| Tom Strong | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | America's Best Comics (DC Comics) |
| First appearance | America's Best Comics Preview (March 1999) |
| Created by | Alan Moore Chris Sprouse |
| In-story information | |
| Team affiliations | The Strongmen of America America's Best |
| Partnerships | Dhalua Tesla Pneuman King Solomon Val Var Garm |
| Abilities | Super-strength Inventive genius Virtually immortal |
Tom Strong is an American comic book series created by writer Alan Moore and artist Chris Sprouse, initially published bi-monthly by America's Best Comics, an imprint of DC Comics' Wildstorm division. Tom Strong, the title character, is a "science hero", with a wife, Dhalua, and a daughter, Tesla, both with enhanced physical and mental abilities and longevity. He lives in a building called The Stronghold in Millennium City. He is also helped by Pneuman, a steam-powered robot, and King Solomon, a gorilla with human characteristics. His greatest foe is tuxedo-clad "science villain" Paul Saveen. The series explores many different timelines and universes, which are a nod to different comic genres. The primary characters are tributes to and spoofs of early pulp heroes.
Spin-offs include Tom Strong's Terrific Tales, Terra Obscura, and the one-shot The Many Worlds of Tesla Strong. A limited series titled Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril was published in 2013 by Vertigo.
Tom Strong appears in The Terrifics, a DC Comics series about a group of the same name formed by Mr. Terrific, Metamorpho, Plastic Man and Phantom Girl.[1]