Tom Strong

Series

Tom Strong, Book 1 (1-7; w Alan Moore; a Chris Sprouse et al.). [From DC Comics:Unorthodox American scientist Sinclair Strong had a vision for his only son Tom - to raise him as the perfect human. To do so, he and his wife Susan retreated from civilization in 1899 to the peculiar, remote South Seas island of Attabar Teru. Creating an advanced high-gravity environment for the boy, with revolutionary teaching tools and a special diet, Sinclair and Susan began the bold social experiment, and Tom developed with unusual strength and intelligence. When tragedy struck the family, it was the native Ozu people who helped Tom continue his unique upbringing and prepared him for a life of invention, exploration, and adventure that came to span the 20th century. In this collection, readers are introduced to the foremost science hero Tom Strong and his remarkable exploits over a nearly century-long career. With a supporting cast of characters that include his wife Dhalua (the daughter of a mighty chieftain) his daughter Tesla, the enhanced ape King Solomon and his robotic valet, Peneuman, Tom finds himself battling in different times, worlds, and realms. And as he faces off against an eclectic group of enemies such as the ruthless Paul Saveen, the mechanized Az-techs, the prehuman monster Pangean and the Nazi super-woman Ingrid Weiss, our hero defeats muscle with his mind.]

Tom Strong, Book 2 (8-14; w Alan Moore; a Chris Sprouse et al.). [From DC Comics: From the fearsome depths of a fiery volcano to the furthest reaches of space! From Terra Obscura to the very ends of time! From a Central American jungle to alternate dimensions! This book has something for everyone, but that's not unusual for TOM STRONG! Alan Moore's Eisner Award-winning TOM STRONG series receives a second collection with TOM STRONG BOOK TWO—a 192-page hardcover from AMERICA'S BEST COMICS! Written by Moore, BOOK TWO features art by Chris Sprouse & Al Gordon, with additional art by Kyle Baker, Hilary Barta, Paul Chadwick, Russ Heath, Pete Poplaski, and Alan Weiss, and a cover by Sprouse and Jose Villarrubia! Tom Strong, aided by wife Dhalua and daughter Tesla, is the protector of Millennium City. Along with faithful companion Solomon, a highly advanced ape, and Pneuman, their robot-valet, the Strong family fights to keep the world a better place! BOOK TWO reprints TOM STRONG issues #8-14 and features the likes of Tom Strange, Warren Strong, time travel, other dimensions, and interstellar family trips! It's another must-have from ABC!]

Tom Strong, Book 3 (15-19; w Alan Moore & Leah Moore; a Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, Leah Moore, Howard Chaykin, Shawn McManus). [From DC Comics: America began to marvel at Tom's story and abilities when he first arrived in Millennium City in the 1920s, becoming its science-hero champion. Tom's long life and vitality have kept him in that role ever since, with the help of his Ozu wife Dahlua, their daughter Tesla, robot assistant Pneuman, and intelligent ape accomplice King Solomon. In this volume, they are joined by Tesla's new boyfriend, the fiery Val Var Garm, and the enigmatic Weird Rider, as well as Tom's young fans, the Strongmen of America, in facing the approaching alien invasion that threatens the entire Earth. Tom and his friends and family will need all their energy, inventiveness, alliances and intelligence to battle the huge armada of giant ants now determined to take over our planet and enslave us all!]

Tom Strong, Book 4 (20-25; w Alan Moore, Peter Hogan, Geoff Johns; a Jerry Ordway, Chris Sprouse, John Paul Leon & Karl Story). [From DC Comics: In the opening story arc of this collection, Alan Moore and Jerry Ordway explore what might have happened if Tom's beginning had worked out a little differently: one tiny change that results in a very different life for Tom, his mother, and everyone around him, indeed, the entire world! Then Peter Hogan and Chris Sprouse reveal two untold tales of Tom's past, one taking place on the moon, the other right in Millennium City, Tom's home town. Each bring an old flame back into Tom's life, with dangerous results! Finally, Geoff Johns and John Paul Leon relate the unusual adventure of Wally Willoughby, Tom Strong's most powerful fan, who turns the familiar scenes of Millennium City inside out when he comes for a visit. The Strongmen of America also star!]

Tom Strong, Book 5 (26-30; w Brian K. Vaughan, Ed Brubaker; a Pascual Ferry, Duncan Fegredo). [From DC Comics: Whether investigating paranormal activities in the outermost atmosphere or entering a dream realm through a young girl who is also a living black hole, Tom Strong is the ever vigilant defender of Millennium City!]

Tom Strong, Book 6 (31-36; w Alan Moore, Michael Moorcock; a Chris Sprouse, Jerry Ordway, Ben Oliver). [From DC Comics: Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse return for one grand, final story in which Tom Strong and family are on hand for the apocalypse. All this and more awaits in this wondrous final installment of the Tom Strong saga collecting issues #31-36 of the classic series!]

Misc.

America's Best Comics Collected (ABC Special, the ABC Sketchbook, The Many Worlds of Tesla Strong; w Peter Hogan, Alan Moore; a Arthur Adams, J. Scott Campbell, Claudio Castellini, Frank Cho, Jose Luis Garcia-López, Michael Golden, Adam Hughes, Phil Noto, Jason Pearson, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story). [From DC Comics: Where can you get a full-length comics novella, a sampling of wondrous comic-book short stories, and a selection of beautiful design sketches by the industry’s top artists? In the AMERICA’S BEST COMICS trade paperback, collecting for the first time in one handsome volume: the AMERICA'S BEST COMICS 64-PAGE GIANT, THE ABC SKETCHBOOK and THE MANY WORLDS OF TESLA STRONG! Written by Alan Moore, Steve Moore and Peter Hogan, AMERICA’S BEST COMICS features an incomparable array of artistic talent, including Arthur Adams, Sergio Aragonés, Jim Baikie, Kyle Baker, Hilary Barta, J. Scott Campbell, Zander Cannon, John Cassaday, Claudio Castellini, Frank Cho, Dame Darcy, José Luis García-López, Melinda Gebbie, Alan Gordon, Michael Golden, Gene Ha, Adam Hughes, Phil Noto, Kevin Nowlan, Kevin O'Neill, Jason Pearson, Humberto Ramos, Alex Ross, Eric Shanower, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, Bruce Timm, John Totleben, Rick Veitch and J.H. Williams III. What’s more, this handsome volume sports a jam cover by Adams, Barta, Ha, Nowlan, Sprouse, Story, Veitch, and Williams!]

Terra Obscura 1 (6-issue mini; w Alan Moore, Peter Hogan; a Yannick Paquette, Karl Story). [From DC Comics: Bursting from the pages of TOM STRONG, get ready for TERRA OBSCURA, a 160-page paperback collecting the acclaimed America’s Best Comics miniseries. Written by the legendary Alan Moore & Peter Hogan with art and cover by Yanick Paquette & Karl Story, TERRA OBSCURA catches up with the heroes of S.M.A.S.H., who have been frozen for 30 years. But as these heroes go their separate ways to adjust to their new lives, a threat unlike anything they’ve ever faced is racing across the United States. A mysterious technological plague that is spreading like a cancer, making all technology useless and reverting mankind back to the Stone Age. Even worse, something darker and more sinister stirs in the wake of this massive assault! Where are the heroes when their world needs them the most?]

Terra Obscura 2 (6-issue mini; w Alan Moore, Peter Hogan; a Yannick Paquette, Karl Story). [From DC Comics: A new collection featuring the second smash-hit miniseries! Thirty years have passed for Tom Strong and the heroes of Terra Obscura - do they have what it takes to stop a mysterious object on a collision course for their planet?]

Tom Strong's Terrific Tales 1 (1-6; w Alan Moore, Steve Moore; a Arthur Adams, Paul Rivoche, Alan Weiss, Jerry Ordway, Sergio Aragones, Jason Pearson and Jaime Hernandez). [From DC Comics: In this volume, the island exploits of Young Tom Strong are told in a series of stories written by Steve Moore, with art by Alan Weiss. Later, as Tom Strong made his way into the civilized world, and set up residence in Millennium City, he continued to have a wide range of exciting adventures there, and in such far-flung locales as the arctic, and in space, as well as entering the worlds of film and merchandizing. Some of these are now revealed for the first time by writer Alan Moore and artists Paul Rivoche, Jerry Ordway and Jason Pearson. Among Tom's fellow heroes in the 1950s was space explorer Johnny Future. In this volume, his legacy is continued by niece Jonni Future in a series of exciting stories written by Steve Moore, with stunning art by fan favorite Arthur Adams. And we include a vignette about Tesla Strong with art by Jaime Hernandez, and a day in the life of King Solomon, written by Leah Moore with art by Sergio Aragones.]

Tom Strong's Terrific Tales 2 (7-12; w Alan Moore, Steve Moore; a Arthur Adams, Alan Weiss, Peter Bagge, Jason Pearson, Bruce Timm, et al.). [From DC Comics: A new volume collecting issues #7-12 of the acclaimed series, with thrilling stories about Tom’s island youth, as well as the further adventures of science-fiction heroine Jonni Future and more!]

Tomorrow Stories Book 1 (6-issue mini; w Alan Moore; a Kevin Nowlan, Rick Veitch, Jim Baike, Melinda Gebbie, Hilary Barta). [From DC Comics: The first six issues of Alan Moore's Eisner and Harvey Award-winning anthology are collected in one devilishly handsome volume! The TOMORROW STORIES BOOK ONE hardcover is a whoppin' 176-page cornucopia of mind- bending, heart-stopping, gasp-inducing, senses-shattering comics! That's 24, count 'em, 24 complete stories in all! All ingeniously written by Mr. Moore, these tales star some of the greatest characters that AMERICA'S BEST COMICS has to offer: GREYSHIRT—the "gentleman sleuth" who fights crime in the fantastic urban landscape of Indigo City, illustrated by Rick Veitch; FIRST AMERICAN—the patriotic super-hero of the new millennium who fights for justice alongside his teenaged sidekick, the U.S. Angel, illustrated by Jim Baikie; THE COBWEB—Greyshirt's fellow Indigo City crimestopper, a beautiful young heiress who relieves her boredom by fighting crime, illustrated by Melinda Gebbie; JACK B. QUICK—an impulsive boy inventor with a heart of gold, who turns his incredible genius (and a handy supply of old electrical parts) to the cause of bettering life for his family and the world, illustrated by Kevin Nowlan; and SPLASH BRANNIGAN, the ooze that can't lose—an ink-stain avenger who makes an explosively messy debut before the end of BOOK ONE is through, illustrated by Hilary Barta.]

Tomorrow Stories Book 2 (7-12; w Alan Moore; a Kevin Nowlan, Hilary Barta, Dame Darcy, Joyce Chen, Rick Veitch and Jim Baikie). [From DC Comics: Writer Alan Moore has gathered a stellar group of artists to participate in this celebrated collection. Kevin Nowlan delineates the off genius of Jack B. Quick, whose inventions terrorize his family and neighbors in one experiment-gone-wrong after another. Rick Veitch draws Greyshirt, man of mystery, in the grim, grimy streets of crime-infested Indigo City, home of gangsters, maniacs and monsters. Melinda Gebbie illustrates another side of the mauve metropolis with Cobweb, whose strangely enticing attitude leads her into the steamy side of crime-gifthing and curious adventure. Jim Baikie creates the manic world of the The First American and U.S. Angel, taking a fractured look at American life and finding the humor in subjects both topical and nostalgic. Hilary Barta brings to life the indelible Avenger: Splash Brannigan, a comics hero with the urge to blot out crime, splattering everything else in his inky grasp with witty enthusiasm. We invite you to sit back and enjoy these diverse tales in what Alan Moore has described as "a book of collected rustic dreams about technology, about civilization seen from far away." You'll never again think about stories in quite the way you did yesterday!]