Tom Strong's Terrific Tales: V. 1 [Hardcover]

Alan Moore (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 21, 2005

Comics scriptwriting supremo Alan Moore leads the way with these fantastical tales of Millennium City's finest 'science hero', Tom Strong. 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. In this first fantastic volume we witness, among other stories, the debut of sexy heroine Jonni Future and a tale of young Tom Strong! These are just some of the astounding adventures featured in this fabulous first volume of Tom Strong's Terrific Tales, collected together into a sumptuous hardback and featuring artwork by the best of today's comics artists!

Editorial Reviews

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Tom Strong's Terrific Tales consists of stories that spotlight Tom's family and friends, flash back to Tom's childhood on the island of Attaban Teru, and star an unrelated superheroine, Jonni Future. The stories written by Moore and centered on Tom are the solidest achievements here, and they are more playful than those in Tom Strong. Moore uses the short story format (none of these exceeds a dozen pages) to spring shaggy-dog endings on us and experiment with storytelling devices (one strip is told entirely through Tom Strong trading cards). The playfulness continues in the contributions of artists atypical of the series. In a wacky strip drawn by -alternative-comics titan Jaime Hernandez (Love and Rockets), Tom's daughter sneaks out of the house for an interplanetary night out. Elsewhere, Mad's Sergio Aragones illustrates a day in the life of King Solomon that includes a melancholy zoo visit. Short stories were the norm in comics until the 1960s. Today's creators have largely lost the knack for brevity that, as Terrific Tales shows, still has its good uses. Gordon Flagg
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Review

SFX Magazine March 2005: " All told, this wallops you with more talent and imagination than you'll find in a month's worth of regular comics." www filmforce.ign.com: " For anyone who thinks Alan Moore doesn't have a sense of fun..."

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Titan (January 21, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1840239042
• ISBN-13: 978-1840239041
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,430,058 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tom, Tom and Jonni in a Racier Title, January 29, 2006

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Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tom Strong's Terrific Tales (Book 1) (Hardcover)

This book collects the first six issues of the title comic. Each issue has stories about Tom Strong (and supporting cast), Young Tom Strong (while he is still a boy), and the time traveling hero Jonni Future (heir to the mantle of Johnny Future).

These stories are racier and more risque that those usually found in the Tom Strong books. For instance, in one story, Tesla Strong sneaks out to party and have sex with an alien. Jonni Future is always in situations that include very buxom women (including herself) and various states of undress.

Overall I found the stories to be entertaining and especially like the classic pulp feel of the Jonni Future stories. Clean art is used in most of the stories and you will probably recognize the work of some of the guest artists. But while humor and action are prevalent readers should be aware of the more adult nature of these stories.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good to see Art Adams Art, November 11, 2006

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Jose G. Gonzalez (Davis, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tom Strong's Terrific Tales: Book 01 (Paperback)

Overall this book is enjoyable if you are a Tom Strong fan. The 'Terrific Tales' venue allows for different stories than in the regular title, so these stories do a have different flavor to them. Personally, I purchased this book for the Jonni Future stories because of the Art Adams art and the silly pulp feel to them.