Tomorrow Stories Explained

Ongoing:y
Publisher:America's Best Comics
Date:19992002
Issues:12
Superhero:y
Main Char Team:Cobweb
First American
Greyshirt
Jack B. Quick
Splash Brannigan
Writers:Alan Moore
Artists:Melinda Gebbie
Jim Baikie
Rick Veitch
Kevin Nowlan
Hilary Barta
Tpb:Book 1
Isbn:1-56389-660-5
Tpb1:Book 2
Isbn1:1-4012-0165-2
Subcat:America's Best Comics
Sort:Tomorrow Stories

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:

Issues

Individual comics

IssuePublication dateCharacters 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
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

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

Collected editions

The series has been collected into two volumes:

Awards