Tomorrow Stories

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Tomorrow Stories
The 8th issue
Publisher	America's Best Comics
Publication date	1999-2002
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

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).

Contents 1 Overview 2 Issues 2.1 Individual comics 2.2 64-Page specials 2.3 Collections 3 References

[edit] Overview

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:

• Cobweb - Created by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie.
• First American - Created by Alan Moore and Jim Baikie.
• Greyshirt - Created by Alan Moore and Rick Veitch.
• Jack B. Quick - Created by Alan Moore and Kevin Nowlan.
• Splash Brannigan - Created by Alan Moore and Hilary Barta.

[edit] Issues

[edit] Individual comics

• 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

[edit] 64-Page specials

• 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. Greyshirt and Johnny Future), First American, Jonni Future and Little Margie.

[edit] Collections

• 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)

[edit] References

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