Tom Strong

    (America’s Best, 1999-2006)
™ and ©1999 America’s Best Comics, LLC

Tom Strong was born in 1899 on the secluded island of Attabar Teru. His father, a brilliant, somewhat eccentric inventor, had sought out this island for its isolation. There Tom was reared in a pressure chamber that simulated five gravities. His parents wore pressure suits when they brought him his meals, which consisted primarily of Goloka root, noted to promote longevity and cognitive awareness. He was essentially another of his father’s experiments.

The earthquake that killed his parents when he was nine released him from the chamber. Using his mental acumen, Tom mirrored his father’s affinity for innovation. His superb physical conditioning served him well when he left Attabar Teru to become a super-hero in Millennium City. Considering his bizarre childhood, he seems surprisingly well-adjusted, if somewhat slow in matters of affection.

He eventually married Dhalua, the daughter of the native chief.

Tom Strong’s intellectual expertise and superb physique conveys a “Doc Savage” quality, which is bolstered by his feuding partners, a robot named Pnueman and King Solomon, an educated ape. But however uncomplicated the story line may seem, writer Alan Moore’s reputation for multilayered stories should not be discounted.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jun 1999
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse
    1st appearance Tom Strong; Origin of Tom Strong
    5 copies from $2.98
  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    After Watchmen …What’s Next Reprint
    Sep 2009
    Cover: $1.00
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse
    After Watchmen …What’s next? tie-in
    3 copies from $1.75
  • 1/A
    #1 Variation A
    Cover A by Chris Sprouse and Al Gordon
    Jun 1999
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse
    Origin of Tom Strong
    4 copies from $4.25
  • 2
    #2
    Jul 1999
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse
    Versus Modular Man
    13 copies from $0.99
  • 3
    #3
    Aug 1999
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse
    Versus Aztech
    15 copies from $0.99
  • 4
    #4
    Oct 1999
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse, Arthur Adams
    Versus Ingrid Weiss, Nazi soldier; Tom Strong in WWII
    13 copies from $0.75
  • 5
    #5
    Dec 1999
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse, Jerry Ordway
    Versus the Pangaean, organism from prehistoric Earth
    12 copies from $0.95
  • 6
    #6
    Feb 2000
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse, Dave Gibbons
    Versus Saveen; Ingrid Weiss reveals Tom Strong’s illegitimate son
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  • 7
    #7
    Mar 2000
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse, Gary Frank
    11 copies from $0.99
  • 8
    #8
    Jul 2000
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse, Alan Weiss
    11 copies from $1.24
  • 9
    #9
    Sep 2000
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Paul Chadwick, Chris Sprouse
    10 copies from $1.75
  • 10
    #10
    Nov 2000
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse, Gary Gianni
    7 copies from $1.64
  • 11
    #11
    Jan 2001
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse
    1st appearance Tom Strange of Terra Obscura
    8 copies from $1.75
  • 12
    #12
    JLA homage cover by Chris Sprouse
    Feb 2001
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse
    13 copies from $0.99
  • 13
    #13
    Marvel Family homage cover by Chris Sprouse
    Mar 2001
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse, Kyle Baker, Peter Poplaski, Russ Heath
    5 copies from $0.84
  • 14
    #14
    Apr 2001
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Hilary Barta, Chris Sprouse
    11 copies from $0.99
  • 15
    #15
    Fantastic Four #4 homage cover by Chris Sprouse
    May 2001
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse
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  • 16
    #16
    Jun 2001
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse
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  • 17
    #17
    Aug 2002
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse
    7 copies from $1.75
  • 18
    #18
    Dec 2002
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse
    12 copies from $0.99
  • 19
    #19
    Apr 2003
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    W: Alan Moore, Leah Moore  ·  A: Howard Chaykin, Shawn McManus, Chris Sprouse
    10 copies from $0.99
  • 20
    #20
    Jun 2003
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Jerry Ordway
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  • 21
    #21
    Oct 2003
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Jerry Ordway
    5 copies from $1.64
  • 22
    #22
    Dec 2003
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    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Jerry Ordway
    4 copies from $2.80
  • 23
    #23
    Jan 2004
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    W: Peter Hogan  ·  A: Chris Sprouse
    7 copies from $0.99
  • 24
    #24
    Mar 2004
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    W: Peter Hogan  ·  A: Chris Sprouse
    6 copies from $0.99
  • 25
    #25
    May 2004
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    W: Geoff Johns  ·  A: John Paul Leon
    6 copies from $0.99
  • 26
    #26
    Jul 2004
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    W: Mark Schultz  ·  A: Pasqual Ferry
    6 copies from $1.98
  • 27
    #27
    Sep 2004
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    W: Steve Aylett  ·  A: Shawn McManus
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  • 28
    #28
    Nov 2004
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    W: Brian K. Vaughan  ·  A: Peter Snejbjerg
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  • 29
    #29
    Dec 2004
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    W: Ed Brubaker  ·  A: Duncan Fegredo
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  • 30
    #30
    Feb 2005
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    W: Ed Brubaker  ·  A: Duncan Fegredo
    6 copies from $1.75
  • 31
    #31
    Mar 2005
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    W: Michael Moorcock  ·  A: Jerry Ordway
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  • 32
    #32
    Apr 2005
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    W: Michael Moorcock  ·  A: Jerry Ordway
    6 copies from $3.25
  • 33
    #33
    Aug 2005
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    W: Joe Casey  ·  A: Ben Oliver
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  • 34
    #34
    Oct 2005
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    W: Steve Moore  ·  A: Paul Gulacy
    5 copies from $5.00
  • 35
    #35
    Jan 2006
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    W: Peter Hogan  ·  A: Chris Sprouse
    5 copies from $9.98
  • 36
    #36
    May 2006
    Cover: $2.99
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse
    Final Issue
    3 copies from $13.00
  • Bk 1/HC
    Book #1 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition
    Jun 2000
    Cover: $24.95
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse, Arthur Adams, Gary Frank, Dave Gibbons, Jerry Ordway, Al Gordon
    Collects Tom Strong #1-7
    1 copy for $20.00
  • Bk 2/HC
    Book #2 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition with cover by Chris Sprouse
    Cover: $24.95
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse, Al Gordon, Alan Weiss, Paul Chadwick, Gary Gianni, Russ Heath, Kyle Baker, Peter Poplaski, Hilary Barta
    Collects Tom Strong #8-14
    2 copies from $20.00
  • Bk 3
    Book #3
    Cover: $17.95
    W: Alan Moore, Leah Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse, Shawn McManus, Karl Story, Howard Chaykin
    Collects Tom Strong #15-19; ca. 2004
    1 copy for $14.50
  • Bk 4
    Book #4
    Cover: $17.99
    W: Alan Moore, Peter Hogan  ·  A: Jerry Ordway, Chris Sprouse, Karl Story, Trevor Scott, Richard Friend, Sandra Hope, John Dell, John Paul Leon
    Collects Tom Strong #20-25; ca. 2005
    3 copies from $14.98
  • Bk 5/HC
    Book #5 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition with cover by Chris Sprouse
    Dec 1999
    Cover: $24.95
    W: Mark Schultz, Steve Aylett, Brian K. Vaughan, Ed Brubaker  ·  A: Pasqual Ferry, Shawn McManus, Peter Snejbjerg, Duncan Fegredo
    Collects Tom Strong #26-30
    1 copy for $29.00
  • Bk 6
    Book #6
    Cover: $17.99
    W: Peter Hogan, Alan Moore, Michael Moorcock, Joe Casey, Steve Moore  ·  A: Chris Sprouse, Jerry Ordway, Ben Oliver, Paul Gulacy
    Collects Tom Strong #31–36; ca. 2006
    1 copy for $13.50
  • Dlx 2/HC
    Deluxe Set #2 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition with cover by Chris Sprouse and Karl Story
    Cover: $39.99
    W: Alan Moore, Leah Moore, Peter Hogan  ·  A: Chris Sprouse, Shawn McManus
    Collects Tom Strong #13-24; ca. 2010
    1 copy for $34.99