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Tom Strong: The Deluxe Edition Vol. 1. (Tom Strong Deluxe 1)
Comics legend Alan Moore introduces science hero Tom Strong in the first of three deluxe hardcover editions of the popular series illustrated by Chris Sprouse and many of comics' greatest artists. Tom's remarkable exploits over a nearly century-long career feature an amazing cast of characters including his wife Dhalua (the daughter of a mighty chieftain), their daughter T...more
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Tom Strong is a classic hero, heavily influenced by pulp and science fiction of the mid-20th century. He is a hero with a charmingly simple origin that for some reason makes him super badass. He was raised in his parents' futuristic volcano home on a remote island. They kept him in a high-gravity chamber for most of his childhood, which made him super-strong when he emerged. He inherited his parents' scientific brilliance and fortune, which gave him a wonderful opportunity to become a science he...more
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Mining the adventure stories of his youth, Doc Savage pulps, and the books of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Alan Moore recounts the exciting exploits of the scientific action hero, Tom Strong. Born in 1900 to shipwreck survivors, Tom Strong joins the mysterious Ozu after his parents death. Very intelligent, extraordinarily strong, and nearly immortal, Strong moves to America and sets himself up as the hero of Millennium City. He encounters a strange array of villainy such as the Modular Man, Ingrid Weis...more
Tom Strong was one of two characters in 2000 that awoke my current love for neo-pulp stories (the other was Doc Brass by Warren Ellis). After reading this, I kind of wanted to have a child then raise that child in higher gravity while feeding him magic root juice and a special education program. I want to father a super-super-scientist as well!
This is such an amazing bit of both straight forward pulp adventure as well as a commentary and deconstruction of those traditions, its border...more
This is such an amazing bit of both straight forward pulp adventure as well as a commentary and deconstruction of those traditions, its border...more
Lots of fun, especially, I would imagine, for old-school comics fans (like myself). This also proof, for me, that Alan Moore can still be good even when he's not writing something dark or mystical or political.
I don't normally buy the hardcover deluxe editions but this was on sale during this year's FCBD so I decided to go for it. I'm glad I did because I think that the oversized format really flatters the art (and it also kinda fits into the overall larger-than-life feel of the ser...more
I don't normally buy the hardcover deluxe editions but this was on sale during this year's FCBD so I decided to go for it. I'm glad I did because I think that the oversized format really flatters the art (and it also kinda fits into the overall larger-than-life feel of the ser...more
Can you be nostalgic for a time you never experienced? I'm not sure, but Alan Moore's wonderful Tom Strong saga sure makes me think so.
He has created an alternate Earth filled with the joys and wonder of the pulp comics from the Golden Age. I'm not old enough to remember those times, but I've read bits and pieces of various comics from then. Moore manages to take the fun and excitement of those stories and couple them with a modern sensibility.
Recommended.
He has created an alternate Earth filled with the joys and wonder of the pulp comics from the Golden Age. I'm not old enough to remember those times, but I've read bits and pieces of various comics from then. Moore manages to take the fun and excitement of those stories and couple them with a modern sensibility.
Recommended.
It's by Alan Moore so there's gonna be homages to the days of pulp comics. It's an enjoyable read but only to the comic book geeks like myself. Those who are curious about this genre and want to start reading a book with pictures and word balloons should not start with this book. They just won't get the references.
Lots of square-jawed pulpy fun.
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Alan Moore is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He has also written a novel, Voice of the Fire, and performs "workings" (one-off performance ...more
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Alan Moore is an English writer most famous for his influential work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He has also written a novel, Voice of the Fire, and performs "workings" (one-off performance ...more
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