Tomorrow Stories

Publication date1999–2002No. of issues12Main character(s)Cobweb
First American
Greyshirt
Jack B. Quick
Splash BranniganCreative teamWritten byAlan MooreArtist(s)Melinda Gebbie
Jim Baikie
Rick Veitch
Kevin Nowlan
Hilary BartaCollected editionsBook 1ISBN 1-56389-660-5Book 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

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:

• Cobweb – created by Moore and Melinda Gebbie
• First American – created by Moore and Jim Baikie
• Greyshirt – created by Moore and Rick Veitch
• Jack B. Quick – created by Moore and Kevin Nowlan
• Splash Brannigan – created by Moore and Hilary Barta

Issues

Individual comics

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

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

The series has been collected into two volumes:

• Book 1 collects issues #1–6 (hardback: ISBN 1-56389-660-5, paperback: ISBN 1-56389-985-X).
• Book 2 collects issues #7–12 (hardback: ISBN 1-4012-0165-2, paperback: ISBN 1-4012-0166-0).

Awards

• 2000: Won "Best Anthology" Eisner Award

References