Tomorrow Stories #1 is an issue of the series Tomorrow Stories (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1999.
Synopsis for "Smalltown Stardom"
In Queerwater Creek, a young Jack B. Quick and his father saw their cow Bessie acting violent. The next morning, Jack took a vacuum cleaner and radio parts, believing that there was a "loophole in Einstein's Theory of Relativity that might save Bessie." Jack's experiment resulted in the creation of a "miniature sun" that also spawned miniature planets. Later, the creation of the new planets and their orbit around Queerwater Creek caused a disturbance for the residents and their everyday lives. Much later, the new sun turned into a red giant, which frightened Bessie, then it contracted into a black hole, which sucked in all of the planets, as well as half of Bessie.
Appearing in "Smalltown Stardom"
Featured Characters:
- Jack B. Quick (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Mr. and Mrs. Quick
- Officer Pete
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Bessie (cow)
- Stukely Stuyvesant
- Mrs. Thrapp
- Nicolaus Copernius (Mentioned only)
- Galileo Galilei (Mentioned only)
- Albert Einstein (Mentioned only)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Amnesia"
A man stood over a woman's corpse, as he read a newspaper headline, not remembering anything, considering the possibility that he could be a killer. He sat down at a bar and as a woman asked him for a lighter, he snapped at her. He was subsequently kicked out and went to a movie theater, where police officers entered and asked questions about the recent murders. As an officer reached out to him, he ran out of the theater, into the street, causing traffic jams. As he climbed up a ladder, he kicked an officer called Greyshirt in the face. Greyshirt found him and revealed that the woman was not murdered and that they had found the real murderer. Then, the man was revealed that he had killed a security guard, believing that one more would not have made a difference. He was subsequently arrested and the real killer was revealed to be a teacher named Wally Flunt.
Appearing in "Amnesia"
Featured Characters:
- Greyshirt (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Hammer Killer
Other Characters:
- Wally Flunt (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth-ABC
- Indigo City
- Two-Eyed Jack's
- The Meteor Bay Picturedome
- Indigo City
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Dumbsday"
The First American and U.S. Angel stopped a villainess named Gerta Dammerung from destroying the world with her Wagnerium bomb. Afterwards, she revealed that television violence on the Jury Swinger Show had motivated her. After turning her in, the two visited Swinger's studio, where they approached him and interrupted his show. Then, the Jury and the producers of the show implied that the two heroes had an underage relationship. The two heroes were chased to the rooftop by an enraged spectator with a gun. While Israeli president Bunchemin Notinmyard and P.L.O. leader Yassa Dassmababi went on the show, the two heroes returned and interrupted it again with the Fighting American unmasking Swinger, revealing an alien-like face. As the crowd supported Swinger despite the recent revelation, the two heroes fled and met Gerta at a bar.
Appearing in "Dumbsday"
Featured Characters:
- The First American (First appearance)
- U.S. Angel (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Gerta Dammerung
Other Characters:
- Jury Swinger
- Louise
- Larry
- Bunchemin Notinmyard (First appearance)
- Yassa Dassmababi (First appearance)
- P.L.O. (Mentioned only)
Locations:
Items:
- Wagnerium bomb
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Doll-o-Vision"
Laurel Lakeland (as Cobweb) and her assistant Clarice arrived at Mantabilk Manor to investigate Ivana Mantabilk, who was in a comatose state. After being given Ivana's marriage proposal letters by her mother, Cobweb and Clarice visited the laboratory of Dr. Phallocrates Phlange, where the heroine found him with the souls of Ivana and several others. Phlange used his puppetron to transfer her life force into a Cobweb doll and learned that he had turned the other women into dolls, as well. Cobweb and the other dolls attempted to escape, but Natalie Wavyhair fell and broke her leg, which drew Phlange's attention. Phlange picked up Cobweb, but she defeated him by poking him in the eye and using his own ray against him. Then, Cobweb used the ray to transfer her and the others into their original bodies. Afterwards, she visited Mantablik Manor to visited Ivana and revealed that Phlange's soul had been trapped in a candy dispenser.
Appearing in "Doll-o-Vision"
Featured Characters:
- Cobweb (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Clarice Lakeland (First appearance)
- Ivana Mantablik (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Dr. Phallocrates Phlange
Other Characters:
- Mrs. Mantablik (First appearance)
- Arminita Barnditch (First appearance)
- Natalie Wavyhair (First appearance)
- Shirley Knott-Seryus (First appearance)
Locations:
- Earth-ABC
- Indigo City
- Mantablik Manor (First appearance)
- Lakeland Ornamental Gardens (First appearance)
- Indigo City
Items:
- Puppetron
Vehicles:
Trivia
- Bunchemin Notinmyard and Yassa Dassmababi are parodies of Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat, respecitvely.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Top 10 Recommended Reading
- America's Best Comics Recommended Reading
- League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Volume 1)
- League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Volume 2)
- Promethea (Volume 1)
- Smax (Volume 1)
- Terra Obscura (Volume 1)
- Terra Obscura (Volume 2)
- Tom Strong (Volume 1)
- Tom Strong's Terrific Tales (Volume 1)
- Tomorrow Stories (Volume 1)
- Top 10 (Volume 1)
- Top 10 Season Two (Volume 1)
- Top 10: Beyond the Farthest Precinct (Volume 1)