G-Dog

G-Dog © Juke Box Productions AstroFacts Status: Inactive and partially Deceased - It's a bit complicated. Real Name: Hank and Andy Merton. Like we said, complicated. Earliest Appearance: <in world date> Origin: Astro City No.47 Personal Data Civil Status: Andy is Married InfoDump Headlines: <in world date and Headline> Appearances (in Publication Order): <issue list> Event Timeline 2017/09/dd     Current G-Dog has a Bizarre Encounter with the Fungal Monster Lichen-Thrope. 2017/09/dd     Current G-Dog Encounters Honor Guard Following His Battle With Lichen-Thrope. 2017/10/dd     Current G-Dog Discovers He Can Fly. 2017/10/dd     Current Andy Merton Returns to the Scene of the Crime to Discuss the Bonding Amulet with Marcy. 2017/10/dd     Current The Pet Patrol Battle Robo-Rilla. G-Dog Half Man. Half Corgi. Mostly Hero. Utterly Adorable. . History "To start with, I want to be really clear, I didn't steal Hank." -- Andy Merton Andy Merton, a minor thug, took Hank, a corgi, from a fellow minor thug and druggie called Mannie. They both worked occasionally for a bigger thug named Mack Faraday and both owed him a considerable amount of money. Mannie just owed more. Mannie also owed Andy which is why he took Hank. He thought Hank was Mannie's pet, and would be motivated to cough up some money to get Hank back. Turns out Mannie had stolen him from a breeder to resell. SO basically Andy got Hank. "I did steal the amulet though. Straight up." -- Andy Merton Desperate for money, Andy broke into a house over Eastbrook, where he found a shrine to Stormhawk, he took some jewelry from the house. That was for profit. He also took an amulet, not for monetary value, he just wanted it. Afterwards he spent a good amount of time looking after Hank, mostly house training him to start off with, but over time, he grew close to the little corgi. One day, after a walk in the park and whilst thinking about how Andy owed Faraday another payment soon, Hank touched the amulet with his nose, fusing them together, briefly. Andy quickly understood how to go back and forth between dog/human and was very intrigued by the experience. While testing out his powers, Andy was mulling thoughts of pulling a few bank jobs, but somehow, he could hear Hank in the back of his mind saying "No. Not good." This "communication" with Hank increased over time. While in Dog/Human form Andy/Hank came upon a mugging in progress. At the strong urgings of Hank, they took action and foiled the actions of the muggers. After stopping the mugging, the victims wanted to know what he was called, Andy wanted to say either 'Nighthound' or 'Guardsman' but Hank barked in (ha) with the nickname that Andy gave him 'G-Dog' and he left flustered and embarrassed at the same time. Over time they gained experience as a hero and Andy gained a girlfriend in a woman named Esme as well as a job working at a bar, as well as taking down Faraday after reaising that 'oh wait I have superpowers' and over time thanks to Hanks' influence, he stopped thinking about doing criminal acts and after taking down Lichen-Thorpe he was thanked by Honor Guard which amazed him. Andy's life was going incredibly well, until he took Hank to the vet and discovered that he only had a few more years to live Four years after becoming G-Dog, Andy knew that he need answers after earning that he could fly. After defeating the Mecha-Nerds, Andy returned to the brown-house that he had burgled stole the amulet from and spoke with the woman who owned the house. The two discussed the amulet and Stormhawk as well as the advanced powers that were gained from the amulet, namely super strength, flight and lightning powers and after Andy left, he revealed to Esme pretty much everything about him being G-Dog and his own past and she accepted it and they became even closer. As he was about to attack an Iron Legion cadre, he was introduced to the Pet Patrol attacking right before him. Following the battle, a slightly baffled G-Dog turned down an offer to join the Pet Patrol. He was holding out for an Honor Guard invitation or maybe the Irregulars. Life moved on; Andy graduated College, he and Esme bought the bar he had been working at, and of course, they got married (with Hank as the Best Dog). As happy as things were, a routine visit to the vet revealed a sudden shocking truth. Andy was stunned to learn that Hank's recent exhaustion bouts were just the simple effects of old age. The vet warned that Hank had three, maybe four years. Andy left, filled with thoughts of dread and disappointment. He realized just how important Hank was to him and it was time to indulge more in Hanks needs and desires. So G-Dog joined Pet Patrol after all. along the way he gained Stormhawk's lightning powers. The remaining times passed much too quickly and Hank was now almost seventeen. Worse, the vet revealed that Hank had cancer and advised Andy to consider euthanizing Hank. Andy tormented himself over what to do. Ultimately he decided that as long as he and Hank could still communicate on their special level, he would do everything he could to make Hank happy and comfortable. A few months later, Hank passed away peacefully. Soon the amulet materialized around Andy's neck. Andy had done a lot of soul-searching and he knew that no matter what was going to happen he was never going to be G-Dog again. It just wasn't in him. Hank had been too important of a partner, especially helping Andy to be a much better person. He said proper goodbyes to the Pet Patrol, went to a desolate area of the mountains, and there he left the amulet on the branch of a tree for new individuals to claim it and be changed by its bonding powers. It didn't take long.