Tomorrow Stories
comic book series
Tomorrow Stories is 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
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 Moore and Melinda Gebbie
First American – created by Moore and Jim Baikie
Greyshirt – created by Moore and Rick Veitch
Jack B. Quick – created by Moore and Kevin Nowlan
Splash Brannigan – created by Moore and Hilary Barta
Issues
Individual comics
64-page specials
Collected editions
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).
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Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 15, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q924507. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1999.
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