Johnny and The Bomb - The Gang

The Gang

Johnny Maxwell Johnny is the protagonist.

Stephen 'Wobbler' Johnson Johnny's best friend and the second main character in the book. He is overweight and heavily into computers, an expert at piracy. He wants to be a nerd, but they would not let him join. It is his considered opinion that Johnny is mental. His real name is Stephen Johnson. In Johnny and the Bomb, Wobbler gets stuck in 1941 and grows up to be a billionaire calling himself Sir John, but, due to the time travel and multiple timelines involved, where and if this happens is questionable. Certainly a Wobbler returns successfully from 1941.

Simon 'Bigmac' Wrigley. An asthmatic skinhead who is deeply embarrassed by his instinctive grasp of mathematics. He lives with his brother in a rundown tower block on the edge of Blackbury. He is not exactly a criminal but has a confused grasp of car ownership. His real name is Simon Wrigley.

Yo-less A West Indian boy so nicknamed by Johnny because he does not say "Yo!" Interested in Star Trek, train spotting, Morris dancing and brass band music. His reaction to those who are surprised a black kid has such "uncool" hobbies varies from amusement to irritation. When faced with genuine racism he has a brittle anger that manifests itself in cold, almost emotionlessly delivered, sarcasm.

Kirsty Unlike the rest of the gang, Kirsty is a highly organised person who knows exactly where she is going in life. She is highly intelligent but has very poor people skills, something she views as a character flaw in everyone else. She is trying to get Johnny's life organised since he is clearly incapable of doing it himself, but has not realised that he does not especially want his life organised. He finds her very easy to talk to since she never listens..