Books: Tom Strong

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Tom Strong
Book 1
Written by Alan Moore
Art by Chris Sprouse
2001



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Tom Strong
Book 2
Written by Alan Moore
Art by Chris Sprouse
2003



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Tom Strong
Book 3
Written by Alan Moore
Art by Chris Sprouse
2004



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Tom Strong
Book 4
Written by Alan Moore
Art by Chris Sprouse
2006



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Tom Strong
Book 5
Written by Mark Schultz, Steve Aylett, Brian K. Vaughan and Ed Brubaker
Art by Pasqual Ferry, Shawn McManus, Peter Snejberg and Duncan Fegredo
2006



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Tom Strong
Book 6
Written by Alan Moore, Michael Moorcock, Joe Casey, Peter Hogan and Steve Moore
Art by Jerry Ordway, Ben Oliver, Paul Gulacy, Chris Sprouse
2006


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Tom Strong is Alan Moore's own version of Superman. He's nobel, brave, principled, idealistic and very much "the good guy." His stories are all free-fights of fancy with pulptastic dressing: a gorilla with a genius-level human brain; Swastika Girls; giant evil ants from outer space and alternate versions of Earth. Half the fun is seeing which adventure cliche Tom Strong is going to take on next and the other half is seeing what kind of fresh of spin it's going to get. It's also quite nice how all the stories sit on top of each other and connect backwards and forwards as the series goes on. So even tho it might not seem like it - worth reading in order. What's also interesting is how in Book 5 and 6 - new writers and artists are brought in (including Brian K. Vaughan, Michael Moorcock, Ed Brubaker and Steve Aylett amongst others) and while the results vary (the Moorcock isn't very good but the Brubaker is amazing): it does offer lots of fresh spins.

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Links: Grovel Review of Vol 1, The Comics Cube! Article, Jog The Blog Article, Todd Klein on doing the Tom Strong Lettering, Science Fiction World Deluxe Edition Book 1 Review, Science Fiction World Deluxe Edition Book 2 Review, Salon Alan Moore Interview.

Further reading: Promethea, Ultimate Fantastic Four, DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore, Elephantmen, Top 10, Top 10: The Forty-Niners, Supreme.

Profiles: Alan Moore.

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