Tomorrow Stories

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Tomorrow Stories
The 8th issue
Publication information
PublisherAmerica's Best Comics
FormatOngoing series
Genre
Publication date19992002
No. of issues12
Main character(s)Cobweb
First American
Greyshirt
Jack B. Quick
Splash Brannigan
Creative team
Written byAlan Moore
Artist(s)Melinda Gebbie
Jim Baikie
Rick Veitch
Kevin Nowlan
Hilary Barta
Collected editions
Book 1ISBN 1-56389-660-5
Book 2ISBN 1-4012-0165-2

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[edit]

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]

Individual comics[edit]

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

64-page specials[edit]

Issue Publication date Characters featured
1 26 October 2005 Cobweb, Jack B. Quick, Greyshirt, Splash Brannigan and Jonni Future
2 8 March 2006 America's Best (Promethea, Tom Strong, Splash Brannigan, Fancy O'Keefe and Johnny Future), First American, Jonni Future and Little Margie

Collected editions[edit]

The series has been collected into two volumes:

Awards[edit]

References[edit]