TOM STRONG- Alan Moore's Undiscovered GEM! 

Been wanting to read that for a while but as you said, it's difficult to track down

Didn't even realize that when we made the video. So pumped for that!

Moore must be fuming

@@mariod1547 Alan would have to leave his cave or read his mail from DC to fume - I’m sure his wife and daughter who actually cash these things are ecstatic

Which is funny, considering that the Tom Strong characters are a big part of the early issues.

Plus Doc Shaner art

Plus hands down just soooooo dammmnn gooood. Wish it was still getting published either as a digital or printed instead of 15 Batman titles - loved it so much

Thanks for the good word!

Supreme is also such a joy to read. I can't wait to re-read that one soon, actually. I don't think I've ever laughed out loud so much while reading a comic book.

That sounds like an amazing childhood.

It's the only way it could conceivably go, right?

Maybe if they do it like Invincible, animated with Moore adding some tweaks?

Hopefully the rumor is true and it's returning to Image.

@@ImperiusRex That would be great

I just picked up all the DC Astro City trades for 3$ each at a thrift store a few months ago

@@dlvnmedia Wow fair play, I don’t really shop in stores so I miss out on hidden deals like that

@@benlambe3168 yeah I have found some great deals that way on stuff that you would not even think would be there. A lot of rare record releases, cool toys and electronics, comics etc. Working on a collection of stuff for the fifth time having lost it all to being homeless twice, robbed twice and this one seems to be sticking around so yeah that’s a good thing.

For sure. It's a re-buy for me.

@@ImperiusRex it's been cancelled :/

@@ryanmason7865 Whaaaa????

@@ImperiusRex I went looking for a pre-order and couldn’t find it anywhere and I believe from what I’ve read around that DC has pulled it

I've heard of this but never had any idea what it was about... should've grabbed it when they re-released it last year!

​@@ImperiusRex I'm from the UK and it comes from 2000AD, a kind of weekly comic that collects 4 or 5 stories in 4 or 5 pages each that continue every week. Very different from the monthly American comics at the time. Also at this time many of the stories had a lot of social and political commentary dressed up in Sci-fi. Halo Jones is 3 stories set around this woman who lives in the Future. The first is a weird journey of her and her house mate going shopping in this kind of domed slum city on Erath. The second is her escape from the slums in to a job on this pleasure space cruiser and the third is as a soldier in this future interplanetary war. It was unusual at the time as it was focused on a pretty normal female character in a market dominated by extrordianry male characters. I gave up on comics in the 80s and returned just a few years ago. Still some of my favourite stuff is from 2000AD in the 80s. Things like 'Song of the Surfer', 'Bad Company' and 'Slaine the horned god'. My favourite comic of all time to this day is 'Lone Wolf and Cub'. I'm pretty amazed at some of the developments in comics since I left though. I was never a Marvel fan but now Ennis's (He did a great job on 2000AD's Judge Dredd by the way.) 'Punisher Max' series has over taken The Dark Knight Returns as my favourite from the big 2. 'Marvels' (Which I watched yourt video on.) is a masterpiece. 'Transmetropolitan' was so much fun and relevent in so many ways. 'Bone'was also a lot of fun. Also 'Maus' raised the bar for comics as an art form. Not to mention 'Y the last man' being the only comic ever to make me ball my eyes out. So yes many changes in that 25 plus year hiatus. Anyway, I don't hold Alan Moore as some untouchable comic guru like many seem to but Halo Jone did have an indelible impact on a teenage me so I recommend it from that perspective. Also no rape. A murder yes but no rape.

@@ImperiusRex You can buy the whole thing from 2000AD directly for very cheap. I just got it last year.

@@possiblefossilrecords And what is your impression of it as someone who never grew up with a story from over 30 years ago? I ask because I think something like 'V for Vendetta' is very dated and I may have rose tinted glasses over what I think is still Moore's best work.

Fantastic info thanks for sharing! Gonna have to see if I can track it down.

Love what you love. Been looking forward to reading Top 10 for a while now.

I think Top 10 has edged out Promethea as my favorite ABC comic. Enjoyed Tom Strong too!

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