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CATALOG RECORD

Tom Strong's Terrific Tales #1

DC · Series began 2002 · January 2002

Dates

Cover date
January 2002
On sale
November 14, 2001
Pages
44

Editions and covers

  • Original edition

    Barcode 76194122723800111

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Creators

pencils: Arthur Adams, Paul Rivoche, Jaime Hernandez, Alan Weissinks: Arthur Adams, Paul Rivoche, Jaime Hernandez, Alan Weisscolors: David Baron, Matt Hollingsworth, Giulia Bruscoletters: Todd Kleinscript: Alan Moore, Steve Moore, Scott Dunbier

Stories

  • The Dark Inside · 12 pages

    In 1950, Tom and two CIA agents discover what they believe to be a Nazi-held underground cavern beneath the ice of the Arctic. Upon further investigation Tom is confronted with hostile alien symbiotes who have thrived for millennia off the emotions of fear and hatred from humans.

  • Tesla Time · 4 pages

    Tesla Strong sneaks out with Tom's spaceship keys and has a wild adventure on an inhabited asteroid before she returns, drunk, to Earth, sneaking back in unobserved.

  • Young Tom Strong and the Fiend of the Forgotten Shore · 8 pages

    On the island of Attabar Teru, young Tom Strong learns the history of the island's first inhabitants, Chief Omotu. He has an adventure with a ghost when he leaves the village of Ozu and investigates an old shipwreck near the Forgotten Shore

  • The Halfway House · 8 pages

    Jonni Ray inherits an old, creepy house from her uncle and soon finds he was the space adventurer Johnny Future. She soon finds herself in the Crepusculum, four billion years into the future, accompanied by the leopard-like Jermaal pan Pavane, who tells her she's now Jonni Future - the new champion of the Grand Array.

Characters

Tom StrongTesla StrongJonni FutureKing SolomonJonni RayDhalua StrongJermaal pan PavaneChief Omotu

Reprinted in

Tom Strong's Terrific Tales (2004), Tom Strong's Terrific Tales (2005), America's Best Comics Primer (2008)

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