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Issue Details

Issue #20
Published June 2003
Cover Price 2.95 USD; 4.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Kristy Quinn (Assistant Editor); Scott Dunbier (Editor); Jim Lee (Editorial Director)

Cover Details - "How Tom Stone Got Started!"

Characters Tom Stone (SW)
Genre Super-hero
Pencils Chris Sprouse
Inks Karl Story
Letters Todd Klein
Notes Cover is signed, "CS / KS after Alex Ross," which is a reference to the fact that this cover is a direct homage to the cover of Tom Strong #1, which was painted by Ross.

24 page Tom Stone story "How Tom Stone Got Started, Chapter One"

Characters King Solomon; Tom Strong; Susan Stone (SW); Foster Parallax (SW); Sinclair Strong (SW); Tomas Stone (SW); Tom Stone (SW); Charlie "Bones" Costanza (SW); Paul Saveen (SW); Greta Gabriel (SW); Dr. Permafrost (SW); Dhalua Saveen (SW); Tesla Saveen (SW); Fingel Parallax (SW)
Synopsis A slight change of events alters history and creates an alternate universe where Tom Strong's mother marries a slave and bears the child Tom Stone, who later forms a super-heroic team with Paul Saveen.
Genre Super-hero; Period
Script Alan Moore
Pencils Jerry Ordway
Inks Karl Story
Colors Dave Stewart
Letters Todd Klein
Notes Characters marked "(SW)" originate from Tom Stone's alternate universe, others are from the regular Tom Strong universe.