Tom Strong is a genial superhero (or science hero) from Millennium City, a parallel of New York City. I had read some of these tales before. They are a modern take on silver age superhero stories. ( )

Mining the adventure stories of his youth, Doc Savage pulps, and the books of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Alan Moore recounts the exciting exploits of the scientific action hero, Tom Strong. Born in 1900 to shipwreck survivors, Tom Strong joins the mysterious Ozu after his parents death. Very intelligent, extraordinarily strong, and nearly immortal, Strong moves to America and sets himself up as the hero of Millennium City. He encounters a strange array of villainy such as the Modular Man, Ingrid Weiss and her Swastika Girls, and the diabolical Paul Saveen. The inclusion of an intelligent talking gorilla, a steam-powered robot, Tom Strange of an alternate Earth, and the rest of Tom Strong's family, further established Tom Strong as Alan Moore's most enjoyable comic. This handsome volume reprints the first 12 exciting issues along with many of co-creator Sprouse's design sketches. ( )