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Issue: America's Best Comics Primer #[nn]
Publication Date: October 2008
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: America's Best ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: WildStorm Productions
On Sale Date: 08/27/2008
Volume:
Pages: 172
ISBN: 9781401218577
UPC/EAN: 978140121857750499
Price: $5.99 CAD
$4.99 USD
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Content Items: 17 (11 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock covers; glossy interiors
Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Tom Strong; Dhalua Strong; Tesla Strong; King Solomon; Pneuman; Strongmen of America [Timmy Turbo; Calculus; Sue Blue]
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How Tom Strong Got Started

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Strongmen of America [Timmy Turbo]; Sinclair Strong; Susan Strong; Tomas (steersman); Pneuman (origin); Tom Strong (origin); Chief Omotu; Dhalua Strong; Paul Saveen; Tesla Strong (origin); King Solomon (origin); Brink Hinckley; Blimp Bandits
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.
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Greyshirt; Cobweb; Jack B. Quick; First American; U.S. Angel
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Smalltown Stardom

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Genres: childrens, humorous, science fiction
Character(s): Jack B. Quick
Synopsis: Jack B. Quick creates a new solar system in his home town.
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Pages: 8
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Amnesia

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Genres: crime, mystery
Character(s): Greyshirt; Wally Flunt
Synopsis: Greyshirt hunts for the dangerous Hammer Killer.
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Dumbsday!

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Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): First American; U.S. Angel; Jury Swinger
Synopsis: The First American and U.S. Angel appear on a talk show.
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Doll-o-Vision

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Cobweb; Phallocrates Phlange
Synopsis: Cobweb is turned into a miniature doll by a sinister collector.
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The Return of the Remarkable Rivulet!

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Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): Splash Brannigan
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Genres: fantasy, superhero
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The Radiant, Heavenly City

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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Sophie Bangs; Stacia Van De Veer; Barbara Shelley; Weeping Gorilla (comic book); Hypatia (mentioned); Charlton Sennet; Anna (Sennet's housemaid); Margaret Taylor Case; Grace Branagh; William Woolcott; Steve Shelley; The Five Swell Guys; Kenneth (psychic); Marv (genius); Roger (muscle); Bob (leader); Stan (mechanic); Smee; Promethea [Barbara Shelley]; Thoth-Hermes; Promethea [original]; Promethea [Sophie Bangs]
Synopsis: Sophie tries to interview Barbara Shelley about Promethea, but Barbara refuses. A Smee attacks Sophie and Promethea briefly rescues her. Promethea reverts to Barbara who tells Sophie to imagine herself Promethea or they will both die. Sophie writes a poem and becomes Promethea in time to stop the Smee. In addition, a small girl in Roman Alexandria becomes the first Promethea.
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Tesla Time

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tom Strong; Tesla Strong; King Solomon
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Pages: 4
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Young Tom Strong and the Fiend of the Forgotten Shore

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Tom Strong; Chief Omotu; Dhalua
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Pages: 8
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The Halfway House

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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jonni Future; Jermaal pan Pavane; Gwyneth Reade
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Pages: 8
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Genres: mystery, superhero
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Toybox [Off. Robyn Slinger]; Jack Phantom [Sgt. Jackie Kowalski]; Jetman [Cpt. Steve Traynor]; Hyperdog [Sgt. Kemlo Caesar]; Dust Devil [Off. Duane Bodine]; Shock-Headed Peter [Off. Peter Cheney]; King Peacock [Det. John Corbeau]; Synaesthesia [Det. Jackson]; Irma Geddon [Off. Irma Wornow]; Girl One [Off. Sung Li]; Off. Jeff Smax; Monsoon [Sgt. Hector Lopez]; Wolfspider [Bill Bailey]; Commissioner Ultima; Blindshot [Bob Booker]; Aberdeen Angus; Dr. Incredible [Dr. Trent Teller]; Mrs. Incredible [Beach Bunny] [Shirley Teller]; Large Marge; April Showers; Ophidia; Ernesto Gograh; Saddles [Stefan Graczik] (dead); Professor Gunter Gromolko; Frenzy [Larry Fischmann]; Spaceman [Det. Alexei Glushko]; Miss Miracle; Colonel Lilliput
Synopsis: During Toybox's first day with Top Ten, she investigates the murder of Saddles and arrests Professor Gromolko. Meanwhile, Ernesto Gograh and two of Large Marge's girls are arrested.
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Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: The story contains numerous references to other comics, literature, or popular culture, often in artwork or in wordplay. These include: Legion of Superheroes; Logan's Run; changing in a phone booth; cover of Action Comics #1; Popeye; red kryptonite; Airboy; Jack Kirby; Krypto; the Mandarin; Simon Bar Sinister; Man-Thing; the Black Cat; Elvis Presley; Ray Palmer; Tijuana bibles; "Crisis" storylines; crossovers; x-ray vision; America's Most Wanted; and All-Star Comics.

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