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Issue: Tom Strong #1
Publication Date: June 1999
 
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Is Variant Variant: Chris Sprouse / Al Gordon Cover
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Publisher: FlagDC
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)
Disclose Notes: Variant distributed in a 1:4 ratio.
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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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Chris Sprouse (signed)
Al Gordon (signed)
Tad Ehrlich (signed)
Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Adventure
Tom Strong
Tom Strong; Dhalua Strong; Tesla Strong; Pneuman; King Solomon
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FlagTom Strong #1 published October 2001
FlagTom Strong #1 published December 2006
FlagTom Strong #1 published December 2006
 
Miscellaneous
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How Tom Strong Got Started

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Alan Moore
Chris Sprouse
Al Gordon
Tad Ehrlich
Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Adventure
Tom Strong
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
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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Miscellaneous
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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
Alan Moore
Chris Sprouse
typeset
Subject Matter
Adventure
Tom Strong
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
A brief history of Millennium City and Tom Strong.
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Miscellaneous
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Also featured a four model-sheets & character designs by Chris Sprouse.

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