Tomorrow Stories #6

[laughing_tree]

We couldn't do an episode of "Jack B. Quick" in every issue of Tomorrow Stories, as it takes Kevin [Nowlan] a long time to complete one -- and, I've got to say, it takes me a long time to write them, because you have to get yourself into a certain mind set to write "Jack B. Quick." So Scott [Dunbier] suggested Hilary Barta as somebody who could do a strip to alternate with Kevin. This brought me to another of my favorite super-heroes -- along with the Fighting American and The Spirit -- who is, of course, Plastic Man. -- Alan Moore

Greyshirt in "Day Release" -









The First America and U.S.Angel in "Lo! There Shall Come a Closeness and Commitment!" -







The Cobweb in "Shackled in Silk" -







Splash Brannigan in "The Return of the Remarkable Rivulet" -

Comments

[mazway_75]

Need more of the Greyshirt story to get full context. That guy telling Greyshirt how "I'm on bail for another charge" and getting things right. Then at the end, we see him with the bullet-ridden spirit of Raphael saying they're going for "sentencing."

Raphael: "Oh, man, how long do you think we're getting?"
Cut to Roy leading him down a staircase to a realm of flame.
"All of it, Raph. All of it."

[laughing_tree]

Yeah, it was a real beast cutting that story down to 1/3, more so than with any of the other episodes so far. I think the portions here are still enough to convey the general gist that the guy's the ghost of the murder victim, or at least I hope so.

[mazway_75]

Same with that terrific "How Things Work Out" story, cutting out so much does rob some of the impact of the tale.