Tom Strong: Bk. 1 - Softcover

Moore, Alan; Sprouse, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840232285 ISBN 13: 9781840232288

Publisher: Titan Books Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

Comics scriptwriting supremo Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Batman: Killing Joke) is once again forging the future of graphic novels with an all-new line up of incredible comic creations under his own imprint, America's Best Comics. Born on a remote South Seas island, orphaned by his scientist parents and raised by a steam-powered robot butler, Tom Strong is both superhero and pioneer, pushing back the boundaries of adventure and exploration as he journies to other dimensions, intent on vanquishing the fearsome foes that threaten the retro-futuristic Millennium City.

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Review

As his 1980's masterwork Watchmen proved so magnificently, Alan Moore's greatest talent is taking a classic format and re-imagining it with a fresh perspective. After years of heated animosity with the comics industry while chucking out the odd masterpiece (From Hell), Moore returned to the mainstream with a vengeance with "America's Best Comics", writing no less than five titles a month at the turn of the Millennium. Headlining ABC is Tom Strong, Moore's supremely enjoyable take on the "Thrilling Tales" pulp comics of the 1930s and 40s. A square-jawed hero of the classic mould, Tom Strong is the peak of mental and physical perfection, raised on the mysterious island of Attabar Teru after his parents became shipwrecked there in 1899. A century later, he's the saviour of Millennium City, still fighting fit thanks to the age-defying powers of the "Goloka Root" and aided by his wife, daughter, his steam-powered butler Pneuman and an intelligent (English) ape called King Solomon. In these first seven issues Moore provides a wonderfully rendered homage, with Tom constantly leaping into danger with a sense of selfless heroism that would make Superman envious. Whether it be alien threats, ancient curses, the fiendish plans of Tom's nemesis Paul Saveen or struggles facing the lethal landscape of Prehistoric Earth, Moore weaves short, sharp and undeniably thrilling stories that are free of the tired grim'n'gritty cynicism so common in comics. With such high-calibre storytelling, and Chris Spruce's engaging art, you cannot fail to enjoy such an honest, engaging re-telling of throwaway adventures as seen through Moore's ever-incisive and beautifully observant gaze. --Danny Graydon

Review

"* "All the ABC comics by Alan Moore are phenomenal." - Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer)."

About this edition

• Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1840232285
• ISBN 13: 9781840232288
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176
• Illustrator: Sprouse Chris