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Issue: Tom Strong #1
Publication Date: June 1999
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Issues: #1 of 36 Issues (37 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Alex Ross Cover
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: America's Best ComicsView Brand Images
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: 3 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Eric DeSantis (Assistant Editor); Scott Dunbier (Editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; glossy interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In7
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Ross
Inker(s): Alex Ross
Colorist(s): Alex Ross
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: Adventure
Feature(s): Tom Strong
Character(s): Tom Strong
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagTom Strong #1 published October 2001
In Issue: FlagTom Strong #1 published December 2006
In Content Item: FlagFantomet #10/2002 published May 2002
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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How Tom Strong Got Started

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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
In Issue: FlagTom Strong #1 published October 2001
In Issue: FlagTom Strong #1 published December 2006
In Content Item: FlagFantomet #10/2002 published May 2002
as Hvordan det hele begynte [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 32
Disclose Notes: Story is told in three parts: "The Fabulous Island," "The Earthquake," and "His Early Years."
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Born with the Century: Tom Strong and His City.

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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
In Issue: FlagTom Strong #1 published October 2001text only
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Also featured a four model-sheets & character designs by Chris Sprouse.

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