Tom Strong #16

Tom Strong plants himself squarely in front of frightened bystanders on Laundry Street, red-shirted and ready, as an enormous robotic figure looms over him with a cyclopean eye and a massive weapon aimed his way — the cover tagline says it all: Showdown on Laundry Street! Chris Sprouse and Karl Story deliver a wonderfully tense standoff, pitting one very determined man against a threat that dwarfs him in every physical sense. This April 2002 America's Best Comics entry, written by Alan Moore with colors by Alex Sinclair and lettering by Todd Klein, is pure pulp adventure energy wrapped in clean, confident art.