Tomorrow Stories

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Tomorrow Stories
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The 8th issue
Publication information
Publisher America's Best Comics
Format Ongoing series
Genre Superhero
Publication date 19992002
Number of issues 12
Main character(s) Cobweb
First American
Greyshirt
Jack B. Quick
Splash Brannigan
Creative team
Writer(s) Alan Moore
Artist(s) Melinda Gebbie
Jim Baikie
Rick Veitch
Kevin Nowlan
Hilary Barta
Collected editions
Book 1 ISBN 1-56389-660-5
Book 2 ISBN 1-4012-0165-2

Tomorrow Stories was an American comic book series created by Alan Moore for his America's Best Comics (ABC) line, published by Wildstorm (now a subsidiary of DC Comics).

Overview[edit | edit source]

Tomorrow Stories started in August 1999 as a collection of short stories featuring the same characters (one or two) every issue. Many of these characters were often inspired by pulp magazine and comic book archetypes, such as the boy genius and the masked Detective. They include:

Issues[edit | edit source]

Individual comics[edit | edit source]

  • Issue #1 (4 August 1999) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B. Quick
  • Issue #2 (9 September 1999) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B. Quick
  • Issue #3 (20 October 1999) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Jack B. Quick, Greyshirt,
  • Issue #4 (24 November 1999) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B. Quick
  • Issue #5 (29 December 1999) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B. Quick
  • Issue #6 (9 February 2000) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Splash Brannigan
  • Issue #7 (12 April 2000) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Splash Brannigan
  • Issue #8 (15 November 2000) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Splash Brannigan
  • Issue #9 (28 December 2000) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Splash Brannigan
  • Issue #10 (18 April 2001) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B. Quick
  • Issue #11 (29 August 2001) Feat. Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Splash Brannigan
  • Issue #12 (27 February 2002) Feat. The Cobweb, First American, Greyshirt, Jack B. Quick

64-Page specials[edit | edit source]

  • Special #1 (26 October 2005) Feat. The Cobweb, Jack B. Quick, Greyshirt, Splash Brannigan and Jonni Future
  • Special #2 (8 March 2006) Feat. America's Best (Promethea, Tom Strong, Splash Brannigan, Fancy O'Keefe and Johnny Future), First American, Jonni Future and Little Margie.

Collected editions[edit | edit source]

The series has been collected into two volumes:

  • Book 1 (collects issues 1–6, hardback: ISBN 1-56389-660-5, paperback: ISBN 1-56389-985-X)
  • Book 2 (collects issues 7–12, hardback: ISBN 1-4012-0165-2, paperback: ISBN 1-4012-0166-0)

Awards[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]