegruber Grab' and another two in 'Outlaw'.

Leigh S · 06 January, 2005, 05:06:18 AM

I'd place the Kreeler Conspiracy in 2169 (not 2179 as stated in the strip, as this isnt "at the start of his bounty hunting career". There are vague inconsistencies in the story (Kreelman as President of Earth), but these can be explained by it being the work of a historian droid whos filling in some blanks and wibbling the facts a little - the 2169 date also explains Wulfs non-presence.

The Sad Case story first introduces Wulf to Kid Knee, so it's before the Kid Knee Caper (obviously!) - I'd say perhaps after Journey into hell and sometime before Roadhouse, as by that story ISTR Wulf is getting a bit peeved with all this dimensional malarky! :) The Headly Foot job mentions that Foot is related to Kid Knee and wulf knows who Alphas talking about, so thats sometime after this I'd say

I think that Tax dodge shows accounts for Alpha covering bounties up to and including Hitler? I'll check this one out tomorrow, but I reckon that puts the story as just prior to Portrait of a Mutant.

Traitor to his Kind must happen post Portrait, as Wulf knows about Kreelman... It's hard to say where it fits, as no mention is made about Kreelmans whereabouts - Possibly post-Outlaw?