Dates
- Cover date
- June 1999
- On sale
- April 7, 1999
- Pages
- 44
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Chris Sprouse / Al Gordon Cover
Barcode 76194121937000111 · shared with another edition
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Creators
Stories
- How Tom Strong Got Started · 32 pages
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.
- Born with the Century: Tom Strong and His City. · 2 pages
A brief history of Millennium City and Tom Strong.
Characters
Reprinted in
Tom Strong (2000), Tom Strong (2001), America's Best Comics Primer (2008), Tom Strong #1 Special Edition (2009), Tom Strong: The Deluxe Edition (2009)