''Tomorrow Stories'' is an American comic book series created by

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', Swamp Thing (comic book), ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman: The Killing Joke' ...

for his

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(ABC) line, published by

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(now a subsidiary of

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Overview

''Tomorrow Stories'' started in August

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as a collection of short stories featuring the same characters (one or two) every issue. Many of these characters were often inspired by

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and

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s, such as the

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and the masked

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. They include: * Cobweb – created by Moore and

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* First American – created by Moore and

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* Greyshirt – created by Moore and

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* Jack B. Quick – created by Moore and

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* Splash Brannigan – created by Moore and

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Issues

Individual comics

64-page specials

Collected editions

The series has been collected into two

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: * Book 1 collects issues #1–6 (hardback: , paperback: ). * Book 2 collects issues #7–12 (hardback: , paperback: ).

Awards

* 2000: Won " Best Anthology"

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References

* {{Alan Moore 1999 comics debuts Comics by Alan Moore America's Best Comics titles Eisner Award winners for Best Anthology Comics anthologies