Tom Strong's Terrific Tales was an anthology spin-off from the parent title. It usually featured three regular storylines in each issue:
- One story would usually focus on Tom Strong, or on one of his supporting cast, and be either experimental or humorous in tone;
- Another would be a Young Tom Strong tale (set during Strong's formative years on Attabar Teru, and illustrated by Alan Weiss);
- A Jonni Future story (by Steve Moore and Art Adams) would often round out the issue.
The series ran for twelve issues, and would be sporadically published over the space of a couple of years. Stories of note include:
- A silent story in which Tesla goes out on the town to party (art by Jaime Hernandez; appeared in issue 1)
- King Solomon in a solo adventure (by Leah Moore and Sergio Aragonés; appeared in issue 5)
- A prose history of Millennium City, with illustrations by Mike Kaluta (appeared in issue 9)
- Another silent story, with art by Peter Kuper (appeared in issue 10); and
- A collaboration between Alan Moore and Peter Bagge, which recasts the Strong family in a milieu not unlike the one used by Bagge in his Buddy Bradley stories. This was printed in the final issue (#12), and features appearances by characters resembling Dick Tracy, Fred Flintstone and the Kool-Aid Man.
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