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Tom Strong, Vol. 1 (Tom Strong #1)
Alan Moore strikes again with Americas Best Comics, an entire line of comics created and written by him. A physical and mental super-human, Tom Strong was orphaned by his scientist parents, raised by a steam-powered robot, and fights evil alongside his beautiful wife and headstrong daughter. Tom quickly heads into battle against the Nazi super-woman Ingrid Weiss and a preh...more
Paperback, 208 pages
Published
August 1st 2001
by Wildstorm
(first published 2000)
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A wonderful collection by Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse featuring the achingly beautiful watercolour covers of Alex Ross, telling the story of home grown super man Tom Strong. Strong's parents raised him in an isolation tank under high gravity on a remote island Attabar Teru, aided by the machine Strong's father built, the steampunk Pneuman, a proto robot powered by steam and voiced by wax recording cylinders. After marrying the beautiful fearsome princess of the island Dhaula they split their ...more
... some fine hero cartooning in here, including a nice EC Comics-esque guest spot by Jerry Ordway, and Alan Moore as usual brings conceptual twists that most other writers wouldn't have imagined; but since this is Moore, I couldn't help thinking of it as less than his best. If my natural desire is to read an update of Doc Savage/Reed Richards, Moore's my first choice to do it (second: Warren Ellis), but I'm here because I like Moore, not because I like Doc Savage or the Fantastic Four. Still,...more
A send-up of the super-hero comic, complete with Victorian-style adventure story where Tom's parents raise him on a tropical island under circumstances designed to make him a strong, completely rational human. The knowledge of the islander natives gives him long life and a wife, as well as an English ape that talks in broad Englishisms. Oh, and there's a robot butler.
Anyway, the parody is on in full, as Tom Strong speaks classic comic dialogue explaining his actions and reactions as ...more
Anyway, the parody is on in full, as Tom Strong speaks classic comic dialogue explaining his actions and reactions as ...more
I am just going to review the first trade of ongoing comic series rather than each, unless there is a really stand out issue. I generally read the entire series which I have started, unless it's BORING, with capital letters.
Took me a while to come around to the idea of an Alan Moore Superman archetype character. The stories are very uplifting, not typical of Moore, and the ending was a very pleasant surprise. The ABC imprint was one of the most diverse (genre-wise) publishers ever, ...more
Took me a while to come around to the idea of an Alan Moore Superman archetype character. The stories are very uplifting, not typical of Moore, and the ending was a very pleasant surprise. The ABC imprint was one of the most diverse (genre-wise) publishers ever, ...more
"Tom Strong" is Alan Moore's tribute/parody/reinvention of Golden and Silver Age comics. Most issues in this volume depict the pulpy modern day adventures of Strong family while also flashing back or forward in time to even pulpier previous or potential adventures, all illustrated and written in the silly, over-the-top style of classic American comics. This means that Strong's assistant is a Scottish-accented talking Gorilla, and he faces off against sexy Nazi superwomen, inter-dimen...more
OK, a definite change from the usual work for Moore. My experience from Moore is the Watchmen, which is essentially about superheroes being just as weak and as flawed as most everyone else. It's dark and gritty, and edgy, and it makes political statements.
This is Moore writing about Superman.
Only Tom Strong's not an alien. He's the child of a brilliant scientist who raised tom in increased gravity to encourage the growth of the world's strongest man on an island with seem...more
This is Moore writing about Superman.
Only Tom Strong's not an alien. He's the child of a brilliant scientist who raised tom in increased gravity to encourage the growth of the world's strongest man on an island with seem...more
Alan Moore's Tom Strong is the antidote to everything that may be wrong with the modern versions of Superman and other super-heroes. Tom Strong's adventures are a perfect blend of pulp hero glory combined with the innocent magic of the original Captain Marvel family. Chris Sprouse, the main artist on these issues, has the perfect style to match these tales. I remember being vaguely disappointed with these stories when I originally read them, but I really enjoyed them now.
For some reason, I skipped over the triumvirate of ABC books of which Tom Strong is a part. It's literally everything good about superhero comics in one book. Fun, inventive, light hearted, emotionally resonant, and, best of all, inspiring. Alan Moore is so often though of as dour and miserable, and yet, here we are, with a book that is anything but.
Go. Read it. Now.
Go. Read it. Now.
There is something to be said for a comic that actually has a somewhat positive take on the idea of a super-powered protaganist. Tom Strong is a kind, decent, and well adjusted adult. Most of the graphic novel heroes are holding onto their sanity by their fingernails. Mr. Moore's take is refreshingly unironic and optimistic without sickly sweetness.
Warren Ellis take heed!
Warren Ellis take heed!
Fun but mostly disposable book.
Tries to make fun of the superhero genre.
Feels like a pretty decent superhero comic.
Good, not great.
ecq
Tries to make fun of the superhero genre.
Feels like a pretty decent superhero comic.
Good, not great.
ecq
my fave science hero. Solid stories, fine art. met the artist at a convention once (nice guy, by the way), and gave this a shot. Glad I did.
Excellent as are most Alan Moore projects - surprisingly light-hearted for a normally darker artist.
This comic is really fun, they mimic an old-time style, in a fresh funny way.
I knocked this over this afternoon and it was just amazing. Mad props, Moore.
Quite entertaining, but also utterly ridiculous, and the immortal Nazis felt just a tad hackneyed.
Imagine Alan Moore writing a comic filled with fun and smart ideas, while entirely leaving behind his pretentious and new age streaks. That's Tom Strong, and it's very, very good. Moore pretty much entirely leaves behind satire, mysticism, and smart for smart's sake to tell a fun, old fashioned, but at the same time very quirky and iconoclastic superhero story. That our hero is 99 years old and has flashbacks to earlier adventures--adventures that perfectly fit the mold for whatever time they're...more
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Pulp adventure at its finest
Wonderful stuff.
Lots of fun as noble Doc Savage rip off, Tom Strong, his beautiful wife, spunky teenage daughter, robot butler and talking gorilla fight nazi amazons, weird gadgets, aztec science cults and monsters.
Fun pulp style read that would make a good cartoon. Moore tries a bit too hard for a light hearted feel, and can't stop himself from taking some modern, humorous jabs at the genre, but gets big points for just trying to write a comic that's fun to read.
Fun pulp style read that would make a good cartoon. Moore tries a bit too hard for a light hearted feel, and can't stop himself from taking some modern, humorous jabs at the genre, but gets big points for just trying to write a comic that's fun to read.
Wow, the science and adventure captured in this book is to die for. It has such a pulpy feel, yet is so original. Think about taking something old, like a penny, shining it up, and strapping a helicopter blade and some laser cannons and you'll get the idea of what this book feels like. The world is so well constructed you'll wish this was adapted into every format imaginable. Don't miss this.
Didn't want to finish this one. Maybe some other year, in some other mood.
Good job Alan Moore! This book is exciting, thoughtful, surprising and best of all, fun. There's such a sense of joy in these stories, and occasional sadness never bogs down into angst. While it's clearly referencing stuff, it never becomes a bloodless intellectual exercise.
Graphic Novel. As far as I can tell, this is written in the style of Golden Age comics -- lots of over-the-top stereotypes, people saying things like "Holy socks!", and talking gorilla manservants wearing suits, that sort of thing. I couldn’t even get through the first issue.
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Recommends it for:
Cualquier Moorista y fans del pulp en general.
Recommended to Federiken by:
Sus autores.
Divertido e interesante primer tomo para una serie que -si bien no es lo mejor de Moore- está muy por encima de comics yankis mainstream. El capítulo del hombre modular y el de la Serpiente-Dios Azteka quizás estén entre mis favoritos de toda la serie.
quite pleasant--thanks Alan.
reminded me of my friends, I guess that's good?
Didn't really leave me wanting more. But I think it would be fun for the younger set, or as a cartoon. Yep.
reminded me of my friends, I guess that's good?
Didn't really leave me wanting more. But I think it would be fun for the younger set, or as a cartoon. Yep.
Tom Strong was a great read. Its a story about a super strong genius and his familly that fights villains in a what-if-future.
Discussed here: http://shazhmmm.blogspot.com/2008/08/tom...
Nice reading...a neat mixture of genres.
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I got this from my mom for Christmas, very cool sci-fi/steam punk. It mixes classic comic-book heroism (which Alan Moore loves) with twilight-zone sci-fi short-stories fraught with moral dilemmas ans unusual circumstances
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