Tommy Tomorrow
Tommy Tomorrow | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | DC Comics |
First appearance | Real Fact Comics #6 (January 1947) |
Created by | Jack Schiff (writer) George Kashdan (writer) Bernie Breslauer (writer) Virgil Finlay (artist) Howard Sherman (artist) |
In-story information | |
Alter ego | Kamandi Blank |
Team affiliations | Planeteers Justice League |
Abilities | Trained law enforcement officer |
Tommy Tomorrow is a science fiction hero published by
Fictional character biography
Tommy Tomorrow graduated from Space Port "
His first assignment from the Science Bureau was to get some alien fish for the new Interplanetary Aquarium. He meets Joan Gordy of the Interplanetary Radio News, who helps him in this assignment. At the end of the story, he is given the Planeteer Medal for getting the fish.
The character was meant to be a sort of "future everyman", but he slowly changed into a policeman, and moved to other titles.[6] In these stories, Tommy, later assisted by Captain Brent Wood, flew the space lanes in their patrol craft "Space Ace" donning purple uniforms with yellow trim. With Action #149, Tommy Tomorrow's adventures were now set in the year 2050, as it was realized by the creators that 1990 was optimistically too soon for such technology as the stories boasted. Most of his stories were written by Otto Binder and drawn by Jim Mooney. Tommy had a kid brother called Tim. Soon after it is revealed that Brent Wood is really the son of notorious space pirate Mart Black and that he was adopted by Captain Wood, who killed him.[7]
After a short hiatus, Tommy was retooled and then presented again in Showcase #41 (1962), but did not get another series. Captain Wood was dropped, giving Tommy an alien from Venus as a partner. Writer Arnold Drake and artist Lee Elias were the creative team for this version.
Other versions
In 1990, an alternate Tommy Tomorrow was a major character in
According to
In the aftermath of the
A Captain Tomorrow appears in Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes.
In Just Imagine! Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe, a teenager who grew up with Robin and a servant of Reverend Darrk was named Tommy Tomorrow.
A strange alien force seemingly colonizing the town of Demetri, Kansas makes reference to a "Major Tomorrow" of a group called the Planeteers in 2010's
Tomorrow also appears as "T'omas T'morra" in DC's 2013 Threshold comic by Keith Giffen.
Bibliography
He first appeared in short "stories" in Real Fact Comics #6, 8, 13, 16 (1947–48). He then appeared in Action Comics #127–251 (1948–59), then moved to World's Finest Comics #102–124 (1959–62), and finally Showcase #41, 42, 44, 46, 47 (1962–63).
In other media
Tommy Tomorrow makes non-speaking cameo appearances in Harley Quinn. This version received a key to the city from Gotham City's mayor for his role in saving the city alongside the Justice League.
References
- ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
- ISBN 978-1-4654-8578-6.
- ISBN 9781605490540.
- ^ Otto Binder (w), Swan, Curt (p), Fischetti, John (i). "The Interplanetary Aquarium" Action Comics, vol. 1, no. 127, pp. 1–8 (December 1948). New York: National Comics Publications.
- ISBN 978-1-61318-023-5.
- ^ Markstein, Don. "Tommy Tomorrow". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Swan, Curt (p)Fischetti, John (i)"The Pirate Planeteer!" Action Comics, vol. 1, no. 161, pp. 1–8 (October 1951). New York: National Comics Publications.