Tom Strong (Book 1)

The true first appearance of the material is the single-issue comic Tom Strong #1, cover-dated June 1999, published bi-monthly under the America's Best Comics imprint (an imprint of DC's WildStorm division), written by Alan Moore, penciled by Chris Sprouse, inked by Al Gordon, opening with the story 'How Tom Strong Got Started.' The collected Book 1 hardcover, which gathers issues #1-7, followed in July 2001 (not 2000/2002); it runs about 208 pages in full color with contributing artists including Chris Sprouse, Alan Gordon, Arthur Adams, Gary Frank, Dave Gibbons, and Jerry Ordway, and the first-issue jacket/boards should carry the original printed price