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Issue: Tom Strong #1

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Publication Date: June 1999

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Issues: #1 of 36 Issues (37 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Chris Sprouse / Al Gordon Cover

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Brand: America's Best Comics

Indicia Publisher: America's Best Comics, LLC

On Sale Date: 04/07/1999

Volume: none

Pages: 44

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: 16194121937000111

Price: $5.50 CAD
$3.50 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
3 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Eric DeSantis (Assistant Editor); Scott Dunbier (Editor)

Notes: Variant distributed in a 1:4 ratio.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy paper

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Variants2

2 Tom Strong #1 [Alex Ross Cover]

Tom Strong #1 [Chris Sprouse / Al Gordon Cover]

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1 Content Item
- [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]0

reprinted 3 times as/in other Issues.

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Content Items (4 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Chris Sprouse (signed)

Inker(s): Al Gordon (signed)

Colorist(s): Tad Ehrlich (signed)

Letterer(s): Todd Klein

Subject Matter

Genres: Adventure

Feature(s): Tom Strong

Character(s): Tom Strong; Dhalua Strong; Tesla Strong; Pneuman; King Solomon

Reprinting

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Tom Strong #1 published October 2001

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Tom Strong #1 published December 2006

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Tom Strong #1 published December 2006

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

How Tom Strong Got Started

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Alan Moore

Penciller(s): Chris Sprouse

Inker(s): Al Gordon

Colorist(s): Tad Ehrlich

Letterer(s): Todd Klein

Subject Matter

Genres: Adventure

Feature(s): Tom Strong

Character(s): Timmy Turbo; Sinclair Strong; Susan Strong; Tomas; Pneuman (origin); Tom Strong (origin); Chief Omotu; Dhalua Strong; Paul Saveen; Tesla Strong (origin); King Solomon (origin); Brink Hinckley

Synopsis: While his sky car is attacked by Blimp Bandits and saved by Tom Strong, Timmy Turbo reads about how Tom Strong got started. The origin: Scientist Sinclair Strong and his wife are marooned on Attabar Teru, where they build Pneuman and have a child, Tom, raising him following a scientific protocol. Tom's parents die when he is 11 and he is raised by the Ozu. He eventually grows up, defeats Paul Saveen, marries Chief Omotu's daughter Dhalua, gives intelligence to King Solomon, and has a daughter, Tesla.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 32

Notes: Story is told in three parts: "The Fabulous Island," "The Earthquake," and "His Early Years."

Born with the Century: Tom Strong and His City.

Text Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Alan Moore

Penciller(s): Chris Sprouse

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: Adventure

Feature(s): Tom Strong

Character(s): President David Goodman Croley; Winsor McCay; Cole Porter; Quinta Desrault; Lazlo Camphor; Johnny Nectarine; Charley Bones [Charles Costanza]; Charade [Denby Jilks]; Vanilla Tuesday; Paul Dorian Saveen; Tom Strong; Mechanthrope; Dhalua Strong; Pneuman; Kirk Alyn; Tesla Strong; King Solomon; Modular Man; Aztech Empire

Synopsis: A brief history of Millennium City and Tom Strong.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Also featured a four model-sheets & character designs by Chris Sprouse.