Johnny Alpha

Johnny Alpha is the main hero in the Starlord and 2000 AD comic strip Strontium Dog.
==Early years in 2000 AD==
He was born John Kreelman in 2150 AD, a mutant warped in the womb by strontium-90 fallout from the nuclear war which had devastated much of Earth earlier that year. His father was Nelson Bunker Kreelman, an anti-mutant bigot highly placed in the British government who hid his son's true nature from the world while drafting laws which made mutants second-class citizens. He also locked his son in a cell for four years.
Rebelling against his father's evil, young John ran away to join the Mutant Army under the name 'Johnny Alpha' (because his eyes emitted alpha rays). At seventeen he was one of the leaders of the mutant uprising of 2167 (a.k.a. the first mutant war), along with Generals Clacton Fuzz, Evans the Fist, Studs Boyce, Middenface McNulty and The Torso from Newcastle. Following the uprising, Kreelman was deposed and fled Earth, but the mutant population were still largely confined to ghettos like Milton Keynes. The members of the Mutant Army were pardoned for their actions only on condition that they leave Earth forever, becoming galactic bounty hunters based on the orbiting space station known as the Doghouse: Search/Destroy Agents, harshly nicknamed 'Strontium Dogs'.
==Bounty hunting==
Johnny Alpha was for many years one of the most noted and grudgingly respected of the Strontium Dogs, a man of fierce principles who took on some of the most bizarre assignments. He also found and killed the mutant terrorist William Blood Moon, responsible for the indiscriminate slaughter of norms during the war. Johnny worked solo at first but later had a number of partners including the late Sniffer Martinez, the vampire woman Durham Red, Middenface McNulty and, most notably, the time-displaced Viking warrior Wulf Sternhammer (until his death). He was also frequently accompanied by a nervous alien, a Gronk from the planet Blas in the Gallego system, who acted as his and Wulf's medic.
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Category:Anti-Heroes
Category:Comic Book Heroes
Category:Warriors
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