Tom Strong
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In the ongoing fictional comicbook series created by Alan Moore for America's Best Comics (ABC), Tom Strong is a "science hero", raised in a high-gravity chamber with an intensive education on an island by his slightly mad scientist father. His upbringing, plus ingesting a root used by the natives of the island for health and long life, have made him nearly physically and mentally perfect. Though born at the dawn of the 20th century, he only appears to be in his forties in the year 2000.
Strong has a wife, Dahlua, and a daughter, Tesla, both with enhanced physical and mental abilities and longevity. He resides in a building called the Stronghold in Millennium City. He is also assisted by Pneuman, a robot, and a "King Solomon", a gorilla with a human brain.
The character is based on the pulp hero Doc Savage, along with an upbringing taken from both Tarzan and Superman, and a name that is a nod to Tom Swift, and represents one of the cultural threads that went into the modern view of the comic book superhero.
Spin-offs include Tom Strong's Terrific Tales, Terra Obscura and the oneshot The many Worlds of Tesla Strong
Collections
The Tom Strong series has so far been collected in:
- Tom Strong: Book One, issues 1-7 (hardcover: ISBN 1563896540, paperback: ISBN 1840232285)
- Tom Strong: Book Two, issues 8-14 (hardcover: ISBN 1840234563, paperback: ISBN 1563898802)
- Tom Strong: Book Three, issues 15-19 (hardcover: ISBN 1401202829, paperback: ISBN )
- Tom Strong: Book Four, issues 20-25 (hardcover: ISBN 1401205712)
- Tom Strong's Terrific Tales: Book One, issues 1-6 (hardcover: ISBN 1401200303)
- Tom Strong's Terrific Tales: Book Two, issues 7-12 (hardcover: ISBN )